back What Exhibtors Are Saying about GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE (News from: 08/02/2009) Ralph H. Baer, inventor of the home video play console „Online games are valid and the industry will certainly be growing in the future. It would be great to see GCO growing analogous to that trend in the next few years.” Michael Dilger, Head of Strategy at PixelPlaying GmbH & Co. KG “It was the right decision for us to exhibit at GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE. This is where the entire on-line game sector gets together, which enables us to appeal to our target group directly. A fair specialised in on-line games is liberating for us.” Heiko Hubertz, founder and CEO of Bigpoint GmbH “The first GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE is neat, but nifty. Our stand at the Business Center was definitely worth-while. It met our expectations and we felt the first GCO was very professional. We’re in favour of specialising in on-line and mobile games, which is why we’re looking forward to 2010.“ Klaas Kersting, CEO of Gameforge AG "GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE showed that a fair specialising in on-line games had been long overdue – there was good reason for Gameforge to proactively support the idea. Our gamers came from 23 countries to get to know Gameforge, our games and team players. But the fair was also worth while in terms of business – we will be able to make a lot of contacts and even land some great deals right here." Don S. Kim, CEO of World Cyber Games Advanced Cyber Entertainment GmbH “We were very happy with how the first GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE went. This fair showed that a strategy as specialised as this can function. We predict that GCO will have a promising future and we will be glad to attend next year as well.” Il Kim, Executive Director Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) “GCO 2009 has an outstanding opportunity to make initial contact with our European business partners and representatives from the media world. The number of meetings was far above our expectations.” Pyung-Hee Kim, Director of the General Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) “No other fair appreciates the Korean game industry as much as GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE. Our companies conducted as many as 600 business meetings in Leipzig, which is much more than we expected from this fair. That’s why we’ll be sure to attend GCO in 2010.” Andreas Lange, Director of the Computerspiele Museum Berlin “The preparations that the Leipzig Trade Fair made for the first GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE and the organisation during the event were very good, as we have come to expect. We are very satisfied on the huge number of people interested in the history and development of computer games. The media also showed great interest.” Jong Hyun Moon, Director of the Seoul Business Agency (SBA) “Korea is the forerunner in on-line gaming, which is why it is also very important to SBA to support this industry. We are satisfied with the entire fair and the talks we conducted because it brought Korea and Europe closer together. We would like to work more closely with the Leipzig Trade Fair.” Michael Schmidt, Marketing & Communication at ROCCAT Studios Hamburg “We are satisfied with the first GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE because we were able to unveil our new strategy of the ROCCAT™ SDMS to a broader public. GCO has the stuff to become one of the foremost European platforms in on-line and mobile games. We will also be on board next year.” Uwe Semtner, in charge of Gaming and eSport at ACER Europe “The first GAMES CONVENTION ONLINE was a successful fair for ACER. This is very interesting especially for a PC manufacturer because the classical PC is mostly the gaming platform. Our SK-eSPORT ARENA and the Free Gaming Area we set up together with the Leipzig Trade Fair with more than 250 ACER PCs provided impressive evidence of how important a good computer is for the ultimate playing experience. ACER will be coming back and we’re crossing our fingers for Leipzig’s future.” Patrick Streppel, CEO of gamigo AG “We’re very happy with the fair because we were able to carry on very useful B2B talks. It was also important that we were able to get in contact with gamers directly. We are looking forward to next year.” Philip Yun, CEO of NHN USA "The GCO at Leipzig was a great success for NHN and ijji.com. We got a lot of attention for our upcoming titles including Huxley: The Dystopia and Karma: Operation Barbarossa. On top of that, we met a lot of key people from throughout the industry and look forward to turning those initial meetings into long standing business partnership." Contact for the press: Heike Fischer Phone: +49 (0) 341 / 6 78 - 81 81 Fax: +49 (0) 341 / 6 78 - 81 82 e-mail: h.fischer@leipziger-messe.de Torsten Anke Phone: +49 (0) 341 / 6 78 - 81 98 Fax: +49 (0) 341 / 6 78 - 81 82 e-mail: t.anke@leipziger-messe.de Internet: http://www.gamesconvention.com