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Convention organiser IDG World Expo has confirmed that the E for All consumer show is to be cancelled and will not recur in 2009.

After only two events at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, the E for All event will be scrapped, following the decision by IDG World Expo to focus on a reinvigorated, further reaching and, basically, bigger E3 next year in June. A comment from IDG:

“We want to thank all of our E for All partners for their support, and we encourage E for All exhibitors to participate in the E3 new event, which we believe will meet their needs as well as those of the industry at large.”

The E for All consumer show was thought of as a supplement to E3, which took place months before in the calendar year, providing an opportunity for the public to get hands-on time with new games as well as be exposed to new, up-and-coming games and technologies. R.I.P.

Somehow the E for All Event, a public game exhibition, flew under the radar of most publications this past weekend, operating very much on the down-low. Despite such a low-key function, the expo was able to attract 15 000 attendees over the weekend, which Chief Executive Officer of IDG World Expo, Mary Dolaher, calls “a true success.” Dolaher said:

“E for All 2008 was all about connecting great game companies with gamers and gamers with great games, and we’re happy to report that the event was a true success in this regard. In addition to welcoming back great exhibitors, celebrity gamers and partners from last year, we added a number of new programs and special features for 2008 which truly added to the excitement and energy of the show. We want to thank everyone who participated in E for All 2008 and helped make it such a success.”

The second event of its kind in as many years, held in Los Angeles, E for All is heralded as the public E3. It also just happened to coincide with South Africa’s very own game and technology event over the weekend, rAge.