The GO3 Electronic Entertainment Expo will be held in Perth, Australia in the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre March 30- April 1. There will be a two-day industry conference held there as well as an over 600 participant LAN party and a game development competition to accompany the Expo which promises to the showcase the lastest in games, communication & technologies, hobbies, and electronic entertainment. Confirmed exhibitionists include, Nintendo, Xbox 360, NVIDIA, and 2K.

The list of speakers at the conference include the makers of some heavyweight studios and projects: Rod Furgusson (producer of Gears of War), Harvey Smith (creative director of Midway Studios - Austin) and Goichi Suda (aka Suda 51, president of Grasshopper Manufacture) amongst others.

Another attraction for the conference will be the hosting of the Australian final of the E-Sports World Cup with a prize purse of over $400,000 in the final competition to be held in Paris. Other competitions include the aforementioned Game Developers Competition, a national Cos Play competition, and and Dance Dance Revolution competition.

The online LAN party will feature series of structured competitions for prizes. The games officially listed as part of this attraction are Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2142, Counter Strike: Force, Counter Strike 1.6, Quake 3, Quake 4, Unreal Tournament, Trackmania Nations, and Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne.

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