2009-10-26 15:08:41 Eurogamer Expo (Leeds 27/28th Oct, London 29/30th)

Anyone going to this? Tickets have now sold out. I've got tickets for both London dates.

Looking forward to seeing Mass Effect 2, MAG, Heavy Rain, Assassins Creed 2, Joe Danger, Split Second and some other bits. Full list of what's on show here.

http://expo.eurogamer.net/whats-on.php

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2009-10-26 15:34:28

I was just about to say that I may catch the London dates, until you said that tickets have now sold out. Bummer.

2009-10-26 17:22:08

Didnt get my tickets on time..... oh well. To be honest I wasnt that excited about it anyway

2009-10-26 17:23:09 In reply to deftangel (2009-10-26 15:08:41)

Yeah thought i could go on the day, but then found out its a ticket only affair :(, if you can deft gt some vids of Mass Effect :)

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2009-10-27 12:44:48

I was a good boy and bought my tickets a while ago. I will be at the London one on the second day :]

Definitely looking forward to getting my hands on Mass Effect and Assassins Creed. Oh and the indie games thing they've got going on this year should be cool too.

I went last year and thought it was pretty good. Not as glamorous as other bigger shows, but it's still a blast.

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2009-10-27 14:11:50 In reply to Archaos (2009-10-27 12:44:48)

How busy does it get? I didn't go last year. I'm going first thing Friday where hopefully it's not too mental.

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2009-10-27 17:18:23

It's not THAT bad really. It never felt crowded. As for lines, it was the multiplayer games that have the longest wait.

Last year the big ones were for Gears 2 and the Street Fighter IV cabinets. Left4Dead had a crowd throughout the entire day.

If you do get there early enough I'm sure you'll get dibs on whatever you want.

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2009-10-29 19:30:44 In reply to Archaos (2009-10-27 17:18:23)

Cool cheers for that.

Eurogamer twitter says tickets available on the door for tomorrow in London. If anyone ends up going let me know :D

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2009-10-30 16:04:50

Come on deft i know you must have a laptop and mobile internet connection, wheres your report? stop playing the games for a second and think about us lesser people and give us some goddies!!!! ;p

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** Yes We CAN!! **

Kaz Hirai - Sony

"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do" LOLOLOLOL!!

2009-10-31 02:22:52 In reply to dcdelgado (2009-10-30 16:04:50)

I'll be writing some stuff for CouchCampus. Today, I played Heavy Rain, Split Second, GoW III, Mass Effect 2, Red Steel 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2. Feel free to ask any questions though I'll probably dip into the individual threads so people see it.

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2009-11-01 03:24:13

Just got back, and I'm knackered. Really good show though! The venue was tons better than last years and I think I enjoyed more games this year too.

So far my game of the show was Left4Dead2. That game just can't not be fun (TBH that game is perfect for that kind of environment so that did help it).

Mass Effect was the same demo from E3 so there wasn't much of a wow factor because I'd seen the thing a hundred times already. But it was great to finally get to play it. Controls feel tighter and shooting things is very satisfying.

My surprise game of the show was Split Second (burnout-ish racing game where environment is your weapon). Just a really addictive game that looked great and put a fat grin on your face every time something exploded.

Another thing I did not expect to be impressed by was the 3D technology being shown. I tried out Nvidia's stuff first and was genuinely impressed, although I don't think I would throw down any money for it for a long, long time.
Avatar just looked amazing in 3D and you could really tell they put a lot of work in there. The game really needs to be played in the 3D for it to be fully appreciated.

I am disappointed I didn't get to play Assassins Creed II. Can't believe they only had it on 4 machines.

I should mention more games but I need sleeps. Next year I definitely think more Gamersyders should go.

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2009-11-02 12:39:36 In reply to Archaos (2009-11-01 03:24:13)

Left 4 Dead 2 was definitely one of the more popular games at the show. I didn't bother waiting for it as I'd played a fair bit of it already. Always people around there hanging around.

Venue was off the hook too, specially downstairs.

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2009-11-03 03:22:34 In reply to deftangel (2009-10-31 02:22:52)

2009-11-04 14:49:17 In reply to GriftGFX (2009-11-03 03:22:34)

I thought it was fun. You can definitely tell 1943 was a test bed for it though. Even some of the UI elements are the same.

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