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Southwest Video Game Expo tells all!

The Southwest’s largest video game expo, the Southwest Video Game Expo (SWGE), today announced several new additions to the show including the Goddesses of Gaming, the SWGE prize packages, a retro-arcade area and a trailer full of gaming. This premier expo will be held at the Dallas Convention Center from November 20-22, 2009. Consumers and industry professionals are invited to experience over 200,000 square feet of the latest trends in gaming and explore the culture that revolves around interactive entertainment.

The Expo’s own Goddesses of Gaming have been chosen and four are being announced today along with the Official Southwest Gaming Expo ambassador, Miss Erika Hollings. Erika is a hardcore gamer and is very proud of her level 78 Paladin in WOW. She also says she will take anyone down in Tekken. Erika will be joined at the show by Alli Marie from Dallas, Texas, Candace Marie (no relation) from Orlando, Florida and Sara Speers from Irving, Texas. These Goddesses are already on the SWGE website (www.swge.com) and more pictures and videos will be coming soon, along with the rest of their team. The official Goddesses of Gaming will be at the show hosting contests, playing games with the expo attendees, giving away prizes and available for photos.

Two phenomenal prize packages are being given away to those with the gaming skills to win them. The Ultimate Gaming Den and The Ultimate Mobile Gamer packages will allow every attendee to take part and show off their best moves. For the Ultimate Gaming Den giveaway, participants will get behind the wheel in a racing simulation and compete for the fastest lap time. A leader board will be kept up so players can see how close they are to walking away with over $10K in gaming technology. To win the Ultimate Mobile Gamer package, players will show off their best console FPS tactics as they compete to get the most kills in a timed run. The prize packages will consist of:

Ultimate Gaming Den
Microsoft Xbox 360
Alienware Area 51 Desktop
24″ Widescreen Samsung Monitor
D-Box Simulation System
Ambx System
NVidia 3d glasses
Turtle Beach 5.1 Headset
Gift Certificates

Ultimate Mobile Gamer
Honda Ruckus Scooter
Alienware Area 51 Laptop
Year supply of energy drink
Razer peripherals (keyboard, mouse, accessories)
T-Shirts from Jinx.com
Turtle Beach 5.1 Headset
Gift Certificates

To keep gamers doing what they love to do, SGWE will also feature a play for free area which will have a 40 machine retro-arcade area, where over 40 machines will be set up to play for free. Favorite classics will include Tron, Zaxxon, Centipede and Space Invaders among others. Other machines on the show floor will have the latest titles available for attendees to play, including consoles playable for free in a 32 foot mobile video game lounge thanks to Gamin’ Ride.

SWGE is the first event to take place in the Southwest of this size and magnitude. In addition to everything that has been listed above there will be exhibitors and displays open to all attendees. SWGE has something for every gamer to see, and will be the event of the year for both the casual and hardcore gamers. For more information please see www.swge.com.

About Li-Fi Inc.
Li-Fi is a Texas based show management company dedicated to producing premier expos in the Southwest.  By bringing in the top manufacturers in Video Games, Digital Imaging, Robotics, Personal Computing, Home Theatre, Audio, Mobile Computing, Digital Music, Green Living, Auto and Wireless products Li-Fi and Southwest Video Game Expo represent the best and most innovative products of the year brought straight to consumers. 
 
For more information on Li-Fi and the Southwest Video Game Expo please contact us at the numbers above or go to our websites at www.lifi.com and www.swge.com.
 
 
The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements.”  The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Li-Fi’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Li-Fi, the Southwest Video Game Expo and Li-Fi logo and SWGE logo are registered trademarks of Li-Fi Inc.  All other company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.  Copyright 2008 Li-Fi Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Philadelphia, PA – (November 26, 2008) – Lunar Tide Communications, Inc. announced today that the debut East Coast Games Summit garnered an impressive turnout of nearly 400 game industry professionals and students over two days of keynote speeches, panels, demos and workshops.

East Coast Games Summit was the industry-focused programming track for the 2008 America’s Video Game Expo (VGXPO). VGXPO more then tripled its’ attendance versus 2007, with 24,674 people attending over a three day period. This large turnout helped drive a high attendance to the East Coast Games Summit, Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23. Meeting rooms were filled to capacity for most of the conference.

East Coast Games Summit content included keynotes from recognized game industry representatives; an executive workshop on Agile project management in game development; a pitch session for aspiring game developers to present their original game ideas to game development experts, education and diversity panels, and a ‘state of the games industry’ roundtable with industry insiders.

