E3 2007 Rival Emerges

Shacknews reports a rival to E3 2007, this summer, in Santa Monica. The rival conference's preliminary name is E.I.E.I.O. - Expo for Interactive Entertainment: Independent and Original - Fun Fest 2007. Here is the full news item.

E.I.E.I.O. is in response to a pared down E3. Last year, E3 was the biggest gaming event of the year pulling gamers from all over the world and 400+ companies. This year, however, the conference is invite only consisting of 33 companies. Big press and Big game developers are solely invited.

At E3 2006, we learned the PS3 is overpriced, the Wii is super ownage, Gears of War is the bestest thing ever and Spore is the ultimate god complex game. Will the average gamer discover the same amount of information as E307? Probably not. The bigger the entity, the further away from the average gamer.

Quote from Gamecock:

Gamecock is all about promoting the artists and bringing original games into this bloated and originality-starved industry. Gamecock is talking about plans for an E.I.E.I.O. - Expo for Interactive Entertainment: Independent and Original - Fun Fest 2007 - to be held on the same days as E3. What do you think? It would be great to have an event that supports the "uninvited" - the industry's best and most talented studios.

Hopefully Gamecock follows through with this idea.