E3 info finally given out from the horse's mouth

In a recent interview with Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein, the big-wig gave some sad credit to the rumors of no more E3 that have recently left the internet buzzing.

The first major change is that the convention will seemingly no longer be open to the public (as originally intended). This should cut the number of people present from this year's record 60,000 to a maneagable 5000.

Secondly, the event will no longer happen at the LACC (Los Angeles Convention Center) and instead be held at two hotels, with the press conferences occuring in suites and conference rooms. This will help in cutting down the costs as the intended audience no longer needs to be as dazzled by flashy stands and jumbo-tron high def screens.

Third, the new event will be called the E3 Media Festival and take place in July as opposed to the traditional May to allow for companies to have more time to get their Christmas releases in a more presentable state.

Well E3, you're great arches and towering screens of cutting edge video games will be missed, but most likely your death will be better for the industry in these trying times... I will unfortunately miss watching the Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft hour long conferences every year though, they were standardly a great time.

\\drew