Entertainment for All
{{short description|Former public video game trade show}}
{{Infobox Convention
|name=Entertainment for All
|image=240px
|sections=
|status=Defunct
|genre=Video games
|venue=Los Angeles Convention Center
|location=Los Angeles
|country=United States
|first=2007
|last=2008
|organizer=IDG World Expo
|filing=Non-profit
|website=http://www.eforallexpo.com
}}
Entertainment for All Expo or E for All was a public video game trade show, created to allow the general public to see and experience new products from the video game industry. The inaugural E for All Expo was open October 18 to October 21, 2007, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168302.html?q=e%20for%20all&tag=result;title;0 "E for All detailed"]{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/753/753398p1.html |title=Entertainment For All Expo Announced |access-date=2007-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014025028/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/753/753398p1.html |archive-date=2007-10-14 |url-status=dead }}
The Second E For All Convention took place from October 3 through October 5, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
History
On January 5, 2007, IDG World Expo, announced the first annual E for All Expo, the only video game event to receive the endorsement of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade organization that organized the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} E for All was launched in response to ESA's reorganization of the E3 event to the E3 Business and Media Summit, where only invitees from the press and in the industry can attend. The expo offers an opportunity for the general public to see and try new products.
On September 16, 2007, Games Media Properties, announced that they will no longer produce the World Series of Video Games.{{citation |url=http://blogs.ign.com/gmbar/2007/09/16/66428/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2007-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622053121/http://blogs.ign.com/gmbar/2007/09/16/66428/ |archive-date=2009-06-22 }} This announcement reduced the size of Entertainment for All's show floor by 35%.{{citation|url=http://wire.ggl.com/2007/09/14/there-will-be-a-game-tournament-at-e-for-all-but-who-will-run-it/ |access-date=2007-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829231710/http://wire.ggl.com/2007/09/14/there-will-be-a-game-tournament-at-e-for-all-but-who-will-run-it/ |archive-date=2008-08-29 |title=GGL Wire » There will be a game tournament at e for All — but who will run it? }}
IDG World Expo is also responsible for producing tradeshows, conferences and events such as Macworld, LinuxWorld, and GreenXchange Xpo.{{cite web|title=HD Hollywood Movies Torrent|url=https://www.cre8ivedesi9.net/hd-hollywood-movies-torrent/|access-date=14 June 2017}}
The 2007 Expo had an attendance of about 18,000.{{citation|url= http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/22/18-000-attend-e-for-all-but-first-a-little-panic/ | access-date=2007-10-23 |title=18,000 attend E for All; but first, a little panic}}
Two highly anticipated titles, Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots were present in playable form. Organizers considered the event a success.{{citation|url= http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680206/E_For_All_Floor_Report.html | access-date=2007-10-23| title=Games}}{{citation|url= http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/680228/E_For_All_Draws_Smaller_Crowd.html | access-date=2007-10-23| title=Games}}
IDG World Expo announced the date for the 2008 Entertainment For All show months before their 2007 took place. They announced that the date would be August 28–30, the same weekend that the annual Penny Arcade Expo video game show falls on.{{citation|url= http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17438 | access-date=2007-10-31| title=Penny Arcade Expo Organisers on e for All Expo 2008 - News and Siteseeing}} The event took place October 3–5.
E for All is now no longer held because the convention was merged back into the Electronic Entertainment Expo by the ESA in time for E3 2009.
In 2017, almost a decade after the last E for All, E3 became open to the public for the first time.{{Cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-opens-to-the-public-for-the-first-time-ever/1100-6447663/ |title = E3 Opens to the Public for the First Time Ever}}
See also
- Consumer Electronics Show
- Electronic Entertainment Expo
- Game Developers Conference
- Games Convention — held in Leipzig, Germany
- Gamescom - will be held in Cologne, successor to GC
- Penny Arcade Expo
- SpaceWorld — Nintendo exclusive game expo
- Tokyo Game Show — Game expo held in Tokyo, Japan
- Video Games Live
- World Series of Video Games
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.eforallexpo.com/}}
- [http://www.idgworldexpo.com Official IDG World Expo site]
- [http://www.intothepixel.com Official Into The Pixel site]
- [http://www.videogameslive.com Official Video Games Live site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20171209061734/http://www.thewsvg.com/ Official World Series of Video Games site]
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Category:Recurring events established in 2007
Category:Trade shows in the United States