Gaming Exhibition - Coming Soon

It will feature a 650-point local area network (LAN) area where gamers can plug in their own PCs and play against each other. The LAN will feature live commentary and other extras to help increase the profile of competitive gaming in the country, says Michael James, editor of New Age Gaming.

Along with standard LAN games like Counter-Strike and Warcraft III, the event will also feature a retro-gaming arena.

With this, we will offer players a fun area to play against each other with such classic games as Starcraft and Quake I.

For those not interested in playing games, there will also be an anime theatre, pen-and-paper role-playing games and a gaming auction.

According to James, the organiser is also negotiating with various student theatre companies to come up with plays that revolve around gaming.

On the auction side, things are still evolving. We are in discussions with Vivendi Universal, Electronic Arts and MegaRom to get exclusive overseas items like autographed game posters and collector's edition titles for auction.

The aim is to promote gaming in the country. We also need to show people what competitive gaming is all about. With the expo, we want to portray gaming as a spectator sport.