"The GC - Games Convention will be back in Leipzig again in 2009", announced Wolfgang Marzin, CEO at the Leipziger Messe GmbH, on the last day of Europe's biggest games fair.

In a representative survey carried out by the Leipzig Institut für Marktforschung, the vast majority from the games industry and of visitors voted to keep the GC - Games Convention at its traditional venue in Leipzig. To the question "Do you think there should be a GC in Leipzig in 2009?", only ten per cent of exhibitors answered "no". And out of the 14.600 trade visitors at the GC - Games Convention, only 13.2 per cent responded with "no".

Burkhard Jung, mayor of Leipzig City, was pleased with the clear vote of confidence from the industry. "Anyone who has experienced the enthusiastic mood in the exhibition halls over the last seven years knows: this fair belongs in Leipzig." Jung, who is also chairman of the board at Leipziger Messe GmbH, assured the games industry of his full support for the future.

For the seventh time in succession, the GC - Games Convention ended in Leipzig on Sunday with a visitor record: over the past few days, 203.000 trade visitors and game fans have flocked to the biggest European fair for interactive entertainment, infotainment, edutainment and hardware.