VIDEO'S GLOBAL VOODOO

By: Ali Aizaz Zahid

BRAZIL:  THIS MONTH, 300,000 video game fans. developers and publishers like Sony, Ubisoft, Actvision and Microsoft plan to congregate-

So they can showcase their wares and participate in a cosplay zone, an e-sports tournament and a 48 hour jam.

Their destination : Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The gathering is the Brasil Game Show, Latin America's largest game convention, which has grown rapidly since it was founded in 2009.

The event is one of the several international video game shows that have swelled in size recently Gamescom, held in Cologne, Germany and generally considered the world's biggest such convention-

Welcomed about 350,000 attendees this year, up from 275,000 five years ago.

The Tokyo Game Show , which has been held annually since 1996, broke its attendance record last year with over  271,000  visitors, up from 224,000  five years ago.