"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.

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

[bigstrat2003]

What stuff is he criticized for that you've heard, out of curiosity? The one I've heard is that his comic is supposedly a rip-off of Penny Arcade, which I consider complete BS. It had similarities at the beginning, but the style is totally different now, not to mention his style of humor was always different. I've never really heard anything else said against him, though, so I have no idea what else people might fling.