London Games Festival Hopes to Break Cosplay Record
The next big conference on the videogame industry circuit is the London Games Festival, an international event for fans and industry leaders that will take place from October 24 to November 2. There will be some big names in gaming making an appearance this year, with playable versions of Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV available on the show floor. If the chance to try out these hot new games isn't worth the price of admission alone, we aren't sure what else would do it.
Besides games, there is a lot more going on in London during the week long event. The Media Expo going on at the same time covers comics, anime and movies. We can hardly think of a place on earth that will have as high a concentration of fanboys and girls. To entice the otaku even more, the organizers of the event have announced that they intend to break the world record for largest number of cosplayers in attendance. The previous record is a paltry 80 people dressed as Cloud Strife, so this shouldn't be too hard to achieve. If you are video game obsessed enough to dress up as your favorite character in public, the London Games Festival needs you! Check out the official announcement below:
Attention all gaming fans! To mark the launch of the UK¹s biggest gamingextravaganza, the London Games Festival, a world record attempt to have thelargest gathering of people dressed up as video game characters is occurring on 25 October at the London ExCel centre!
Hosted on the opening day of the London MCM Expo, this is the ultimatechance to prove your gaming credentials and show the world how much of a fan you really are! With the current record a measly 80 people, get out and buff your World of Warcraft armor, equip those Lara Croft dual pistols and brush that Guitar Hero mullet wig and get on down to the ExCel to strut your stuff and become a part of gaming history.
Date: 25 October 2008
Time: 12:30
Location:
On the stairs, outside the entrance of the ExCel Centre
MCM Expo, ExCeL London,
One Western Gateway,
Royal Victoria Dock, London. E16 1XL
Key Guidelines:
1. All participants must be wearing costumes representing characters from
video games
2. Characters from other media such as films, television, books and comics
are acceptable; however these must have featured in video games before any
subsequent appearances in other media. For example: a. Sonic the Hedgehog
first appeared in a video game in 1991, prior to subsequent television and
comic book appearances; therefore Sonic qualifies for the attempt b. Batman
first featured as a comic book character in 1939, prior to his first
appearance as a video game character in 1986; therefore Batman does not
qualify.
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