“We were extremely pleased and even a bit overwhelmed by the attendance to our Agile methodologies workshop,” offered Marc Mencher, CEO of GameRecruiter. “We were going to be more than satisfied if 50-75 showed up for our 3-hour hands-on session with games industry technologists such as Matt Shaw, CTO from EA and Steve Reid, EVP with Red Storm. Instead, we had nearly 130 attendees, and received an enormous amount of positive feedback from our workshop guests. This is one of the best conference experiences we’ve ever seen.”

Susan Gold presented a “breaking in to the business” panel for a standing-room-only audience. “I was quite excited to see nearly 200 faces in our session. When asked how many were students, more than half raised their hands, most of them focused on game design and development programs. These were young people who made the earnest commitment to hear our session on getting a career in games. They represent the creative and technical talent of tomorrow’s games industry.” Susan’s panel included Brenda Brathwaite of Savannah College Art & Design, Paula Fellbaum, VP of HR for Nexon Publishing, Jim Rivers of Obsidian Entertainment and Rob Catto, Program Director for Game Development at Full Sail Real World Education.

Fiona Cherbak, Chairperson for IGDA Women in Games, noted “This is my third year speaking at VGXPO on key topics such as game careers and opportunities for women in games. It’s marvelous to see the convention take such huge exponential leaps in terms of both attendance and content, and particularly rewarding to see an authentic, grass-roots organization come into its own. For game professionals to have such a direct experience with our diverse gamer culture is truly beneficial, and has far more relevance than cookie-cutter trade shows that have been squeezed dry by corporate influence. With the East Coast Games Summit making such a impressive first showing, I’m convinced this event has now arrived as the dominant games show in this part of the U.S.”

Other features of the East Coast Games Summit included the presentation of a $10,000 scholarship from The Guildhall at SMU to the ESA Foundation. Dan Hewitt, Senior Communications Director for the Entertainment Software Association, was on hand to receive the scholarship on behalf of his organization’s program, which provides college tuition to minority and female students in game design, media and technology. “We are delighted to see such a high level of interest in games education at the East Coast Games Summit and VGXPO. We are grateful for The Guildhall’s donation, and appreciate the effort that was made by the VGXPO executive team to provide the right venue for this important announcement.”

VGXPO 2009 and the next East Coast Games Summit are currently scheduled to take place October 9-11, 2009 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. You can learn more about the East Coast Games Summit and VGXPO at www.vgxpo.com.

About VGXPO and the East Coast Games Summit 
America’s VideoGame Expo and VideoGame.Net are part of Lunar Tide Communications, Inc. a company that develops videogame related events and educational services. For press inquiries regarding America’s VideoGame Expo, visit us on the web atwww.VGXPO.com.

Philadelphia, PA – (November 25, 2008) – NBC Local Media and Lunar Tide Communications, Inc. announced today that the 2008 America’s Video Game Expo more then tripled its’ attendance versus 2007, with 24,674 people attending over a three day period. This is largest turnout, to date, for any video game-based event east of the Rockies.

The three-day turnout has put VGXPO on the game industry map, and made it one of the largest video game fan gatherings ever. The high attendee turnout suggests that Philadelphia, and its surrounding region, are a hot bed for gamers and strong market for exhibitors to showcase their latest products.

“VGXPO is an event that caters to both core and casual gamers,” stated Steve Fallas, VGXPO Event Manager. “With our relationship with NBC we were able to market to both groups and bring together nearly 25,000 gamers to experience the rich diversity of gaming experiences. We are very pleased with both the industry and consumer turnout at this years VGXPO.”

“VGXPO far exceeded my expectations with regards to the total number and profile of the attendees,” said George Woo, Events Marketing Manager of Intel Corporation. “I am very happy to bring the Intel Extreme Masters to this event to allow attendees to watch Americas top e-Sport teams compete for prize money and qualification to the Global Finals in March ‘09 and the opportunity to play the latest game titles running on lntel latest gaming processor based PC’s.”

“VGXPO’s an amazing success story,” said Amber Dalton, founder of the all-girls game competition team, PMS Clan. “There is so much to be said for what VGXPO has become for the video game industry…the core gamers, plus the casual games audience, were here to play all the top games. Certainly, VGXPO 2009 can’t be missed by any company that markets games.”

VGXPO 2009 is currently scheduled to take place October 9-11, 2009 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

For more information about NBC Local Media go towww.nbclocalmedia.com. For more information about VGXPO please visit it’s website atwww.videogame.net.