With PAX East less than 17 hours away, we here at BagoGames decided to post a guide for what you should look for and expect from this year’s convention.
2K Games (Borderlands 2, Civilization V: Gods & Kings, Spec Ops: The Line, XCOM: Enemy Unknown)
This year 2K Games is showing off a few fantastic titles, while also allowing for those who can’t attend the event to watch a livestream of their booth. The livestream will include Borderlands 2 and Spec Ops: The Line gameplay being streamed to your computer screen, so that’s something not worth missing if you look forward to those titles. Read more about what 2K has to offer this weekend in the posts below:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/2k-games-pax-east-lineup-includes-playable-borderlands-2/
http://www.2kgames.com/blog/2k-games-presents-pax-east-on-twitch-tv
http://www.twitch.tv/2k
Microsoft (Crimson Dragon, Deadlight, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Trials Evolution, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, Fable: Heroes, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor)
Microsoft has the weekend booked with various different events at their booth and panels. All of the games above will be playable and shown off in some way, shape, or form, so be on the lookout for footage from them. Read more about Microsoft’s plans this weekend in the post written by our own Jeremy Tyler, the link is below:
https://bagogames.com/microsoft-pax-east-schedule/
Nintendo (Mario Tennis Open, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Ketzal Corridors, Sakurai Samurai: The Art of the Sword)
Nintendo has a heavy focus on the 3DS at this year’s convention, so look forward to a lot of that. The recently announced Mario Tennis Open will be playable at their booth, as will all of the games listed above. Check out another post by Jeremy is read more about what Nintendo has in store:
https://bagogames.com/nintendo-brings-playable-mario-tennis-open-spirit-camera-pax-east/
Ubisoft (Far Cry 3, Mad Riders, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online, and a video from Assassin’s Creed III)
Ubisoft rounds out the big four developers of this year’s PAX East with a list of much anticipated titles. In addition to showing off these titles, they are also giving away a lot of booth swag for those who stop by to play most of the games listed above. To read the full press release from Ubisoft, click the link below:
http://gematsu.com/2012/03/ubisoft-announces-pax-east-lineup
Aside from those large showcases there are plenty of other games to look out for, and you can rely on us to relay what’s happening at the convention to you as soon as possible. To read up on what to expect from other developers/games in the next three days, check out the links below:
Orcs Must Die! 2
Max Payne 3
Hi-Rez Studios
Square Enix
PAX East 2012 Indie Megabooth