History
The Leipzig Games Convention was first held in 2002. In 2005, the convention achieved visitor numbers of 134,000, which had risen to 185,000 by 2007.
The Games Convention is usually held in the last week of August. The Games Convention 2007 took place from 23 August to 26 August 2007. It started one day earlier for press members, exhibitors, and professionals.
In 2008, the Industry consortium BIU announced not to back a Games Convention in 2009 in Leipzig, preferring a newly to be established convention held in Cologne under the name of Gamescom. Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are members of the BIU, representing 12 companies.
On 29 January 2009, the Leipziger Messe (Leipzig Fair) announced that in 2009 there will be no Games Convention as in 2008, but a new fair called "Games Convention Online" from 31 July to 2 August 2009. It will feature mainly browser games and other online and casual games.
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