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PENNY ARCADE REVEALS PAX 2008 EXHIBITORS AND FIRST PROGRAMMING DETAILS
Headliners include Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Activision and Ubisoft
SEATTLE - June 26, 2008 - The organizers of the fifth annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) today announced key details of the upcoming gaming festival, to be held Aug. 29-31, 2008 at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in Seattle.
This year's exhibit floor will offer PAX attendees hands-on time with highly anticipated games and products from more exhibitors than ever, including Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Activision and Ubisoft (see below for a complete exhibitor list). In addition to seeing a massive number of pre-release games on its show floor, attendees can expect a bevy of panels, the Omegathon gaming competition, tournaments, and more. First details of PAX 2008 programming include:
- The ECTO-1, of Ghostbusters fame, will be on display for all three days of PAX
- The PAX 10 independent games showcase, to thrill and delight you
- Two nights of music that will almost certainly change your life
"We nearly doubled our exhibition hall and added another 80,000 square feet of content overall, so the show is going to be pretty amazing this year," says Penny Arcade's Robert Khoo. "You should come. I think you would like it."
Complete List of PAX 2008 Exhibitors:
- 1up.com
- 2K Games
- Activision
- Antec, Inc.
- Astro Gaming
-The Behemoth
- Bethesda
- Bioware
- Blizzard
- Brawndo
- Bungie
- CCP/Whitewolf
- CDV
- clubNAMCO.com
- Cogswell Polytechnical College
- Cryptic Studios
- D3P
- Destineer
- Dolby
- EA Mythic
- ECA (Entertainment Consumer's Association)
- Electronic Arts
- Fantasy Flight Games
- Flying Frog Productions
- Flying Lab Software
- Foundation 9 Entertainment
- Game Publishers Association
- Gamecock
- GameTrailers
- Garage Games
- Guildhall at SMU
- Harmonix
- Hothead Games
- Hudson
- Indiecade
- Intel
- ITT Tech
- Klei Entertainment
- Media-blasters NYC
- Mega64
- Meteor Games
- Microsoft XNA
- Microsoft
- Midway
- Namco Bandai
- NCsoft
- Nintendo
- Nokia
- Patriot Memory
- Pegasus Publishing
- Pink Godzilla
- Plantronics
- Privateer Press
- Razer
- Rockstar
- Roosterteeth.com
- Sierra/Vivendi
- Sony
- SouthPeak Games
- Stardock
- Sumo Lounge
- Telltale
- THQ
- Tinderbox Entertainment
- Tritton Technologies
- Turbine
- Ubisoft
- Udon Entertainment / Oni Press
- Upper Deck
- Vivox
- Wizards of the Coast
- Zenimax
About Penny Arcade Expo: Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a three-day celebration of games and gamer culture. The festival includes an exhibition floor filled with playable builds of upcoming tabletop, console, and computer games; a conference program of game industry speakers; music concerts; freeplay areas; industry parties; an independent games showcase; game tournaments and more. Since its inception in 2004 the show has doubled in size year-over-year, growing from 4,500 attendees to 37,000 in 2007, making it the largest gaming festival in North America. For more information visit www.pennyarcadeexpo.com.
About Penny Arcade: Equal parts online comic and commentary, Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com) keeps its finger on the pulse of the gaming industry, prompting conversation and controversy alike from community members and industry experts. What started as a hobby in 1998 for Jerry "Tycho" Holkins and Mike "Gabe" Krahulik has grown into an online phenomenon serving 70 million page views a month to millions of readers worldwide. In addition to the comic strip and PAX gaming festival (www.pennyarcadeexpo.com), Penny Arcade has expanded its reach to include a growing line of merchandise, a video game and management of Child's Play (www.childsplaycharity.org), a gamer-driven charity for children that spans the globe
Penny Arcade 2008 Schedule Update
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Penny Arcade 2008 Schedule Update
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Penny Arcade 2008 Schedule Update
DOORS OPEN FOR PAX 2008 TOMORROW
On-site Registration Still Available!
SEATTLE - August 28, 2008 - The organizers of the fifth annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) today sent a reminder that this year's gaming festival will begin later this week. PAX 2008, to be held Aug. 29-31, is expected to draw over 45,000 gamers, industry professionals and media to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle for the 3-day gaming festival. Attendee badges may be purchased at the door at $30 for a one-day badge or $60 for all three days of the show.
