Topic: PAX Triples Exhibit Space

[WindyMan]

Said Penny-Arcade, "we thought that by tripling the available exhibitor space, we'd have enough room for everybody. I guess we were wrong."
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13716

 Penny Arcade Expo '07 Triples Amount of Game Exhibits    

Headliners include Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony and Ubisoft    

Seattle, Washington - June 27, 2007 Penny Arcade today announced that exhibit space is sold out for its upcoming Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) gaming culture festival, officially tripling the size of exhibit space from previous years. The 4th annual event, which moved to the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in downtown Seattle this year in order to accommodate interest from both exhibitors and a rapidly growing number of attendees, is slated to take place August 24th-26th.    

"We thought that by tripling the available exhibitor space, we'd have enough room for everybody. I guess we were wrong." said Penny Arcade's director of sales, Mike Fehlauer. "We do our best to throw a kickass party for the gamer community, and so we're grateful-and relieved-that the response has been so positive. Exhibitors and attendees alike have decided that PAX is the show to attend; it's the only place where you'll find tabletop, console, and PC gamers and exhibitors-plus concerts, tournaments, panels, and freeplay-under the same roof, with no BS."    

On the exhibit floor, PAX '07 attendees can expect to try their hands at yet-to-be-released games and products from exhibitors including Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts/Mythic, Harmonix, Foundation 9, Sierra/Vivendi Universal, Wizards of the Coast, NCSoft, Sabertooth Games, D3 Publishing, Telltale Games, the Behemoth, Namco-Bandai, Upper Deck, Wizkids, Atari, ArenaNet, Hothead Games, America's Army and Rockstar. (See below for a complete list of exhibitors this year) In addition to showing a multitude of pre-release games on its show floor, PAX offers attendees a host of game-related conference sessions, parties, concerts, tournaments and more!  Game publishers and developers interested in attending PAX 2008 should contact Mike Fehlauer at mikef@penny-arcade.com.    

Complete List of Exhibitors for PAX 2007
 1up.com
 America's Army
 ArenaNet
 Astro Gaming
 Atari
 The Behemoth
 The Bungie Store!
 CCP/Whitewolf
 D3 Publishing
 DeVry University
 Digipen
 Dolby
 EA Mythic
 The ECA
 Fantasy Flight Games
 Flying Lab Software
 Foundation 9 Entertainment
 Gamecock Media Group
 GameTap
 GameTrailers.com
 Garage Games
 Gas Powered Games
 Green Ronin Publishing
 The Guildhall
 Harmonix
 ITT Tech
 Konami
 Longbow Digital Arts
 Metanet Software
 Microsoft
 Namco Bandai
 Nintendo of America
 Nvidia
 Octopi
 Paizo Publishing
 Pink Godzilla
 Privateer Press
 Rockstar Games
 Sabertooth Games
 Sierra/Vivendi Games
 Sony Computer Entertainment of America
 Strategy Computers
 Sumo Lounge
 Tablestar Games
 Technomancer Press
 Telltale Games
 Tenacious Games
 Turbine
 Ubisoft
 UDON Entertainment
 Upper Deck Entertainment
 Wizards of the Coast
 Wizkids    

Learn more...  About Penny Arcade Expo    

Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is a three-day celebration of games and gamer culture. The festival includes an exhibition floor filled with playable builds of upcoming tabletop, console, and computer games; a conference program of game-industry speakers on gaming topics; music concerts; freeplay areas; industry parties; game tournaments and more. Since its inception in 2004 the show has doubled in size each year, with 4,500 attendees in 2004, 9,500 in 2005, and 19,300 in 2006. For more information visit www.pennyarcadeexpo.com.  Website: http://www.www.pennyarcadeexpo.com

[ShyGuy]

Yay!

[UltimatePartyBear]

I had wondered whether the changes to E3 would impact PAX.  It seemed like the big fish just took their E3 demos to PAX.  They had to put together something for E3 anyway, so getting some more mileage out of it at another expo must have seemed like a bargain.  At this point, though, it looks like PAX is self-sustaining.  This growth rate is incredible.

[Ian Sane]

It's amazing how big Penny Arcade is.  It's almost hard to comprehend because I've never seen Gabe and Tycho as big business celebrity guys.  I've never met them and they don't have any clue who I am but meeting them to me doesn't seem like it would be like meeting a celebrity.  I see them just as a couple of gamers like me because I remember when they're weren't so huge and pretty much just were a couple of gamers like me, who just happened to have a popular comic strip.  If I just discovered Penny Arcade now I probably wouldn't have that view but it's weird to just sort of step back and look and what they've accomplished and realize that these guys are big fish.

[that Baby guy]

I think most people see Gabe and Tycho like that.  They are just gamers.  When they realized that they had more power than the average gamer, what did they do?  They made a place for gamers to get together.  They made a charity to spread games to children who needed something to enjoy.  They game, they read about gaming, they talk about gaming.  It's what they are, which is why we all love them.

Robert Khoo is the one that really turned them from gamers into super-moguls, though, if what I've read is correct.

[ThePerm]

well one thing gabe and tycho are that alot of people are not is hard working. Their writing is good and their art is good. Its no wonder they've gotten so big.