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The PAX East weekend has come to an end, and the guys pick some of their favorite stories from this gaming event!
Plus they share a few stories from their last visit to PAX.
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Show Notes:
PAX East officially becomes biggest PAX ever
– 69,500 attendees
– Larger venue than previous years, and even had breathing room!
– Still numerous complaints over lines (2+ hours for DNF play was the average)
Child of Eden release date announced
– June 14th, 2011
10 minutes of Portal 2 gameplay – VIDEO
– Introduces CEO of Aperture Science
More “Homefront” Information – VIDEO
Guild Wars 2 Char Creation includes a questionairre
– After you pick the race, sex, and class you answer a slew of questions which in effect flesh out your character’s biography and set you on the path for your own personal story in the game.
– More info on Why You Should Care About GW2
SWTOR unleashes a 16-minute video of Flashpoint (dungeon) gameplay, and a new Trailer
– A better look at the “convo-loot” rolls and interactive group dialogue
– Combat also looks better than it has previously, but still very MMO-ey (click and auto-attack)
L.A. Noire Storyline 25-30 Hours Long
Sony announces Free Realms MMO coming to PS3
Tribes MMO officially unveiled
– Official Teaser Site
Talented Trekkie Dances His Ass Off
Firefall: a F2P MMO shooter
– Reminiscient of Borderlands in many ways (class structure, cel shading, alien world overrun by bugs and creeps, etc).
– Producer gave a speech @ PAX that confirmed you “will NOT be able to buy your way to victory” and went on to explain that all microtransactions will be aesthetics only.
MEDIA ROLL:
Image Tour of the Show Floor
Wil Wheaton is sleepy
Booth babes 1 2 3
Back ground provided by Stuck in Customs
PAX Prime 2011 will take place from August 26th to August 28th. – We’ll see you there!