Asia Game Show 2009 Image Gallery
by Jerry Chu,
Celebrating its 8th anniversary – the Asia Game Show x Online Game Show opened to gaming fans of Hong Kong for a 4 day extravaganza beginning December 24. Held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, some game fans were lined up outside of the HKCEC 2 days in anticipation of the event.
The event was largely sponsored in part by HKSAR (government), HKGIA, Hong Kong Productivity Council Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Industry Centre, and the Savannah College of Art and Design, in conjunction with by Sony Computer Entertainment Asia.
With console gaming largely represented by Warcraft – Soft-world Int. Representatives of the Hong Kong Game Industry Association stressed during the opening ceremonies that the HKSAR government and Office of Economic Development has made it a priority to facilitate the development of local creative industries within the gaming industry.
And what's a gaming convention without the cosplaying? A wide variety of otaku that were fixated on taking pictures of said females.
Given the continuing piracy issues within much of Hong Kong and China, it remains to be seen how HKSAR's efforts to boost its fledgling gaming industry might be realized, but if the observed sales of legitimate games (especially Final Fantasy XIII) at the event were an indicating factor, it seems Hong Kong is heading in the right direction.
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