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eGames and Entertainment Expo event round up |
Listed in: News Tags: Australia, David McLean, Michael Ephraim, Microsoft, Rose Lappin, Sony
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The first ever eGames and Entertainment Expo, Australia's largest electronic games and digital entertainment event, came to a close November 19 in Melbourne. Overall the eGames and Entertainment Expo was a massive success with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo out in full force. In case you missed it we have some of the highlights of the successful event that promises to be bigger and better with time.
Day 1
- Keynote speeches made by the Big 3's high-profile execs: David McLean of Microsoft, Rose Lappin of Nintendo and Michael Ephraim of Sony
- Microsoft announced HD DVD drive would be available in early 2007 in Oz for AUD$249.95 (US$192.42). It comes bundled with a free universal media remote and Peter Jackson's "King Kong" on HD DVD
- Nintendo showed off its Wii on stage and showcased the console's capability
- Sony made its presentation sharing the stage with three attention-grabbing PS3 consoles
- Intel's Kamil Gurgen demonstrated the power of the Quad Core CPUs with live cinebench and Quake 4 benchmarks
- Demo day galore with the Wii taking the center stage
- Long lines at Nintendo's booth with Red Steel, Sonic Wildfire and WarioWare: Smooth Moves
- Sony served up Singstar Legends, Eyetoy Sports, Buzz Junior, Buzz Sports and Guitar Hero 2
- Xbox 360 games on display included Viva Pinata, Gears of War, and Sonic the Hedgehog
- Ubisoft previewed Rainbow 6: Vegas
- Morten Brodersen, CEO of Third Wave Games revealed War World was coming to Live Arcade
Via EGE
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only tihngs worth looking at was the xbox 360 display and nintendo Wii
no sight of the ps 3 ..
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2 days of great fun.
I was dissapointd there was no PS3, but threr weere LOADS of PC hardware, games, comps ect. - and Nintendo had a large presence.
GeOW was fairly good too.
I was surprised with the large turnouts on Sat and Sun.
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