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E3 drew more than 68,400 industry professionals and video game fans

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) drew more than 68,400 industry professionals and fans this week to the Los Angeles Convention Center.

That number included more than 15,000 fans, who were allowed inside the sprawling convention center for the first time. Millions more around the world watched the event on the internet and TV, according to the trade group that puts on the show, the Entertainment Software Association.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.