Brasil Game Show

Brasil Game Show
Status	Active
Genre	Video games
Country	Brazil
Inaugurated	2009
Most recent	2016
Attendance	301,136 (2016)[1]
Website
http://www.brasilgameshow.com.br

Brasil Game Show (known by the initials BGS and originally titled Rio Game Show) is a yearly South American video game convention organized by business executive Marcelo Tavares, that is currently held in São Paulo, Brazil and is the largest gaming convention in Latin America.^[2][3]

History

Brasil Game Show was first held on June 21, 2009, at Rio de Janeiro where it ran under the name of Rio Game Show and had an attendance of 4,000 participants. Until that year, Brazil had been holding no similar events for about 3 years. The attendance doubled in the second edition, November 28 and 29, 2009. In the following year the convention retitled itself to the current name of Brasil Game Show and had an attendance of 30,000 convention goers. In 2011 the convention received over 60,000 convention goers, exceeding the 50,000 attendees expectation for that year.^[4]

Still in 2011, it was announced that the 2012 convention would be held in São Paulo.^[5]

In 2012 the expectation was of about 80,000 visitors for the convention.^[6] But the Event once again exceeded expectations, hitting the 100,000 attendees mark and consolidating its biggest Latin American games convention title.

The 2013 edition was held in São Paulo, October 25 (press only), 26, 27, 28 and 29 (open to the public). The expectations of 150,000 attendees were once again exceeded and the space allocated to the convention was doubled in comparison with the previous year.^[7]

In 2014, the space allocated to the Event was once again doubled, and took all five pavilions of Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo. The Event occurred on October 8 (press and business only), 9, 10, 11 and 12 (open to the public), and there was an estimated attendance of 250,000. Until half March, big companies had already announced their presence in the Event, like Ubisoft, Ongame, Razer and others.^[8][9]

Events

Dates	Venue	Unique Attendees	Some of the Guests
June 21, 2009	Rio de Janeiro	4,000	-
November 28–29, 2009	Rio de Janeiro	8,000	-
November 20–21, 2010	SulAmerica Convention Center, Rio de Janeiro	30,000	Sony, Warner, Blizzard, NC Games, Seven Computação Gráfica, Warner, Maurício de Souza[10][11]
October 5–9, 2011	Rio de Janeiro	63,119	Sony, NC Games, Seven Computação Gráfica, Microsoft, M-Coin, Vostu, Hazit Online Games, Level-up!, Mentez, Warner, EA, Codemasters, Yoshinori Ono, Zafer Coban[12][13]
October 11–14, 2012	Expo Center Norte, São Paulo	100,599	Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Riot Games, Activision, Konami, Warner Games, EA, Codemasters, Capcom, Ecogames, Gamérica, NC Games, Level Up!, ZAP Games, Razer, Hoplon Infotainment, AMD, House Games, Razor Games, 1337 Entertainment, Global Collect, The Castle Builder, PlayTV, 3D Voyage, Action Prime Games, Disney, Insane Media, Gametel, LG, Incomm, Baixaki, Rocket Store[14]
October 23–29, 2013	Expo Center Norte, São Paulo	151,564	Sony, Seven Computação Gráfica, Warner Games, Activision, EA, Blizzard Entertainment, NVidia, Razer, Level Up!, Hoplon Infotainment, NC Games, Ubisoft, Kingston, Baixaki, Install Core, Incomm, InnoGames, Rixty, PlayTV, Furfle, Corsair, Game Insight[15]
October 8–12, 2014	Expo Center Norte, São Paulo	250,000	Razer, Ongame, Ubisoft, Mad Catz, Playphone, Kingston, Tanki Online, EA[16]
October 8–12, 2015	Expo Center Norte, São Paulo	300,000[17]	PlayStation, Xbox, Ubisoft, Capcom, EA, Warner Bros. Games, Activision, Razer, HP, Mad Catz, Nvidia, EVGA, Azubu, YouTube, Rixty, Taiwan Excellence Awards, Com2uS, Gunnar Optiks, Planeta DeAgostini, Lojas Americanas, Copag, Minecraft[18]
September 1–5, 2016	São Paulo Expo, São Paulo	301,136[19]	PlayStation, Xbox, Capcom, Razer, Livraria Saraiva, Warner Bros. Games, Supercell, Ubisoft, Kingston, EA
October 11–15, 2017	Expo Center Norte, São Paulo	-	-

References

1. http://br.ign.com/m/brasil-game-show/42644/news/brasil-game-show-2017-volta-a-ser-realizada-em-outubro-em-sa
2. "Brasil Game Show (BGS) receives more than 150 thousand visitors to its sixth edition". Gamasutra. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
3. "Rio de Janeiro recebe maior feira de games do Brasil". MTV. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
4. "Brasil Game Show traz para o Rio de Janeiro as novidades do mercado mundial de games". Adrenaline UOL. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
5. "Brasil Game Show 2011 bate recorde de público". Jornal do Brazil. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
6. "Brasil Game Show 2012". TechTudo. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
7. "Brasil Game Show (BGS) receives more than 150 thousand visitors to its sixth edition". Gamasutra. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
8. "The seventh edition of Brasil Game Show was held in five pavilions at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo". MCV. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
9. "Brasil Game Show's 2014 exhibitor's list". Site Brasil Game Show. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
10. "Brasil Game Show 2010: veja como foi o maior evento de games da América do Sul!". Nintendo Blast. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
11. "Brasil Game Show quer ser maior evento de videogame do país". Terra. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
12. "Recorde de mais de 60 mil pessoas no BGS". Brasil Station BR. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
13. "Brasil Game Show conta com a participação da Microsoft". Mundo Conectado. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
14. "Brasil Game Show (BGS) bate novo recorde de público em sua 5ª edição". Site Brasil Game Show. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
15. "Brasil Game Show's 2013 exhibitor's list". Site Brasil Game Show. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
16. "Brasil Game Show's 2014 exhibitor's list". Site Brasil Game Show. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
17. http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2015/10/21/brasil-game-show-teve-mais-de-300-mil-visitantes-em-2015.htm
18. "Brasil Game Show's 2015 exhibitor's list". Brasil Game Show official website. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
19. http://br.ign.com/m/brasil-game-show/42644/news/brasil-game-show-2017-volta-a-ser-realizada-em-outubro-em-sa

External links

• Official website
• History of the BGS