RudedogX
05-06-2003, 06:14 AM
E3EXPO 2003 LAUNCHES WEB SITE OFFERING CONSUMERS AN
INSIDE LOOK AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST COMPUTER AND
VIDEO GAME EVENT;
E3Insider.com Provides First-Ever Virtual Look at Event, Offers
Daily Sweepstakes
LOS ANGELES - May 6, 2003 - For the first time ever, consumers and
game enthusiasts will get a first-hand virtual look inside the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3Expo), the world's preeminent
interactive entertainment trade show, the Interactive Digital Software
Association (IDSA) announced today. The Web site, E3Insider
(www.e3insider.com), will launch on May 14th at 10am when E3Expo's
doors open to thousands of industry professionals at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.
"With the launch of E3Insider, we've opened E3Expo's `virtual
doors' so that consumers and game enthusiasts from around the globe
can experience the excitement of E3Expo," said Douglas Lowenstein,
president of the IDSA, the trade association that represents U.S.
computer and video game publishers and the owner of E3Expo. "E3Expo is
a trade-only event, established specifically as a venue for the
worldwide interactive entertainment community to showcase new products
and take care of business. With that said, we felt it was important to
be able to offer the millions of gamers out there who support this
industry a way to see what's going on at the show, and E3Insider will
do just that."
E3Insider will give consumers the ability to experience the
excitement of this exclusive trade-only event and get a feel for the
trends being seen and the products being showcased. The new site will
capture the show's action and excitement through interactive coverage,
news from exhibitor booths, interviews with industry professionals,
video clips, photo galleries and stories about the show. In addition,
E3Insider will feature daily sweepstakes, giving site visitors a
chance to win prizes including game consoles. Visitors to the Web site
will be given a look at some of the more than 1,350 never-before-seen
computer and video game titles and related products that will debut
during the show's three days.
E3Expo, now in its ninth year, is owned by the Interactive Digital
Software Association (IDSA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving
the business and public affairs needs of the companies publishing
interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal
computers, and the Internet. IDSA members collectively account for
more than 90 percent of the $6.9 billion in entertainment software
sales in the U.S. in 2002, and billions more in export sales of
American-made entertainment software. The IDSA offers services to
interactive entertainment software publishers including a global
anti-piracy program, owning the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade
show, business and consumer research, government relations and First
Amendment and intellectual property protection efforts.
E3Expo is a trade event, not open to the general public. Only
working journalists with qualified media outlets will be eligible to
register for media badges. No one under the age of 18 will be
admitted, including infants. This policy is strictly enforced.
INSIDE LOOK AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST COMPUTER AND
VIDEO GAME EVENT;
E3Insider.com Provides First-Ever Virtual Look at Event, Offers
Daily Sweepstakes
LOS ANGELES - May 6, 2003 - For the first time ever, consumers and
game enthusiasts will get a first-hand virtual look inside the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3Expo), the world's preeminent
interactive entertainment trade show, the Interactive Digital Software
Association (IDSA) announced today. The Web site, E3Insider
(www.e3insider.com), will launch on May 14th at 10am when E3Expo's
doors open to thousands of industry professionals at the Los Angeles
Convention Center.
"With the launch of E3Insider, we've opened E3Expo's `virtual
doors' so that consumers and game enthusiasts from around the globe
can experience the excitement of E3Expo," said Douglas Lowenstein,
president of the IDSA, the trade association that represents U.S.
computer and video game publishers and the owner of E3Expo. "E3Expo is
a trade-only event, established specifically as a venue for the
worldwide interactive entertainment community to showcase new products
and take care of business. With that said, we felt it was important to
be able to offer the millions of gamers out there who support this
industry a way to see what's going on at the show, and E3Insider will
do just that."
E3Insider will give consumers the ability to experience the
excitement of this exclusive trade-only event and get a feel for the
trends being seen and the products being showcased. The new site will
capture the show's action and excitement through interactive coverage,
news from exhibitor booths, interviews with industry professionals,
video clips, photo galleries and stories about the show. In addition,
E3Insider will feature daily sweepstakes, giving site visitors a
chance to win prizes including game consoles. Visitors to the Web site
will be given a look at some of the more than 1,350 never-before-seen
computer and video game titles and related products that will debut
during the show's three days.
E3Expo, now in its ninth year, is owned by the Interactive Digital
Software Association (IDSA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving
the business and public affairs needs of the companies publishing
interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal
computers, and the Internet. IDSA members collectively account for
more than 90 percent of the $6.9 billion in entertainment software
sales in the U.S. in 2002, and billions more in export sales of
American-made entertainment software. The IDSA offers services to
interactive entertainment software publishers including a global
anti-piracy program, owning the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade
show, business and consumer research, government relations and First
Amendment and intellectual property protection efforts.
E3Expo is a trade event, not open to the general public. Only
working journalists with qualified media outlets will be eligible to
register for media badges. No one under the age of 18 will be
admitted, including infants. This policy is strictly enforced.