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What is the best gaming convention?

By YPB Team

Trade-show halls built for blockbuster reveals sit next to LAN parties that run all night. Pick the one that mattered most.

  1. Gamescom — ranked #11
    Gamescom
    A video game trade fair held in Cologne since 2009 that draws more than 300,000 visitors a year.
    1000pts
  2. E3 — ranked #22
    E3
    The Electronic Entertainment Expo ran in Los Angeles from 1995 and hosted major console reveals before it was permanently cancelled in 2023.
    961pts
  3. PAX — ranked #33
    PAX
    Started by the creators of the Penny Arcade webcomic near Seattle in 2004, it grew into a family of shows including PAX East, PAX West and PAX Australia.
    828pts
  4. Brasil Game Show — ranked #44
    Brasil Game Show
    A video game expo founded in Rio de Janeiro in 2009 and held in São Paulo since 2012.
    787pts
  5. DreamHack — ranked #55
    DreamHack
    Began as a LAN party in Sweden in 1994 and grew into a series of festivals combining LAN events, esports and expos.
    787pts
  6. GDC — ranked #66
    GDC
    The Game Developers Conference, a professional gathering for game makers held in San Francisco, which began in 1988.
    703pts
  7. Paris Games Week — ranked #77
    Paris Games Week
    France's video game show, held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles since 2010.
    629pts
  8. Tokyo Game Show — ranked #88
    Tokyo Game Show
    A game expo held in the Tokyo area since 1996, now at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, with a strong lineup of Japanese publishers.
    450pts
  9. QuakeCon — ranked #99
    QuakeCon
    A bring-your-own-computer LAN party turned convention, held in the Dallas area since 1996, online only in 2020-2022.
    449pts
  10. BlizzCon — ranked #1010
    BlizzCon
    Blizzard Entertainment's fan convention, first held in Anaheim in 2005, where the company announces new games and expansions.
    339pts
  11. Gen Con — ranked #1111
    Gen Con
    A tabletop gaming convention founded by Gary Gygax in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in 1968 and now held in Indianapolis.
    339pts
  12. TwitchCon — ranked #1212
    TwitchCon
    Twitch's own convention for streamers and their communities, first held in San Francisco in 2015, with a European edition since 2019.
    339pts
  13. EVO — ranked #1313
    EVO
    The Evolution Championship Series, a Las Vegas fighting-game tournament whose roots go back to a 1996 Street Fighter competition in California.
    0pts
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Comments 1

E3 ran from 1995 until it was cancelled for good in 2023, while TwitchCon, first held in 2015, returns to San Diego this week: https://youpick.best/articles/twitch-ranked-many-ways

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