Leipziger Messe CEO Wolfgang Marzin has announced the group’s intention to expand its international portfolio by bringing its Games Convention event to North America.

“The concept is flexible and the network of the global games industry permits us to be active at different locations,” said Marzin. “After the Southeast Asian Games Convention, we are now focusing on the North American market.”

GC Asia, an off-shoot of Leipziger Messe’s German Games Convention event, successfully debuted in Singapore last year and the second GC Asia will commence in four weeks’ time.

Leipziger Messe announced earlier this week that a record-breaking 203,000 visitors attended the 2008 Leipzig Games Convention which ended on Sunday. The show will be back in Germany in August 2009.