Status Active Country Australia Attendance 38,000 in 2013 | Location(s) Gold Coast, Sydney Inaugurated 2011 | |
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Venue Sydney Showground
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EB Games Expo, commonly known as EB Expo or EBX, is a video game trade fair / convention held annually in Australia. It is organised by EB Games Australia. It is used by many video game developers to show off their upcoming games and game-related hardware. Unlike E3, EB Expo allows members of the general public to attend. EB Expo is Australia's largest games event with over 38,000 attending the show in 2013. The most recent show was held in 2016 from 30 September to 2 October.
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EB Games Expo 2011
EB Games Expo 2011 was held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre from 15–16 October it was the first time the event was open to the public. The expo was attended by 14,278 people and 26 exhibitors.
EB Games Expo 2012
EB Games Expo 2012 was held at the Sydney Showground from 5–7 October, and was the first time it was held at the venue. It was announced during the Friday and Saturday 'Twilight Spectacular' shows that the Expo will be held at the same location in 2013 and 2014, as part of a 3-year contract for the event organiser. The expo was attended by 30,745 people and 32 exhibitors.
EB Games Expo 2013
EB Games Expo 2013 was held at the Sydney Showground from 4–6 October. The expo was attended by over 38,000 people.
EB Games Expo 2014
EB Games Expo 2014 was held at the Sydney Showground from 3–5 October. Sessions were from 9am to 3pm and from 3pm to 9pm. Twilight session was only allowed for persons 15+
EB Games Expo 2015
The 2015 edition of the EB Games Expo ran from 2–4 October 2015 at the Sydney Showground. The event had two "daylight" and "twilight" sessions, each 6 and 4 hours in length respectively, on 2 and 3 October, with one 6 hour session on 4 October, following the same format as the previous two years. The Dome (Hall 1), Ross Pavilion (Hall 2) and Binnie Pavilion (Hall 3) will once again host the exhibition floor itself. The Expo was the third to showcase games for the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, and will be the fifth to showcase games for the Wii U. Multi-platform games Star Wars: Battlefront and Call of Duty: Black Ops III were available to play exclusively at Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation stand.
EB Games Expo 2016
The sixth annual running of the EB Games took place at the Sydney Showground from 30 September to 2 October 2016. PlayStation VR made its second and final appearance before its commercial release in October 2016. Ubisoft's lineup of games for 2016-17 release included Watch Dogs 2, For Honor, Just Dance 2017, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Steep and South Park: The Fractured But Whole.