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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Daily Grind: Do you expect big news from this week's confluence of conventions?]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/the-daily-grind-do-you-expect-big-news-from-this-weeks-conflue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/the-daily-grind-do-you-expect-big-news-from-this-weeks-conflue/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/the-daily-grind-do-you-expect-big-news-from-this-weeks-conflue/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-real-world/" rel="tag">Events (Real-World)</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO Industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News Items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-daily-grind/" rel="tag">The Daily Grind</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Miscellaneous</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
	<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/the-daily-grind-do-you-expect-big-news-from-this-weeks-conflue/"><img alt="Or maybe you'll just be gaming all of next week and won't realize until Friday that there was stuff going on this week.  That might actually be more fun." data-src-height="338" data-src-width="530" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2012/08/tdg-conventions-epl-810.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/GDC-Europe-2012/">GDC Europe</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/GenCon-Indy-2012/">GenCon Indy</a>, and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Gamescom-2012/">Gamescom</a> all happening at the same time? It'd be completely unbelievable if it weren't happening right now. This week sees <em>three</em> major gaming conventions all taking place, and while all three are focusing on different areas of the gaming world, you can't focus on one while ignoring the others. That means that next week is going to be full of coverage of all three events, and if you've been following the convention calendar, you're no doubt eagerly anticipating this.<br />
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But will there be any major news? After all, sometimes these events don't produce news so much as a few interesting footnotes. With so much gaming concentrated in a single week, it would almost make more sense to wait until the ruckus has died down to make any big announcements. So do you expect big news from this week's convention extravaganza? Or do you expect a whole lot of noise and not a lot of signal?<br />
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<img align="left" alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2010/09/coffee.jpg" style="padding-right: 10px;" vspace="0" /><em>Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's <a href="http://www.massively.com/category/the-daily-grind/">Daily Grind</a>!</em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/the-daily-grind-do-you-expect-big-news-from-this-weeks-conflue/">The Daily Grind: Do you expect big news from this week's confluence of conventions?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://legal.aol.com/terms-of-service/full-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/the-daily-grind-do-you-expect-big-news-from-this-weeks-conflue/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/20297693/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/the-daily-grind-do-you-expect-big-news-from-this-weeks-conflue/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>announcements</category><category>conventions</category><category>culture</category><category>daily-grind</category><category>gamescom-2012</category><category>gaming-conventions</category><category>gdc-europe-2012</category><category>gencon-indy-2012</category><category>major-conventions</category><category>news</category><category>opinion</category><category>tdg</category><category>the-daily-grind</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Lefebvre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>