1 Sep, 2011

E3 can go ahead and keep its share of the limelight in the media with all of its flashy announcements, big conference surprises, and industry shockers. What it won’t have is the sheer multitude of attendees that flock to Seattle to attend the PAX three-day geek weekend. If you really want the cold hard numbers (and facts), E3 brought in about 45,000 people...

30 Aug, 2011

While hourly smoke bombs were going off at Red 5′s massive Firefall display, other games touted their wares in a more modest manner at PAX’s Expo Hall. Bethesda cut an imposing figure with a dragon perched atop the screens playing Skyrim, BioShock‘s Songbird was busy kidnapping people, and 2K’s XCom had attendees snake their way through a...

29 Aug, 2011

It was a blazing hot Friday evening in Seattle, and standing in line outside was torture. Once the sun started to set, we caught sight of Altair climbing a…tank? That was only the beginning of it as hundreds of eager fans of Assassin’s Creed filed into The Paramount theater, the epicenter of awesome for the next hour. We were all ushered inside and...

25 Aug, 2011

Just a day left before the biggest fan-geared convention hits Seattle, and Square-Enix is starting it all off by announcing Quantum Conundrum. While they promised an official unveiling at PAX Saturday night, it looks like they were simply too eager to tell all about their newest game. Developed by Dark Void studio Airtight Games and helmed by co-creator of...

24 Aug, 2011

Think your gaming stuff is up to snuff? Then step right up to the challenge, because NVIDIA is challenging PAX attendees to a Battlefield 3 Tournament in the PC Freeplay Area in the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Every day during PAX, from Friday through Sunday, there will be 12v12 single player tournaments and there’s going to be some...

24 Aug, 2011

The glitzy glam of game demo and line-up announcements continue as Ubisoft becomes the latest to show off their star-studded entourage. Of course we’re all dying to see Assassin’s Creed: Revelations this November, and Ubisoft won’t be snubbing the Northwest either. They’re just coming back from Gamescom, but they still have plenty to...

24 Aug, 2011

As if PAX couldn’t be more awesome than it already is, the best announcement for fans of SEGA’s little blue hedgehog are about to get the news of a lifetime: SEGA is set to announce an Xbox Live Arcade port of Sonic CD at PAX. Going to the convention? Major Nelson recently made a nice big blog post about all the goings on with Microsoft at PAX, and...

24 Aug, 2011

Bethesda are letting some lucky people go hands on with the Skyrim face creator this weekend at PAX Prime. To get people’s creative juices flowing Bethesda have given people a glimpse at the preset variations for each of the ten available races. Each picture displays 20 preset faces, 10 male and 10 female. The races include (in order of picture) Argonian,...