Games Convention
| Games Convention | |
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| Branch | Consumer electronics , video and computer games |
| Place of issue |
Leipzig Trade Fair ( Leipzig )  |
| First exhibition | 2002 |
| Last exhibition | |
| date | Aug 21, 2008 to Aug 24, 2008 |
| Visitors | 203,000 |
| Exhibitors | 547 |
| Exhibition space | 115,000 m² |
The Games Convention ( GC for short ) took place annually from 2002 to 2008 in Leipzig as a trade fair for interactive entertainment, infotainment , hardware and entertainment as well as computer games . It was an event organized by Leipziger Messe GmbH and the Federal Association of Interactive Entertainment Software (BIU) acted as the ideal sponsor until the end of 2008 .
Games Convention until 2008
The trade fair traditionally took place in the last week of August in all five halls of the Leipzig Exhibition Center and was open to the public from Thursday to Sunday, while an exclusive trade visitor day was planned for press representatives and dealers on Wednesday. It was the most important trade fair of its kind in Europe and in 2007 attracted 185,000 visitors, 503 exhibitors and over 3,300 press representatives from 46 countries. This made it the most important video game fair in the world alongside the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and the Tokyo Game Show . The exhibitors from 31 countries not only showed the latest games, but also started projects and future new releases. However, the fair was replaced in 2009 by gamescom in Cologne.
From 2002 to 2008, the GC served as both a trade fair and a public fair. While the business center was reserved for trade visitors, exhibitors and the press, the mostly young players filled the exhibition halls.
At the fair, value was placed on family friendliness. This was shown, among other things, by the so-called “GC Family”, which took up its own exhibition hall in 2006 and 2007 and mostly presented learning software. Also in the "GC Family" hall were USK , BPjM and bpb stands, which informed parents and teachers about the protection of minors, as well as stands from various universities of applied sciences that offered courses related to computer games. In 2008 this area was greatly reduced.
In order to make the efforts to protect minors clear at the fair, colored armbands were given out. Based on these exhibitors to visitors to the ages "from 6" (yellow), "From 12" lane (green), "From 16" (blue) and "Down 18" (red) and certain screenings only for those that reached the required age .
Two days before the actual event, the GCDC (Games Convention Developer Conference) for developers took place, on the day before the fair an opening concert was performed in the Leipzig Gewandhaus until 2007 (see game music concert ).
In 2008, a new visitor record was set with over 200,000 visitors.
Games Convention Online from 2009
The former ideal sponsor BIU has not supported the Games Convention since 2009, but the new Cologne trade fair gamescom . This withdrawal of a successful event from a structurally weak region provoked a divided press response.
However, Messe Leipzig announced that it wanted to hold the fair again in 2009 after the record number of visitors in 2008. Support was also announced by the Free State of Saxony and the City of Leipzig. The focus was now on online, mobile and browser games. The fair took place under a new name from July 31st to August 2nd as Games Convention Online . In addition to the classic face-to-face fair, visitors could also take part online. The Games Convention Online 2010 was instead a pure trade fair. The Games Convention Online was canceled by the organizer for 2011 and all subsequent years.
The Games Convention abroad
From September 2007 to 2009, the GCA Games Convention Asia, an Asian offshoot of the Games Convention, took place in Singapore .
The organizers also planned to host a games convention in North America.
Fair statistics
Games Convention in Leipzig
| year | Period | Trade visitors | Visitors | Journalists | Exhibitors | Exhibition space in square meters |
swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | August 29th to September 1st | 3,000 | 80,000 | 750 | 166 | 40,000 | |
| 2003 | August 21st to August 24th | 6,000 | 92,000 | 1,300 | 207 | 40,000 | |
| 2004 | August 19 to August 22 | 4,200 | 105,000 | 1,700 | 270 | 55,000 | |
| 2005 | August 17th to August 21st | 6,200 | 136,584 | 2,000 | 279 | 80,000 | |
| 2006 | August 24th to August 27th | 7,000 | 189,884 | 2,400 | 371 | 92,200 | |
| 2007 | August 23 to August 26 | 12,300 | 185.010 | 3,395 | 503 | 112,500 | |
| 2008 | August 21st to August 24th | 14,600 | 203,000 | 3,800 | 547 | 115,000 |
GC Asia in Singapore
| year | Period | Trade visitors | Visitors | Journalists | Exhibitors | Exhibition space in square meters |
swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | September 6th to September 9th | - | 70,000 | - | 81 | - | |
| 2008 | September 18 to September 20 | - | 92,000 | - | 118 | 7,500 | |
| 2009 | September 17th to September 20th | - | 102,500 | - | 80 | - |
Games Convention Online in Leipzig
| year | Period | Trade visitors | Visitors | Journalists | Exhibitors | Exhibition space in square meters |
swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | July 31st to August 2nd | 1,000 | 43,000 | 500 | 74 | 40,000 | |
| 2010 | July 8th to July 10th | 630 | - | - | - | - |
literature
For the Games Convention 2004 and 2006, books were published with content about the fair, but above all with articles and interviews about the history and trends of the games industry. The guides were written by the games journalist René Meyer . The publisher is the Leipziger Messe.
- GC Guide - What is actually being played here? (2004)
- GC - Five years playing in Leipzig (2006)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ BIU eV: trade fair
- ↑ Leipziger Messe, press release: “GC 2007 comes to an end with a record record” ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - August 26, 2007
- ↑ GC Blog: Mister 200,000 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ : European industry trade fair gamescom celebrates its premiere in Cologne in 2009 ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ zeit.de: dismantling East - The Saxons are acidic. Retrieved May 10, 2017 .
- ↑ GC blog: GC 2009 - Next Level (final press conference)
- ↑ Golem.de: GC Leipzig is dead - long live the GC Online. Retrieved January 29, 2009 .
- ↑ Prenio.de: Games online convention in Leipzig in 2010 without an audience. Retrieved June 4, 2009 .
- ↑ Leipziger Messe : GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE will not take place in 2011. (PDF; 9 kB) Accessed April 14, 2011 .
- ↑ GamePro : "Games Convention Asia - More than 70,000 visitors" - September 10, 2007
- ↑ heise online: Games Convention strives for North America
- ↑ Annual Report - Business Year 2002. (PDF; 1.9 MB) (No longer available online.) Leipziger Messe , archived from the original on July 18, 2011 ; Retrieved September 16, 2010 (page 51). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Annual Report - Business Year 2003 (PDF; 5.0 MB) (No longer available online.) Leipziger Messe , archived from the original on February 1, 2012 ; Retrieved September 16, 2010 (page 41). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ GC 2004 with record results: 105,000 visitors and 1,700 journalists. (No longer available online.) Leipziger Messe , formerly the original ; Retrieved September 16, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c AUMA trade fair database. (No longer available online.) AUMA , formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 16, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Final report: Games industry will remain in Leipzig in 2009. (No longer available online.) Leipziger Messe , formerly the original ; Retrieved September 16, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Over 92,000 visitors to the second Games Convention Asia (GCA) in Singapore. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 16, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ schattenblick.de ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Annual report - financial year 2009. (PDF; 7.7 MB) (No longer available online.) Leipziger Messe , archived from the original on February 1, 2012 ; Retrieved September 16, 2010 (page 30). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
