"E For All" Game Expo Withers, PAX Thrives

After the continued struggles of E3 this year, it looks like another IDG-based games conference will have its own troubles. BigDownload reports that most major game manufacturers are skipping E For All, in part due to their focus on the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) and BlizzCon (which will be televised). E for All will have major presentations by Microsoft and EA, but you'll have to go to PAX to see events and exhibits from other big publishers; for example, the playable Jumpgate Evolution demo, the Guild Wars tournament, or the Omegathon. The Seattle Times ran a story about Penny Arcade's creators and how PAX came into existence. Further competition for E For All is coming from the Tokyo Game Show, which runs in the beginning of October.

Comments

Re:Being a Penny-Arcade fan....

[Nerdfest]

I don't think they advertise it this way, but it's really by gamers, for gamers. They seems like talented guys too, so it's pretty cool to see them do so well at something they love to do.

I'd love to go to PAX one of these years. They're talking about a PAX East at some point as well. I hope it doesn't spoil it.

Re:Omegathon?

[ElectricTurtle]

Uh, last year's Omegathon featured Halo 3. Before it was released. Probably pretty major for the publisher.

Re:Omegathon?

[Sir Toby]

Last year's Omegathon also featured Rock Band before its release.