MELBOURNE – Thursday 16 October, 2008 – The eGames Expo will feature the largest imaginable array of games titles – including lots of new and soon-to-be-released games – when it returns to the Melbourne Exhibition Centre from 14 to 16 November… ensuring gaming fun for absolutely anyone and everyone who visits the show.
“Anyone with an interest in games – from fanatics to newcomers – will have their hands full and their senses pushed into overdrive when they come down to the eGames Expo and Digital Lifestyle Show,” commented iDEF Festival Director, Peter Barlow.
“With so many games titles to see, play and buy, the expo will offer a real kaleidoscope of gaming fun, ensuring fun for people of all ages and interests.”
Staged alongside the new Digital Lifestyle Show, eGames will again give visitors the chance to get really ‘hands on’ with literally anything and everything from the world of electronic games and gain a greater insight into the best products available for a truly digital lifestyle.
Some of the features on the long, long list of games titles to be showcased at eGames are:
FROM ACTIVISION
Call of Duty: World at War.
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PC, Playstation 2, Nintendo DS)
Guitar Hero 3
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2)
James Bond: Quantum of Solace
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PC, Playstation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS)
FROM AFA INTERACTIVE
Bangai-O Spirits
(Nintendo DS)
Dark Sector
(Playstation 3)
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3)
Family Party: 30 Great Games
(Nintendo Wii)
Monster Madness: Grave Danger
(Playstation 3)
Puzzle Quest Galactrix
(Nintendo DS, Xbox Live Arcade, PC)
-more-
R-Type Tactics
(PSP)
Super Swing Golf
(Nintendo Wii)
FROM ATARI
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, Playstation 2, PSP)
Tomb Raider: Underworld
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PC, Nintendo DS)
FROM ELECTRONIC ARTS
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
(PC)
FIFA 09
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 2, PC, PSP, Nintendo DS)
Mirror’s Edge
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC)
FIFA 09 All-Play
(Nintendo Wii)
Playable at the EA stand
FROM FUNTASTIC
Disney Sing It feat. Camp Rock & Hannah Montana
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2)
Disney Sing It feat. High School Musical 3
(Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2)
Disney THINK Fast)
(Nintendo Wiik, Playstation 2)
High School Musical – Senior Year DANCE! (Funtastic)
(Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2)
Pure
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC)
FROM MICROSOFT
Gears of War 2
(Xbox 360)
FROM SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
Buzz Quiz TV (Playstation 3)
Little Big Planet
(Playstation 3)
MotorStorm Pacific Rift
(Playstation 3)
-more-
Resistance 2
(Playstation 3)
SingStar ABBA
(Playstation 3, Playstation 2)
SingStar Volume 3
(Playstation 3)
FROM UBISOFT
Naruto: The Broken Bond
(Xbox 360)
Prince of Persia
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC)
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
(Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS)
Shaun White Showboarding
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 2, PC, PSP, Nintendo DS)
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip
(Nintendo Wii)
Tom Clancy’s EndWar
(Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, PSP, Nintendo DS)
The Digital Lifestyle Show and eGames Expo will be literally ‘packed to the rafters’ with a wide range of devices ranging from high definition LCD and plasma screens and home entertainment systems to video games, consoles, personal computers and mobile devices.
The eGames Expo will also feature a series of video games play-offs, designed to give visitors the chance to get really ‘hands on’ with all the games on show. Eager games enthusiasts will also be able to enter in the chance to win some great prizes. Intel’s professional game players – Team Immunity – will be on hand to showcase the more serious side of game playing while giving visitors to the show the opportunity to play against some the best players in Australia.
A series of seminars and presentations will be held during the Digital Lifestyle Show and eGames Expo, designed to provide students with the opportunity to gain an insight into the career choices that exist and the range of opportunities that the digital industry can provide.
On stage presentations and ‘hands-on’ experiences with leading brands at the Digital Lifestyle Show will showcase the latest products and provide visitors with the opportunity to gain an insight into the digital products and services that are either already doing so, or are set to revolutionise our lives. With ‘digital’ recognised as the way of the future, the expo will provide people who want to find out about the latest, greatest and ‘soon to be seen’ digital products and services with the opportunity to see them first hand.
For all the latest in the world of digital entertainment, make sure you are in Melbourne during November to be part of the biggest interactive event in Australia. Check out www.idef.com.au for all the details.