Entertainment for All Expo or E for All was a public video game
trade show
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, created to allow the general public to see and experience new products from the
video game industry
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The video game industry has grown from niches to mainstrea ...
. The inaugural E for All Expo was open October 18 to October 21, 2007, at the
Los Angeles Convention Center
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History
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The Second E For All Convention took place from October 3 through October 5, 2008 at the
Los Angeles Convention Center
The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest section of downtown Los Angeles. It hosts multiple annual conventions and has often been used as a filming location in TV shows and movies.
History
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History
On January 5, 2007,
IDG World Expo
International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry. IDG, Inc.’s mission is centered around supporting the technology industry through research, data, marketing technol ...
, announced the first annual E for All Expo, the only video game event to receive the endorsement of the
Entertainment Software Association
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States. It was formed in April 1994 as the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) and renamed on July 21, 2003. It is based in ...
(ESA), the trade organization that organized the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). E for All was launched in response to ESA's reorganization of the E3 event to the E3 Business and Media Summit, where only invitees from the press and in the industry can attend. The expo offers an opportunity for the general public to see and try new products.
On September 16, 2007,
Games Media Properties, announced that they will no longer produce the World Series of Video Games. This announcement reduced the size of Entertainment for All's show floor by 35%.
IDG World Expo is also responsible for producing tradeshows,
conferences
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Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main ...
and events such as
Macworld,
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* LinuxWorld Conference and Expo - a series of Linux conferences worldwide that became OpenSource World in 2009
* LinuxWorld Magazine - a print publication produced from 2003 to 2006
* LinuxWorld.com
Internation ...
, and
GreenXchange Xpo.
The 2007 Expo had an attendance of about 18,000.
Two highly anticipated titles, Nintendo's ''
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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'' and Konami's ''
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' were present in playable form. Organizers considered the event a success.
IDG World Expo
International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry. IDG, Inc.’s mission is centered around supporting the technology industry through research, data, marketing technol ...
announced the date for the 2008 Entertainment For All show months before their 2007 took place. They announced that the date would be August 28–30, the same weekend that the annual
Penny Arcade Expo
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video game show falls on. The event took place October 3–5.
E for All is now no longer held because the convention was merged back into the
Electronic Entertainment Expo by the ESA in time for
E3 2009
The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 (E3 2009) was the 15th E3 held. The event took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. It began on June 2, 2009, and ended on June 4, 2009, with 41,000 total attendees.
Majo ...
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In 2017, almost a decade after the last E for All, E3 became open to the public for the first time.
See also
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Consumer Electronics Show
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Electronic Entertainment Expo
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Game Developers Conference
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an annual conference for video game developers. The event includes an expo, networking events, and awards shows like the Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Games Festival, and a variety of tuto ...
*
Games Convention
The Games Convention (GC), sometimes called the Leipzig Games Convention, was an annual video game event held in Leipzig, Germany, first held in 2002. Besides video games, the event also covers Infotainment, Hardware, and Edutainment. Its conce ...
— held in
Leipzig, Germany
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Gamescom
Gamescom (stylized as gamescom) is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2018, it has been organised by ''game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche'' (English: Associ ...
- will be held in
Cologne
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, successor to GC
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Penny Arcade Expo
PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of gaming culture festivals involving tabletop, arcade, and video gaming. PAX is held annually in Seattle, Boston and Philadelphia in the United States; and Melbourne in Australia. PAX w ...
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SpaceWorld —
Nintendo exclusive game expo
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Tokyo Game Show
, commonly known as TGS, is a video game expo / convention held annually in September in the Makuhari Messe, in Chiba, Japan. It is presented by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) and Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. ...
— Game expo held in
Tokyo, Japan
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Video Games Live
Video Games Live (VGL) is a concert series created by Tommy Tallarico and originally founded by Tallarico and Jack Wall. The concerts consist of segments of video game music performed by a live orchestra with video footage and synchronized light ...
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World Series of Video Games
World Series of Video Games (WSVG) was an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event. T ...
References
External links
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Official IDG World Expo siteOfficial Into The Pixel siteOfficial Video Games Live siteOfficial World Series of Video Games site
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Recurring events established in 2007
Trade shows in the United States
Defunct gaming conventions
International Data Group