All Articles: PAX East 2012

WayForward bringing Double Dragon: Neon to PSN, XBLA

Posted on April 6, 2012 by John Scalzo

Publisher Majesco and developer WayForward (who were the team behind the excellent Contra 4 and the less excellent BloodRayne: Betrayal) have announced their latest retro revival: Double Dragon: Neon!

Double Dragon: Neon will be available for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this Summer and will make its public debut at this year’s PAX East expo (which starts in just under an hour!). Gamers are encouraged to take the battle to the Black Dragon Clan (and their new leader, Skullmageddon) at the Reverb Booth (#808).

“Double Dragon: Neon is far from a standard retro remake,” said Sean Velasco, Director, WayForward. “It’s WayForward’s love letter to the decade that spawned the franchise – the music, the style, and culture of the 80’s pulse through the nucleus of Double Dragon: Neon. But don’t think this is a simple graphical facelift; with our innovative ‘mix tape’ level up system and power-up high-fives, we pushed it to the limit!”

If you can’t make it to PAX East, be sure to check out Double Dragon: Neon’s first screenshots and concept art on the game’s Facebook page.

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Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 to be revealed at PAX East 2012

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

Zeboyd Games, the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII, recently took up development of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness – Episode 3. Original developer Hothead Games left the project to work on other projects, but Penny Arcade’s artist Mike “Gabe” Krahulik and writer Jerry “Tycho” Holkins are ready to show off the redone game at this year’s PAX East. Zeboyd has also signed on to develop a fourth installment in 2013.

Con-goers can get a first look at the game in Zeboyd’s booth on the Expo floor, and can also attend a panel with Jerry Holkins, game producer Jeff Kalles, and game leads Robert Boyd and Bill Stiernberg at 9:00 on Friday, April 6th to get some details on the game’s development.

The game, now rechristened Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 is slated for a Summer release on the PC, Mac, the Xbox Live Indie Games channel, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android, so if you own any kind of gaming technology, odds are you can find a way to play this one.

If you can’t make it to Boston this weekend, check out the official website or an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the game’s genesis at Joystiq.

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League For Gamers to educate PAX East 2012 about proposed violence warning legislation

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

Are you familiar with bill H.R. 4204? If your answer was no, the League For Gamers, an organization that stands against legislation it considers detrimental to the games industry, would like you to know what it’s all about.

H.R. 4204 proposes that every video game carrying an ESRB rating of Everyone, Everyone 10+, Teen, Mature, or Adults Only must carry a warning label that states “Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior.” The League For Gamers feels that this assertion is based on questionable research, and will be asking con-goers for their support in their ongoing efforts to protect the games industry from legislation like H.R. 4204, SOPA, and PIPA.

Interested parties can stop by the booth at PAX East and meet with a representative, or visit the League For Gamers website for more information.

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Lick Lollipop Chainsaw, Mortal Kombat Vita at PAX East 2012

Posted on April 2, 2012 by John Scalzo

Gimme a W! Gimme a B! What’s that spell!?!… You know, that kind of thing doesn’t work when what you’re trying to spell is just initials.

Anyway, Lollipop Chainsaw and its gory school bus full of gore and guts will be making a stop at this weekend’s PAX East expo. The game, which is scheduled for a June 12 release on the PS3 and Xbox 360, will be available in playable form to fulfill all your fantasies of cheerleaders, chainsaws, and doing the splits to decapitate a zombie.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will also be showcasing playable versions of Mortal Kombat for the portable PlayStation Vita, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings for the Xbox 360, The Lord of the Rings Online, and Dungeons & Dragon Online: Menace of the Underdark in booth #424.

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PAX East 2012: Play Mario Tennis Open, Spirit Camera, more with Nintendo

Posted on April 2, 2012 by John Scalzo

Are you planning on attending PAX East 2012 this weekend? If so, then be sure to stop by the Nintendo booth where you’ll get a chance to try out Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir and Mario Tennis Open for the 3DS before you can buy them.

The Big N is also bringing a bunch of copies of Kid Icarus: Uprising for players to try as well as hosting a scavenger hunt for select Uprising AR Cards.

Finally, playable demos of Mario Kart 7 and a smattering of 3DS eShop titles (Ketzal’s Corridors, Dillon’s Rolling Western, Pushmo, and Sakurai Samurai: The Art of the Sword) will be available at the Nintendo booth (#412) all weekend long.

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PAX East 2012: 2K offering fans a chance to play Borderlands 2, XCOM RTS, more

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

If you’re a Borderlands fan, and you happen to be in the Boston area next weekend, you might want to consider getting a day pass for PAX East.

2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today that a co-op Borderlands 2 demo will be playable at their booth on the show floor. The demo will feature the “Caustic Caverns” map, and you can play as either the brand spankin’ new Gunzerker class or the new and improved Siren.

If that’s not enough Borderlands action for you, you can also check out Gearbox Software’s panel on Sunday, April 8th, where they will be talking about Borderlands 2 and all the other games they are currently working on.

Borderlands publisher 2K Games has plenty more planned for PAX 2012. Hit the jump for more details. (more…)

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PAX East 2012 schedule announced

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Attention gaming nerds! The schedule is up for PAX East 2012. Get thyself over to the site and check out what Tycho and Gabe, errr, I mean Jerry and Mike, have to offer.

What’s on your agenda? As always, I’ve got a slot saved in my schedule for the Rooster Teeth panel, and I’d like to make it to at least one of the Penny Arcade Q&A sessions. And I can’t wait to see the Naughty Dogs at “An Uncharted 3 Story: The Chateau, Creation to Ashes.” And I’m going to weep a bit when I get to “Penny Arcade’s New Rain Slick Precipice Game.” And that’s all just Friday.

PAX East 2012 will be held in Boston from April 6-8.

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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences offers sneak peeks at PAX East

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

For those of you that have been living under a rock, PAX East is a a three-day game festival for gamers of all stripes. For its debut at the show, The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) will present two sessions from the D.I.C.E. Summit, and give attendees early access to seventeen pieces from the 2011 Into the Pixel art exhibit.

On Friday April 6th, Richard Hilleman, chief creative director of Electronic Arts, will present his session titled: “Games as a Language”, and on Saturday April 7th, Cliff Bleszinski and Mike Capps of Epic Games will answer 10 questions from their fans, and talk about the past, present, and future of the studio with AIAS President Martin Rae.

The Into the Pixel exhibit features scenes from popular games like Mass Effect 2, BioShock Infinite and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and will be displayed in the South East Lobby of the convention center.

For more information, or to check out more stuff going on at PAX East, visit the official website.

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