Konami Digital's announced that it will be present at this year's upcoming Games Convention event in Leipzig, Germany. The company will be showcasing some of their higher profile titles for this year, including Silent Hill: Homecoming for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2009. Details on what else will be featured are available in the full article.

Yes, we can't wait for August 21 to come around, especially those of us lucky enough to receive advance holiday tickets for the Games Convention 2008 event. In anticipation of yet another high turnout this year, the folks at Leipzig are hard at work in making sure the venue will be a great (and safe) place to check out what's new in the gaming world. Details in the full article!

Electronic Arts' Need for Speed ProStreet (PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii) has been out for more than a month now, but the developers still aren't quite done dishing out additional content for this fast-paced racing sim. In a video we've provided for everyone below, you can take a look at all the new goodies in the exclusive Booster Pack downloadable content that will be included.

Check out the other goodies in the Booster Pack after the jump!

If you're short on ideas on what to give that gamer friend or relative, then you may want to consider this option: advance tickets to the Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig! It's never too soon to grab your tickets for one of next year's biggest gaming events, after all.

Check out the GC Christmas campaign freebies and other information in the full article!

The Games Convention Asia Conference is currently underway and has attracted respected delegates from over 20 countries. Industry bigwigs from North America, Asia and Europe were all at hand to share their thoughts on the state of the business.

 

The inaugural GCAC started on September 6 and wraps up on Sunday with an opener courtesy of  Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and Second Minister for Information, Communication, and the Arts.

Managing Director for the Conference & Exhibition Management Services  Edward Liu and Leipzig Trade Fair President Wolfgang Marzin were also in attendance to welcome everyone. The two are the main organizers of the Games Convention events.

Marzin commended the host nation at the opening ceremonies and said, "Singapore is the gateway to the booming Asian-Pacific market, and opens up exciting new opportunities for the global games industry." Bob Wallace of Strategic Alternatives agrees:

The games business is a fast-growing entertainment market with participants from all nations. Asia, however, is the fastest growing part of this market, and many new world-class games companies are expected to emerge from Asia. GCA promises to be the first truly pan-Asian games conference showcasing game products and companies, and it is not to be missed by those who look toward the future.

The GCAC is happening alongside the GC Asia exhibit, which shows off the latest in the gaming industry, encompassing all platforms from consoles, PCs, handhelds and mobile phones.

The GCAC is expected to go off with a bang when Electronic Arts Worldwide executive of Music and Marketing Steve Schnur takes on the podium and offers his thoughts. Schnur says he is proud to be a part of GCAC and is excited about his turn to speak.

Alexander Fernandez, founding member and CEO of Streamline Studios, has been named as the keynote speaker in the Asian Games Convention. The convention will be held on September 6 and 7 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center.

Under Fernandez's directive, Streamline was able to deliver critically-acclaimed video games such as Gears of War, Saints Row, and Ghost Recon 2.

Fernandez's speech will be titled The Rising Value of Content Capital and will tackle the issues surrounding the importance of content-driven games and how outsourcing can help develop the industry.

"We view GC Asia as a key forum for addressing both the opportunities and challenges of the emerging content creation sector in Asia," said the Streamline Chief. "With game development ever more a global phenomenon, it's the perfect time to address the implications for all parties involved: creators and publishers alike."

GC Asia is the regional counterpart of the recently-concluded GC 2007 in Leipzig, Germany where talks about the industry as well as exhibits of the biggest gaming projects today were held. The event covers all forms of gaming from consoles, PCs, handhelds, and even mobile phones.

If you're interested in GC Asia and would like to participate, you can go to www.GC-asia.sg to find more information.

  

This year's GC in Leipzig packed a lot of surprises for the videogame community, with the industry's biggest movers and shakers flashing their biggest guns for the world to see. It's not hard to see, then, why some people would want the event held in a bigger scale and in a different venue, for maximum digital entertainment nirvana. Rumors of this happening have circulated 'round the interwebs quite a bit, some of them stating that GC will indeed be taking place in a different location come 2009.

While this may seem like a good idea on paper, it may not be all that feasible, as the decision to move GC from Leipzig would need the express permission from the organizers of the convention itself.

This revelation comes from a representative of Leipziger Messe, the company who currently owns Games Convention and the GC brand. Since Leipziger Messe owns GC and all that entails, they have the final say on whether or not GC takes place in a location other than Leipzig.

They also went on to disprove the rumors even further. Not only would there be little chance of them granting the permission because this year's location proved to be a huge success, but also that applying for the permission itself was a process that took two or three years of negotiation. Ouch.

So for those of us who were hoping to have GC take place somewhere closer to home, too bad. But yours truly doubts that the minor inconvenience of taking an overseas trip would affect gamers worldwide. It's GC, after all!

Because it ain't over until we've covered things we might've missed, we're taking a gander at some of the hot featurettes of games coming to your favorite platforms from the wake of the Leipzig Games Convention. This blogger has rustled up some late GC videos dating to a week ago for Need for Speed ProStreet (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS) just for folks who've been hoping for an update or two.

And what we've got here are three videos featuring lengthy desert circuits and drag racing, all showing you just how much faster your muscle car can achieve in Need for Speed ProStreet. Drag racing is worthy to note here, for those familiar with Carbon's drag racing mode would have a lot to drool for this time around. Queue in the burning rubber.

GC 2007: Need for Street ProStreet Street Racing Cam Gameplay

Drag racing videos follow at the full article!

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Roll out the red carpet! Leipzig Messe has just announced the winners for the "Best of GC" during the Leipzig Games Convention 2007. The awards span across all current generation platforms and other industry-related tidbits showcased during the event, all dispersed under ten respective categories.

Among the list of 85 hardware and software entries, a lineup of finalists have been revealed. And with those finalists, it seemed to be a tough call on which to choose as the winner. Each of the finalists had their own big plus to bring into the table, that's for sure. Regardless, the winners have already been announced.

Here's the full list of winners of the Best of GC, each in their own category:

• God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony Computer Entertainment) - PSP
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) - PS2
  
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) - PS3
• BioShock (Take-Two Interactive) - Xbox 360
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) - Nintendo Wii
• Eye Training (Nintendo) - Nintendo DS
• Crysis (Electronic Arts) - PC
• Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Eidos) - Online
• Wii Balance Board - Hardware/Accessory/Product

An award was supposed to have been given for the Mobile category, however, there weren't enough participants to have warranted the prize.

While war may never change - even if the world it's currently being fought on is a wrecked, nuke-pockmarked wasteland - we certainly can't help but feel that Fallout 3(Xbox 360, PS3, PC) is changing the way we look at post-apocalyptic RPGs, and it's more than evident in these new screenshots fresh from GC in Leipzig.

In this screenshot update, we see quite an eye-opening lot, starting with the game's beautifully-ruined environments that depict a land torn apart by war, strife, and indiscriminate nuking. The billboard shows off Fallout's most recognizable element, PipBoy, as well as the vaults humans were made to retreat into during the aforementioned nuking. We also see some images that may or may not depict gameplay - if it does, then we're probably looking at a third-person adventure on our hands.

One thing that's striking about these screenshots is the fact that blood - droplets of it, anyway - get splattered all over the camera after a kill. Certainly a bloody affair, which brings us to question just how violent Bethesda's Fallout 3 is going to be come its release date. The visuals look as pretty as ever, though there's a bit of blurring at the very last screenshot. Enjoy the screenshots!