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Esports gets a new player-focused convention: GG Expo

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Esports is getting its first player-focused conference and expo with the announcement of GG Expo 2018. The event will be held in the Seattle area during the Memorial Day weekend in 2018.

GG Expo said the event will cover the breadth of esports, including a focus on major esports titles and categories. Those will include leading multiplayer online battle multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), first person shooter (FPS), fighting, card, sport, and real-time strategy games. GG Expo 2018 will be a three-day event taking place at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington.

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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.