PAX Prime 2011 was attended by over 70,000 people. PAX Prime 2010 was attended by 67,600 people, and involved off-site events for the first time. From then on, the original Washington festival was referred to as PAX Prime in order to avoid confusion between the two. Attendance levels rivaled those of PAX 2009 PAX East 2010 was attended by 52,290. PAX East 2010 was held in Boston, from March 26–28, at the Hynes Convention Center.
In 2010, PAX held its first event on the East Coast. Attendance in 2007 was counted at 39,000. Attendance grew rapidly, with over 9,000 attendees in 2005, and over 19,000 in 2006.įile:PAX 2009 - Wil Wheaton (3888471061).jpgĪctor Wil Wheaton signs autographs at PAX 2009īy 2007, the event had outgrown its previous venue, and moved to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, which was twice the size. The event was then held annually in August, at the same venue, for the next two years. The first PAX, known at the time as the Penny Arcade Expo, was held on August 28–29, 2004, in Bellevue, Washington, at the Meydenbauer Center, and was attended by approximately 3,300 people.
Main article: History of PAX File:Pennyarcadeexpocrowd.jpgĬrowds filling the Meydenbauer Center at PAX 2006 Past games for the final round of the Omegathon have included Tetris, Pong, Halo 3, and skee-ball. The final round of the Omegathon makes up part of the closing ceremonies of PAX. Every PAX also features the Omegathon, a festival-long tournament consisting of a group of randomly selected attendees competing for a grand prize. Defining characteristics of the festivals include an opening keynote speech from an industry insider, game-culture inspired concerts, panels on game topics, exhibitor booths from both independent and major game developers and publishers, a LAN party multiplayer, tabletop gaming tournaments, and video game freeplay areas. PAX was originally created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the Penny Arcade webcomic, because they wanted to attend a show exclusively for gaming. PAX festival events are held annually in Seattle, Washington Boston, Massachusetts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania San Antonio, Texas and Melbourne, Australia.
PAX UNPLUGGED ATTENDANCE SERIES
PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is an overall term used to refer to a series of gaming culture festivals that involve tabletop gaming, arcade gaming, and video gaming. United States (PAX West, PAX Dev, PAX East, PAX South, PAX Unplugged)Īugust 28, 2004 18 years ago ( ) (as Penny Arcade Expo) (PAX West) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PAX Unplugged) Pennsylvania Convention Center (PAX Unplugged) Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (PAX Australia) Washington State Convention Center (PAX West, PAX Dev)īoston Convention and Exhibition Center (PAX East) So what do you think? Are you excited to see any companies on this list? Will you be attending PAX Unplugged yourself? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.Gaming (video game, tabletop, CCG, role-playing) The list of companies that will be on the show floor for PAX Unplugged is as follows: "I want to go to there." PAX Unplugged Exhibitors List
"The breadth and depth of the inaugural PAX Unplugged exhibitor roster is a sight to behold," said Jerry Holkins, the co-founder of Penny Arcade, in a press statement. This will be the first PAX Unplugged, so it’s even more impressive to see the long list of companies who will be participating. While this list isn’t final, there are already some big names, like Wizards of the Coast, Mayfair Games, Fantasy Flight and many more.įor those that don’t know, PAX Unplugged is a board game-specific event held in Philadelphia from Nov. A massive list of companies who will be on the show floor for PAX Unplugged has been revealed.
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