E3 2007 – The Hunt is On

We’ve known for a while that E3 would be cutting back significantly. The only way to get tickets is to get invited, the attendees from the press will be a much smaller number than previous years, and of course there will be fewer exhibitors this time around. All positive things. That is, until we started trying to plan our coverage.

Let’s look at this: 32 companies will be showing their games or products, and the show lasts for two ten-hour days and one seven-hour day. Many companies have hotel meetings, a press conference, and playable games on the show floor. So that’s three different areas where their games could be. But wait, it gets better! The hotel suites will be spread between eight hotels, with eight to twenty minutes of travel time between the hotels and the showroom floor. Much of this week has been spent talking to game developers and publishers with a spreadsheet in front of us trying to figure out when we have time during the show to cover the games we want to.

Let the games begin!

Source: Ars Technica