Finally a convention centered on gaming only:

GX-Con is the first-ever console gaming convention in the Philippines presented by GamEX Magazine. Kindly mark your calendars on October 7, 2007 at the SM Megamall Mega Trade Hall 3 at exactly 10:00 am as we bring you a never before seen gaming con for all gamers out there. Ticket price will be at Php 100.00.

Get to play your favorite consoles, compete with other gamers, and win prizes. We have lots in store for you. Various bands from the anime community will be there to perform music from your favorite games. Watch out for NeOtaku, Do?ahou, Progeny, Trance, Armada, PPF All Star, Ethereal Anthem, and Harap sa Likod. Also we will be having contests like: Name that Tune, Game Trivias, Tournament Finals, Individual and Group Cosplay, and many more.

We will give out consoles and games to lucky ticket holders during our raffle. So if you want your very own Playstation 3 or Xbox 360, see you all there!

For updates and details, Pls. visit GamEX official site at:

http://www.gamex-mag.com

A-10-tion to all cosplayers…

As of July 28, 2007, We’ll be closing the game titles qualified for the cosplay event to the titles approved by the GXCon staff.

Game titles as follows:

FF games (Nes, SNES, PS, PS2)
Suikoden (PS, PS2)
Disgaea (PS2)
Counter Strike (Xbox, PC)
Quake (DC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC)
Halo (Xbox, Xbox 360, PC)
Super Mario Bros. (or any mario game e.g. mario kart)
Sonic the hedgehog (Sega Consoles, PS2)
Metal Gear Solid (PS, PS2)
Resident Evil (PS, PS2, DC, PC)
Silent Hill (PS, PS2, PC)
Street Fighter (arcade and console versions)
Mortal Kombat (arcade and console versions)
Gears Of War (Xbox 360)
Samurai Showdown (arcade and console versions)
King Of Fighters (arcade and console versions)
Tekken (arcade and console versions)
Spartan X (NES, Famicom)
Contra (NES, Famicom, PS, SNES, Genesis)
Operation Wolf (Arcade)
Mappy (NES, Famicom)
Punch Out (NES, Famicom, SNES)
Twin Bee (NES, Famicom)
Soul Calibur (arcade and console versions)
Max Payne (PS2)
Dino Crisis (PS)
Chaos Legion (PS2)
ZOne Of Enders (PS2)
Tenchu (PS, PS2)
Shinobi (Genesis, PS2)
Ninja Gaiden (NES, PS2, Xbox 360)
Dead Rising (Xbox 360)
Devil May cry (PS2)
Onimusha (PS2, Xbox 360)
Pokemon (Nintendo Platforms)
Castlevania (NES,SNES,PS, DS)
Adventure Island (NES, Famicom)
Resistance fall of man (PS3)
wii sports (wii)
God of war (PS2)
Tomb Raider (PS, DC, PS2)
Dance Revo (arcade and console versions)
Zelda (Nintendo Platforms)
Starcraft (PC)
DOTA
Warcraft
Silent Scope (arcade and console versions)
Time Crisis (arcade and console versions)
House of the Dead (arcade and console versions)
Lethal Enforcers (arcade and console versions)
Sonic Blastman (arcade and console versions)
Tetris
Streets of rage (aka Bare Knuckle) (Sega Genesis)
Sparkster (SNES)
Elevator Action (NES)
Darkstalkers (arcade and console versions)
Marvel vs capcom (arcade and console versions)
Alone in the Dark (PC and Console versions)
Doom (PC and Console versions)
Unreal Tournament (PC and Console versions)
Vandal Hearts (PS)
Alien Syndrome (NES, Genesis)
Trauma Center (Ds, Wii)
Cooking Mama (DS)
Yie Ar Kung Fu (NES, Famicom)
Karateka (NES, Famicom)
Phantasy Star (Dreamcast)
Bloodrayne (PS2)
Fate/Stay Night (PC)
Hitman (PS2, Xbox 360)
Grand Theft Auto (PS2)
Command and Conquer (PC)
Metal Slug (Arcade, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Xbox, Wii)
Sakura Wars (Sega Saturn)

DC= Dreamcast
PS= Playstation
PS2= Playstation 2
PS3= Playstation 3

We’ll ONLY allow these game titles to be cosplayed until any further notice.

Thank you for understanding.

Original post can be found here