Highlights of the show include:
FRIDAY
- PAX 2008 Keynote from Ken Levine 4:30-5:30pm
- Penny Arcade Q&A Panel #1 5:30-6:30pm
- "Video Games and Piracy" Panel 7:30-8:30pm
- Music Concert with The OneUps, Freezepop and Jonathan Coulton 9:00pm-1:00am
SATURDAY
- "Game Criticism and Old Game Journalism" Panel 1:30-2:30pm
- Pitch Your Game Idea 5:30-6:30pm
- Music Concert with Anamanaguchi, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, MC Frontalot and the Minibosses 9:30pm-1:30am
SUNDAY
- Family Feud: PAX Edition! 11:00am-12:30pm
- The Wil Wheaton Panel 11:30am-12:30pm
- Penny Arcade Q&A Panel #2 12:30-1:30pm
- Omegathon Final Round 5:00-6:00pm
The [url=\"http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/PAX_2008_Schedule.pdf\"]complete PAX 2008 schedule[/url] in PDF.
Ugh - I already have scheduling conflicts *sigh*
Advertising & PR -The endless struggle, which is being given by Chris Lye of Arenanet, will conflict with Raising our Kids on Videogames.
Game Criticism and Old Game Journalism conflicts with Game Music & Audio
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning conflicts with Female Gamer Communities AND Democratizing Game Development
ArenaNet Presents: 3 Years of Guild Wars conflicts with Make the World Notice Your Gaming Blog AND Art of the Dungeon Master
and the Hothead Games panel isn't until 830pm.
see? cloning is a *good* thing.
On-site Registration Still Available!
SEATTLE - August 28, 2008 - The organizers of the fifth annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) today sent a reminder that this year's gaming festival will begin later this week. PAX 2008, to be held Aug. 29-31, is expected to draw over 45,000 gamers, industry professionals and media to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle for the 3-day gaming festival. Attendee badges may be purchased at the door at $30 for a one-day badge or $60 for all three days of the show.
Highlights of the show include:
FRIDAY
- PAX 2008 Keynote from Ken Levine 4:30-5:30pm
- Penny Arcade Q&A Panel #1 5:30-6:30pm
- "Video Games and Piracy" Panel 7:30-8:30pm
- Music Concert with The OneUps, Freezepop and Jonathan Coulton 9:00pm-1:00am
SATURDAY
- "Game Criticism and Old Game Journalism" Panel 1:30-2:30pm
- Pitch Your Game Idea 5:30-6:30pm
- Music Concert with Anamanaguchi, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, MC Frontalot and the Minibosses 9:30pm-1:30am
SUNDAY
- Family Feud: PAX Edition! 11:00am-12:30pm
- The Wil Wheaton Panel 11:30am-12:30pm
- Penny Arcade Q&A Panel #2 12:30-1:30pm
- Omegathon Final Round 5:00-6:00pm
The [url=\"http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/PAX_2008_Schedule.pdf\"]complete PAX 2008 schedule[/url] in PDF.
Ugh - I already have scheduling conflicts *sigh*
Advertising & PR -The endless struggle, which is being given by Chris Lye of Arenanet, will conflict with Raising our Kids on Videogames.
Game Criticism and Old Game Journalism conflicts with Game Music & Audio
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning conflicts with Female Gamer Communities AND Democratizing Game Development
ArenaNet Presents: 3 Years of Guild Wars conflicts with Make the World Notice Your Gaming Blog AND Art of the Dungeon Master
and the Hothead Games panel isn't until 830pm.
see? cloning is a *good* thing.
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Penny Arcade 2008 Schedule Update
.............. go to 3 years of guild wars O_O please.
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“It's the rare man who understands the value of a single perfect rose.”
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Penny Arcade 2008 Schedule Update
Well duh that's a no-brainer, but I'd also *really* like to go to the gaming blog one, might learn something nifty for Village Gamer....
....this is also another reason why you should be on the west coast. <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />
....this is also another reason why you should be on the west coast. <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />
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working on it!!! *looks at his wallet* <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... #>/cry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' />
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“If you stop learning, you stop living.” ~Tami Quiring
“It's the rare man who understands the value of a single perfect rose.”
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“If you stop learning, you stop living.” ~Tami Quiring
“It's the rare man who understands the value of a single perfect rose.”
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