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E3 tries to make a comeback in 2009
E3 2009 will take place June 2-4 next year, at the LA Convention Center. It won't be open to the public or anything, but the list of people who can attend will be less restrictive than the previous two years, says the ESA. They'll be opening the doors to all "international and US-based media, analysts, retailers, developers and business partners." So, attendance will increase and this move should hopefully help E3 get back to what it used to be: loud, smelly, and oh-so-fun!And while we're on the subject, be sure to check out Joystiq's interview with ESA president and CEO Mike Gallagher right here.%Gallery-27788%
Massively's at E3 this week
As you probably guessed from our huge E3 bingo card from Saturday, we're hard at work in the blog mines in LA. WoW Insider and Massively's man-about-town Mike Schramm is at the EA press conference right now, on the lookout for any MMO-related content we can pass on to you. Meanwhile Krystalle Voecks was touching base with some of the folks from Nexon earlier today - we'll have some interesting content for you on those folks later this week.In the meantime, big sister site Joystiq is a coruscating beam of raw information right now. They've got the full skinny on the news-packed Microsoft press conference, as well as a number of other smaller announcements on this, Day 0.5 of E3 2008. Make sure to check in with the networks hub site for all the latest info, and stay tuned here for all the massive information we can find.
E3 returns to LA Convention Center next July, remains invite-only
The ESA has found a familiar home for the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit: the Los Angeles Convention Center. The reunion of super structure and trade show follows an ill-considered retreat to Santa Monica, which played host to a mind-bending E3 this year – how can one thing be scaled way down, yet spread so far apart? But the reestablishment of a centralized location for the event doesn't mean a resurrection of old ways. E3 2008 will retain the 'intimate' structure of this year's gathering (in other words, the ban on GameStop regional managers and booth babes is still in effect). The emphasis will be on "press events and small meetings with media, development, and other key sectors," confirmed the ESA in a statement today. So, the new formula: (confusion/distance) + (disorganization*cell phone bill) - shuttle buses = E3 2008.E3 is scheduled for July 15-17, 2008, and, like last year, attendance will be by invitation only.
