After last years successful inaugural event on the Gold Coast, EB Games Australia will be holding their second EB Games Expo at the Sydney Showgrounds between the 5th and 7th October. While you might not be expecting the number of announcements made at Gamescom or E3 given this is an event for the public – all throughout the three days you can expect to see a number of showcases being held.
The company has today unveiled their EB Live Schedule, detailing all the game showcases they have planned. Each of these will be held by representatives of the respective developers/publishers and will showcase their hottest new and upcoming games. The daily schedules are as follows:
Friday October 5th, 2012
| Friday Daylight Session | |
| 10:10am | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session One |
| 10:30am – 11:30am | Ubisoft Warner Bros. |
| 12:10pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Two |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Playstation THQ |
| 2:00pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Three |
| 2:20pm – 3:45pm | TBA Square Enix – Tomb Raider TBA |
| Friday Twilight Session | |
| 4:40pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session One |
| 5:00pm – 6:45pm | TBA THQ XBOX 360 – Halo 4 |
| 7:00pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Two |
| 7:20pm – 8:45pm | Playstation Electronic Arts TBC |
| 9:00pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Three |
| 9:20pm – 10:20pm | Ubisoft Square Enix – Tomb Raider |
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Saturday October 6th, 2012
| Saturday Daylight Session | |
| 10:10am | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session One |
| 10:30am – 12:00pm | EPlaystation THQ Square Enix – Tomb Raider |
| 12:20pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Two |
| 12:40pm – 1:45pm | Ubisoft TXBOX 360 – Halo 4 |
| 2:00pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Three |
| 2:20pm – 3:45pm | TBA Electronic Arts TBA |
| Saturday Twilight Session | |
| 5:10pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session One |
| 5:30pm – 6:45pm | TBA Playstation THQ |
| 8:00pm | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Two |
| 8:20pm – 9:45pm | Ubisoft Square Enix – Tomb Raider TBA |
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Sunday October 7th, 2012
| Sunday Daylight Session | |
| 9:20am | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session One |
| 9:30am – 11:00am | Square Enix – Tomb Raider Ubisoft Playstation |
| 11:10am | Doors Open – EB LIVE Session Two |
| 11:30pm – 1:20pm | TBA Electronic Arts XBOX 360 – XBOX LIVE & SMARTGLASS DEMONSTRATION TBA |
Any ammendments to this schedule will be posted via the expos official website HERE.
Official Blurb on the Expo
Taking place in a massive 3000-seat arena, with a gigantic 65m x 8m viewing screen, EB Live is the ultimate gaming experience. The world’s leading publishers will show off the hottest new games, including long awaited new releases such as the ground-breaking Halo 4 and Tomb Raider.
The aim of EB Live is to give gaming fans the chance to enjoy both daylight and twilight sessions, with the ability to choose the days they want to attend and the publishers and games they want to check out. Represented at EB Live are all of the world’s leading publishers and console companies – Ubisoft, Warner Brothers, Playstation, THQ, Square Ennix, XBOX 360, Electronic Arts, and more.
Taking place in Sydney for the first time, more than 30,000 gaming and entertainment fans will flock to Sydney Showground for this extraordinary event. In addition to EB Live there’s the Gamer Gear Zone,which will host the latest and upcoming gaming accessories and entertainment products, the Homegrown Gaming Zone with an area all of it’s own dedicated to e-sport, Cosplay, local game developers, gaming technology and pop culture booths, and the new Family Zone will feature kids entertainment, activities and early access to the most exciting family games!
