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What a show it's been! Thanks to all who've come along and helped make it so special, and of course all those behind the scenes who've made it happen. I'm speaking a little prematurely, of course - there are still a few hours left to go on the last day of the Expo, and with a live podcast due up on the main session stage at 5pm there's still the potential for everything to go horribly, horribly wrong. Still, whatever happens won't be enough to dim some of the sweet memories this year's show has conjured. YouTube phenomenon Syndicate conjured up the kind of crowd that Expo visitors Bill Bailey, Benedict Wong and Hugh Bonneville (Hugh Bonneville!) couldn't quite muster, and the real stars, of course, were to be found in the developer sessions: Molyneux was Molyneux and David Cage was likewise his usual engaging self, and Sony's Shahid Ahmed's passionate talk about indies on PlayStation produced a gif that will probably outlast us all.
Oh, and there have been games as well. The arrival of the next generation of consoles has introduced a little extra frisson of excitement, and Microsoft and Sony haven't disappointed. Assassin's Creed 4 looks splendid running on the PlayStation 4, and Forza Motorsport 5's ingenious use of rumble shows just how effective the Xbox One's new controller can be. Titanfall's living up to the hype, too - an accelerated and super agile rethink of the Call of Duty formula, it's like the militarised take on Ted Hughes' The Iron Giant that I never really wanted but am perfectly happy exists.
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