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A few months ago, the first edition of the new Games Convention Online in Leipzig, Germany brought in over 43,000 attendees. That was a lot more than expected, especially since the event had no major game publishers attending and concentrated on the online and MMO game market.

This week the event's organizers announced that the 2010 version of Games Convention Online will be held from July 8-11. This is about three weeks earlier compared to the 2009 event. Also an extra day has been added to this year's convention "to give business customers more scope and time to initiate and conclude business deals." Will the convention grow even larger for its sophomore year? Maybe.

When the revamped version of the Leipzig Games Convention, now known as Game Convention Online, announced this week they were expecting over 50,000 attendees we stated that in our opinion that was a tad optimistic. Today we were proven right as a press release from the now concluded three day event announced that 43,000 attendees made it to their first convention.

That's still some impressive first year numbers for a games convention that was devoted entirely to online and MMO gaming with little backing from the major game publishers. It was still slightly higher than the revamped E3's numbers of 41,000 attendees this year. The Games Convention Online's organizers stated they will be back in the summer of 2010 but specific dates were not announced.

Last year, the Leipzig Games Convention was boasting of having over 200,000 attendees who came to the single largest games convention in the world. However things are a little different this year for the event. With the major players of the games industry in Europe now putting their support to the new gamescom event in Cologue next month, the Leipzig event opens up today with an emphasis on online and MMO games.

Even with the changes and the fact that the event lacks the big boys in terms of exhibitors, the revamped Games Convention Online claims it expects to see 50,000 attendees at the event. We suspect that number is a tad optimistic but if they can achieve that number it will still be more people than this year's this year's E3 (which had about 40,000 attendees). The new Games Convention Online runs until Sunday, August 2.

The latest blood-soaked trailer for Project Origin runs through a patchwork of cinematic and action sequences. Not much new is revealed, but the trailer, which features up-close flashes of monsters and bodies exploding from heavy gunfire, should be watched in the dark.

Download the Project Origin GC08 HD Trailer (32 MB)

You can never get enough high-intensity zombie blasting action, but we'll have to settle for watching trailers until Left 4 Dead finally releases. This trailer shows what it takes to take on a rush of zombies clamoring to rip you and your team apart, and the firepower it takes to take out a mutant boss. Left 4 Dead will let players team up as a group of survivors against waves of undead, but real players can also take control of the powerful bosses to wreak havoc. The game is currently scheduled to release this November, so players better learn to play together or die alone.

Download Left 4 Dead HD Gameplay Video (255 MB)

The developers of Dark Void give the complete low-down on everything you need to know with three narrated videos. One provides background on the game's story, setting and general gameplay. The second gives (featured above) gives insight on the vertical cover and combat feature. Lastly, the final video describes what gameplay is like after you leave the ground altogether and take to the skies using the rocket pack. Everything you wanted to know about Dark Void is just a few downloads away.

Download the Dark Void Narrated Story HD Video (124 MB)
Download the Dark Void Narrated Vertical Combat HD Video (40 MB)
Download the Dark Void Narrated Flying HD Video (35 MB)

Whether you can't get enough of the spectacular graphics from Mirror's Edge or just a running fanatic, watching this video is definitely worth your while. It's about three minutes of a player running, climbing, jumping and sliding through a multilevel stage - taking out a sniper along the way. There's a lot of shaky action that could cause motion sickness, but focusing on the dot in the middle the screen should help a little.

Download the Mirror's Edge HD Video (921 MB)

Bionic Commando Rearmed just released last week, which gives some room to shift people's attention toward the next Bionic Commando, as we can see in this video shown at the Leipzig Games Convention. The upcoming game completely sheds the 2D trappings of the original and features action and powerful attacks in an open 3D environment. Some new screenshots from the game have also been released.


Download the Bionic Commando HD Trailer (78 MB)

While the popular assumption was Blizzard would showcase the Wrath cinematic at BlizzCon in October, word around the camp fire says that the developer will showcase the cinematic as early as this week. Multiple sources are reporting that Blizzard will reveal the Wrath of the Lich King opening cinematic at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, on August 21 at 1PM. While we haven't been able to confirm the cinematic will debut at Leipzig, maybe if we all join hands and hope really hard it will happen!

[via WoW Insider]

Deciding to take a break from the grueling process that is developing a game for the last decade, Duke Nukem "himself" will be on hand during the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany to promote the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP release of the Duke Nukem Trilogy. We sure hope the Duke impersonator is a burly German man who spews out 90's era one-liners through a thick accent.

Want to take a picture with a gaming icon? Well, we don't know who else will be on hand but if you'd like to snap a picture with Duke in the meantime by all means!