大型行业活动在特定的日子里扎堆举行的现象并不鲜见，例如今年的GDC大会和全球移动大会的举办时间仅相距一周而已，但两个主流大会撞日的情况就比较复杂了。

游戏邦获悉，苹果近日传出消息，称今年的苹果全球开发者大会（WWDC 2011）为期5天，活动时间是6月6日至10日。而这恰好与游戏行业最盛大的活动E3展会（The Electronic Entertainment Expo，电子娱乐展览会）相冲突，因为后者的举办日期正是6月7日至9日。

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苹果全球开发者大会将在旧金山莫斯康西馆会议中心举办，有不少开发者预计苹果会在本次大会宣布有关iPhone 5的消息，但苹果目前仍守口如瓶，只字未提今年大会将公布的消息。

苹果全球产品市场营销高级副总裁菲利普·席勒（Philip Schiller）仅表示，“今年大会我们会展示iOS和Mac平台的未来发展方向，如果你是iOS或Mac软件开发商，那就一定不能错过这次大会。”

但问题是，游戏开发者和媒体记者们可能会认为，在洛杉矶举办的2011年E3展会更是件不容忽视的大事，因为大多数公司都会选择在E3展会中宣布重要的消息。

游戏邦认为掌上设备的游戏开发者更不应该缺席E3展会，因为今年的活动内容很可能围绕索尼NGP（更准确的说，应该是针对手机、PlayStation Suite等设备）、3DS、微软Xbox 360以及Windows Phone 7等主题来作文章。

可以预见，届时将有不少开发者、记者在洛杉矶和旧金山两个城市之间来回奔波。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

WWDC clashes with E3 as Apple unveils June 6 – 10 dates

It’s not unusual for major industry events to cluster around certain dates – there was only a week separating Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and GDC 2011 in San Francisco back in February.

The idea of two major conferences clashing, however, is a lot more complicated.

Yet Apple’s news that this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2011) will run for five days from June 6 puts it in direct competition with what is the industry’s biggest annual shebang: E3.

iPhone 5 unveiling?

Taking place in San Francisco’s Moscone West until June 10, it’s widely expected that Apple will unveil the next iteration of iPhone at the conference, though – as is the norm – the firm is keeping its cards close to its chest as to just what will be announced.

“At this year’s conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior VP of worldwide product marketing.

“If you are an iOS or Mac OS X software developer, this is the event that you do not want to miss.”

Tale of two cities

The problem is, games developers and journalists may find E3 2011, which will be taking place almost 400 miles south in Los Angeles, a far harder proposition to ignore.

Running between June 7 and June 9, E3 is traditionally used as the opportunity for most of the industry’s major announcements.

And, crucially for the handheld sector, this year’s event is likely to play host to developments surrounding Sony’s NGP (and, more specifically for mobile, PlayStation Suite), 3DS and perhaps even links between Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and Xbox 360.

If nothing else, it looks like there will be plenty of business when it comes to mid-week flights between SFO and LAX.（source:pocketgamer）