Game Developer -The Pokemon Company, THQ Nordic, Devolver Digital, and More Headline PAX East 2023
February 14, 2023 at 11:29 am
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Headliners to include THQ Nordic, Devolver Digital and some Poke-people.
The preliminary exhibitor list for PAX East 2023, the East Coast's most-attended gaming event, is now available on the PAX website. PAX East will welcome gamers from around the world to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) starting Thursday, March 23, through Sunday, March 26, 2023.
The Pokemon Company, Yacht Club Games, THQ Nordic, Devolver Digital, and Inti Creates are a few of the publishers ready to show off some of their most anticipated upcoming releases at PAX East this year. Chucklefish, Ysbryd Games, XSEED Games, and Plaion will also take over the expo hall with hands-on opportunities for unreleased titles, merchandise from fan-favorite games including limited-edition pins, and much more.
Tech and hardware giants like Intel, Corsair, and AORUS (GIGABYTE) will have booths alongside industry-renowned indie publishers such as Finji, Raw Fury, Brace Yourselves Games, PM Studios, and many others eager to connect with attendees on the PAX East show floor.
In addition to a jam-packed expo hall, PAX East 2023 will treat attendees to a weekend filled with panels from fan-favorite content creators and video game industry icons, as well as esports-tournaments, live concerts featuring beloved video game music, freeplay lounges, and community meetups.
'We can't wait to get back to Boston for PAX East, and kick off another year of shows,' said Jerry Holkins, co-founder of Penny Arcade and PAX. 'The designers went above and beyond on the theme this year, and we can't wait to welcome gamers home.'
Media and content creators can register for badges here.
For badge purchasing, travel info, event schedules, FAQs, and more, check out the PAX East website, and follow PAX on Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube, and Instagram.
About PAX
PAX, or Penny Arcade Expo, is a festival for gamers to celebrate gaming culture. First held in Seattle in 2004, PAX has nearly doubled in size each successive year, with PAX Prime 2014 selling out of tickets in a matter of minutes. Connecting the world's leading game publishers with their most avid and influential fans, PAX expanded with a second show in Boston in 2010, and a third in San Antonio in 2015, making it the three largest gaming shows in North America. The first international PAX was held in Melbourne, Australia in 2013. In 2017, Penny Arcade established PAX Unplugged, its first tabletop-focused show, held in Philadelphia.
About ReedPop
ReedPop is a boutique group within RX - one of the world's leading events organizers. Launched in 2006, the group has become the number one producer of pop culture events across the globe as well as a full service digital content provider and media company. Delivering once-in-a-lifetime fan experiences curated specifically for localized audiences, ReedPop currently features events in North America and Europe, including: New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), PAX West, East, and Unplugged, Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC), Star Wars Celebration, MCM Comic Con, Eurogamer Expo (EGX), Star Trek Missions and more. In addition to organizing and managing events, ReedPop also runs and operates the Gamer Network and its portfolio of leading gaming websites including Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun and GamesIndustry.Biz. The staff at ReedPop are a fan-based, globally focused group of professionals that are uniquely qualified to build and serve the communities with whom they share a common passion.
About Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade has been the world's most popular webcomic for over 20 years, with over 3.5 million readers. Started in 1998 in the living room of Mike Krahulik & Jerry Holkins, it has grown into a media empire encompassing multiple beloved properties such as Lookouts, Automata, and beloved D&D live-play series Acquisitions Incorporated. Penny Arcade was responsible for the creation of Child's Play, a gaming charity that has raised over $45 million dollars for children across the world. They are also the founders of PAX, the number one consumer gaming festival in North America, with hundreds of thousands of loyal visitors every year.
Devolver Digital Inc. is a video games publisher in the indie games space with a portfolio of third-party and own-IP. The Company provides label revealed Devolver MaxPass+, a free subscription service that offers the entire Devolver Digital catalog. Its categories of games include action, adventure, arcade, brawler, casual, co-op, comedy, casual, cute, dungeon crawler, fighting, first-person, horror, mobile, multiplayer, musical, narrative, online, pixel art, platformer, point and click, prison, puzzle, role-playing game (RPG), racing, retro, rogue-like, science fiction, shooter, simulator, sports, strategy, thriller, tinder for monarchs, turn based, virtual reality (VR), and watercolor. Its games include Skate Story, Cult of the Lamb, Ragnorium, Boomerang X, Death's Door, Disc Room, Shadow Warrior, Loop Hero, and Olija. It also offers a merchandise store called MERCH, which provides products, such as apparel, artwork, books, collectables, games, pin badges, plush and soundtracks.
DEVOLVER DIGITAL, INC. 
