This year sees an all new show arriving in London - the European Games Network - directly rivalling the long-established ECTS, and backed by the industry body ELSPA. There's also GameStars Live running alongside EGN, offering the public an opportunity to see forthcoming titles months before their release.
As ever with event previews, it's hard to be sure exactly what will be on show until the doors open - we've pieced together the clues and announcements to showcase some of the likely highlights from each event.
ECTS
Trade show, running September 1st to 3rd, at Earls Court in West London.
ECTS is looking as though it's going to be considerably smaller than recent years, with more of the big names making their way to ExCeL in the Docklands for the ELSPA-backed show. This does however still give the opportunity for some of the smaller companies to stand out from the crowd and show what they have to offer - particularly developer tools, games industry services such as disc repair systems and distributors.
Cyberium
Selection of "Family Friendly" Games
Dynamite X
Evilstorm Games
The Dragon's Children
Korea Game Institute
Korea is becoming a big name in gaming, and each year a selection of Korean developers and publishers showcase their best titles - often with a few gems which make their way over to Europe in the following months.
Khan
Shot online
Herrcot
Spell Mage
Heros of Three Kingdoms : Endless Battle
Field of Tactics
Queen's Cup Classic, Beat Board
Samsung World Cyber Games
UK finals of the World Cyber Games.
Tapwave
Tapwave Zodiac handheld gaming device
Selection of games for the device
GameStars Live
Public show, running September 1st to 5th, at ExCeL in London's Docklands.
Acclaim
Juiced
Activision
Doom III
Call of Duty
Shrek 2
Spiderman
Star Wars: Battlefront
Tony Hawks Underground 2
X-Men
Atari
Axis and Allies
Duel Masters: Colblat
Forgotten Reals: Demon Stone
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
Sid Meier's Pirates
Terminator 3: The Redemption
Eidos
Championship Manager 5
Crash n Burn
Get On Da Mic
Imperial Glory
Shellshock: Nam '67
Snowblind
Electronic Arts
Burnout 3: Takedown
Fifa Football 2005
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Madden NFL 2005
NBA Live 2005
NHL 2005
Tiger PGA Tour 2005
The Sims 2
The Urbz
Total Club Manager 2005
Timesplitters - Future Perfect
Gizmondo
Gizmondo handheld gaming device
Just Flight
C-130 Hercules
Traffic 2004
Trainz Railway Simulator 2004: Passenger Edition
Konami
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Dancing Stage Fusion
Karaoke Stage
Microsoft
Halo 2
"Best of Xbox" area.
Nintendo
Animal Crossing
Donkey Konga
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Mario Golf Advance Tour
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Paper Mario 2
Pikmin 2
Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen
Super Mario Ball
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
GameBoy Advance SP - Tribal and Pink designs
Nokia N-Gage
Pocket Kingdom: Own the World
Pathway to Glory
The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey
SSX: Out of Bounds
Call of Duty
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Ubisoft
Brothers in Arms
EverQuest 2
Final Fantasy XI
Playboy: The Mansion
Prince of Persia 2
Rocky Legends
Star Ocean Till the End of Time
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
VU Games
Men Of Valor
Fight Club
Chronicles of Riddick
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Tribes: Vengeance
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
World of Warcraft
EGN at ExCeL
Trade show, running September 1st to 3rd, at ExCeL in London's Docklands.
The European Games Network is likely to mirror many of the products which are on show to the public in the GameStars Live show, but also sees a few more companies exhibiting and may well see other new games which are not yet on show to the public.
Digital Jesters
Chaos League
D-Day
Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring
Trackmania Sunrise
Plus two other un-announced titles
Hip Interactive
Garfield
Pariah
Stolen
In2Games/Gametrak
Gametrak Controller
Dark Wind
Baseball
Basketball
Golf
Flying
Shooting
VU Games
Evil Genius
Half-Life 2
World of Warcraft
Zoo Digital
Monopoly
Smashing Drive
Dead to Rights
Racing Gears Advance
Payback
Coverage from all three shows
GamesPaper will be at all three shows during the week, and will have any breaking news on our Newswire which is on the front of the site, and full coverage from the shows will continue in to next week with our opinions on the best (and worst) games on show.
Our cameraphone-based GamesPaper direct service also makes a return this year, after proving highly successful at ECTS 2003, and will give viewers to the website a chance to see the show in pictures - all as it happens.
