Dialog Gaming powered ‘Play Expo’ concludes successfully
Showcasing the latest technology and experiences available for digital entertainment enthusiasts, Play Expo Sri Lanka, the first digital entertainment and technology expo in Sri Lanka was held successfully at the SLECC.
The three-day exhibition organised by Gamer.lk, the leader in esports and digital entertainment experiences, and powered by Dialog Gaming drew a large number of stall holders and visitors. The expo catered to anyone interested in audio, video, music, movies, gaming and their related technologies. Play Expo 2017 began with the opening ceremony featuring the first match of the Sri Lanka cyber games which was held for the tenth consecutive year. The ceremony was attended by representatives from many leading brands and service providers who came forward to support Play Expo. The Colombo Comic Expo, celebrating geek culture in the country, featuring the largest Cosplay competition, numerous panel discussions and artist showcase panels were also held at the expo.
Play Expo saw the participation of global technology and entertainment brands such as Razer, which launched their products officially in Sri Lanka and had an exclusive experience zone at the expo. Leading multinational companies such as Dialog Gaming who are reputed for their fast, low latency connections powered Play Expo and also had their experience zones showcasing their entire lineup of digital entertainment products and services.
Thepapare.com, Sri Lanka’s number-one sports hub and Yonder Music also partnered up with Dialog Gaming to bring Play Expo as the online media partner and official after party partner respectively.
Red Bull was the official energy drink for the event with Honda partnering up to be the motorbike partner for the second consecutive year while also giving away a Honda Navi to the winner of their mobile game Rider Rush at their stall. In addition, they also had a test ride for visitors to try out the Navi bike at the expo. Razer was the official gaming gear partner and gave away Rs.100,000 in prizes to attendees. Planmynyt.com, Sri Lanka’s premier nightlife app gave away a Playstation 4 at the event. The event also welcomed the partnership of Asus and Redline Technologies who provided high-end gaming PCS and gave away many prizes to participants. Blink International, distributors of G-shock and Fila watches in Sri Lanka joined as the official time keeper with great watch giveaways at the event. Sampath Bank was the digital banking partner for the expo and holders of Sampath X-set cards were provided a discount on registration for SLCG.
Rancrisp was the snack partner and WEBXPAY was the official online payments partner with Atom Media being the official digital signage partner. MAS Holdings were the Silver sponsors of the event with Subway as the healthy food partner, ewis as the IT Partner and Solitaire as the agency partner. Fox FM was the radio partner while Art TV was the TV partner. Che Studio were the portrait partners for photographs along with Leaf as the print partner, who came forward to print these photographs and provide them free for the visitors and Cosplayers.