The three-day event which was organized by Gamer.LK, the leader in eSports and Digital Entertainment experiences, and powered by Dialog Gaming, drew a large number of cosplayers and visitors.
Featuring panel discussions with renowned personalities in the movie and music industry, game developers and comic artists, the Colombo Comic Expo focused on the local industries and talent which extended thereafter to Sri Lanka’s largest Cosplay competition, complete with a glamorous ramp walk to crown Sri Lanka’s best cosplayers, with over 100 cosplayers taking part and group cosplays also being showcased this year.
The panel discussion with the cast and crew behind the breakout hit teledrama Koombiyo drew the largest audience and hype, while other panels included Jayantha Chandrasiri, the veteran Director behind Dandubasnamanaya and Butterfly symphony who talked about his new movie Garasarpa, High School Junkies who screened their award winning short film EIDETIC and discussed their future projects, PRUVE who talked about their upcoming short film - No Man’s Land with the cast and crew and along with the exclusive trailer release, Kalath Warnakulasuriya, Bharatha Hettiarachchi and other talented members of Autumn Lane, who were behind the movie Aloko Udapadi.
There were a number of panels with renowned musicians and artistes such as Iraj & crew, Ravi Jay, Hasanka Wickramarathna, Ridma Weerawardena, Shenick Tissera, Nigel Zilwa, Dhyresh Mendis (aka Constellation), Sasith Gamage (aka iClown), Dr. Gayan Danthanarayana (aka Neurocracy), Kasun Gunasekera (aka Kalumalli), Ranura Perera and Larry T Hill being a few.
Interactive sessions were also featured across the three days where Waruna Weligamage, Founder & Managing Director/Digital Sculptor - Man Cave Toys Pvt Ltd & Freelance Digital Sculptor - Quantum Mechanix Inc talked about 3D sculpting while Bhanuka Harischandra the brains behind SURGE talked about how to monetise video games while Daniel Sadowski, a music composer for film, TV and video games (such as Dota 2, Counter Strike: Global Offensive) spoke about game audio production and also showcased his new Dota 2 music score called Team Of Shadows.
Dialog Gaming, who brings fast, low latency connections for gamers in Sri Lanka stepped in to power the event. Dialog Gaming has also invested in hosting cloud gaming servers in partnership with Gamer.LK to reduce latency and develop the multiplayer online eco system.
Dialog Gaming presents the Sri Lanka Gamers Leaderboard (SLGL) which introduces a game on a monthly basis and features the top players in the country.
ThePapare.com, Sri Lanka’s No.1 sports hub and Yonder Music also partnered up with Dialog Gaming to bring Colombo Comic Expo 2017 to you as the online media partner and official afterparty partner respectively.