Boston shows PAX East some love, secures long-term deal

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I’ve been covering and attending the Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, since it was a humble curiosity at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center back in 2004, started by the guys from the Seattle-based Penny Arcade webcomic. Since then it has grown into one of the biggest events on the video-game calendar, regularly drawing more than 70,000… Read More…

PAX Video: A pledge of allegiance for Borderlands 2

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One last scene before closing the book on this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle: Toward the end of the Gearbox Software panel yesterday afternoon, the CEO of the Texas-based game developer, Randy Pitchford, had his own Oprah moment — handing out cards with codes to redeem a free copy of Borderlands 2 whenever it’s… Read More…

PAX 2011: ‘Pitch Your Game Idea’ highlights and lowlights

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One of the highlights of the Penny Arcade Expo each year is a session called “Pitch Your Game Idea” — often described as the American Idol of Video Games. (As in the early rounds of American Idol, when they’re holding the auditions.) See our rough video about with selected highlights from this afternoon’s session, with… Read More…

PAX: Master Chief, explosions and other Halo 4 highlights

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Halo fans were lined up around the corner for a panel this morning on Halo 4 at Penny Arcade Expo, filling the Paramount Theater for inside details on the next installment of the blockbuster Xbox 360 franchise. Members of the development team from Microsoft’s 343 Industries didn’t reveal any huge secrets, but they gave a… Read More…

PAX Gallery: The characters of Penny Arcade Expo 2011

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Editor’s Note: The annual Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX, is in full swing this weekend in downtown Seattle — attracting an estimated 80,000 gaming fans from around the country for all-night gaming marathons, concerts, panels about favorite game franchises, a gigantic expo hall offering sneak peeks of upcoming games and, of course, plenty… Read More…

PAX: Microsoft on the hunt for the best indie Xbox games

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[Updated below with winners] Situated in a far corner of the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend is a showcase of top-notch game development and design on the Xbox 360. But they aren’t from any of the big game studios. They’re the 21 semifinalists in the latest installment of a Microsoft contest called Dream… Read More…

Bungie Aerospace’s first project is an iPad game, will get PAX preview this weekend

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Bungie Aerospace, a new effort by the creators of the blockbuster “Halo” franchise to partner with independent game developers, will preview the first fruits of that initiative at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend — giving attendees a chance to play selected missions from the iPad game Crimson: Steam Pirates, from Seattle-based game… Read More…

Penny Arcade expands empire with new developer event

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Interesting news this weekend from the team behind the ever-growing Penny Arcade Expo, better known as PAX: Building on the momentum from their perennially sold-out event in Seattle and their new installment in Boston, they’re adding a new conference to the lineup, specifically — and exclusively — for game developers. The new PAX Dev 2011… Read More…