This year’s PAX East is looking to be the biggest yet. Not only is Blizzard is making a mini-BlizzCon out of it, but several other major publishers will be in attendance with games ready for attendees to get their hands on.
We already know several indie titles will be ready to pick up and play, but Blizzard has announced its PAX East lineup. It includes almost every major upcoming game in its arsenal including Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition for the PS4. Not only does this console port run at 1080p with 60 FPS, but it also includes several major adjustments over the PS3 and Xbox 360 version such as higher monster density and shorter loading times. Made better, tomorrow’s Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls expansion will be included as part of the package.
In addition, Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft for the iPad and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor will be playable. In regards to Warlords of Draenor, several of the upcoming new character models will be part of its demo build (Orc, Gnome, and Dwarf were at BlizzCon), so you can see first hand what sort of impact 10-year newer character models have on the game.
There are over 100 attendees, but most of them are keeping their offerings a secret until the show. The three you should be particularly interested in are Bethesda, Microsoft, and Oculus VR. Bethesda and Microsoft could show just about anything as both are currently working on huge AAA titles. However, the Oculus VR booth is the place you may want to head to first if you haven’t experienced virtual reality before. The new Crystal Cove unit is sure to blow your mind.
Below are all of the exhibitors confirmed for PAX East 2014, with what we think the most noteworthy are bolded.
- 11 Bit Studios
- 17-Bit
- 2K Games
- 505 Games
- 92 Apps
- Ack Studios
- Active Gaming Media
- ADATA Technology
- Adult Swim Games
- Age of Empires Studio
- Aimpad
- AlgoCrunch
- Amplitude
- Asinine Games
- Asteroid Base
- Astro Gaming
- Batterystaple Games
- BattleGoat Studios
- Becker College
- BenQ
- Bethesda
- Big Fish Games
- Binary Solo
- Blizzard
- Bootsnake Games
- Boston Indie Selections
- Brace Yourself Games
- Broken Crown Games
- C63 Industries
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Chainawesome Games
- Champlain College
- Chessex
- Citeremis
- Command D
- Cooler Master
- Corsair
- CPU Magazine
- Crooked Tree Studios
- D3 Publisher
- Desconstructeam
- Decoy Games
- Defiant Development
- Dejobaan Games
- Dennaton Games
- Devolver Digital
- Die Gute Fabrik
- DigiPen
- Discord Games
- Disruptor Beam
- Dissident Logic
- Double Fine
- Drinkbox Studios
- ECA
- Eclectic Eccentricities
- Edge of Reality
- Elms College
- Endgame Studios
- ENERMAX
- EVGA
- Experimental Gamer
- Fangamer
- Fenix Fire
- Filthy Casual
- Fire Hose Games
- Fitchburg State University
- Flippfly
- Flyleap Studios
- Foam Brain Games
- Foe Hammer Shop
- Forge on Games
- Frogdice
- Gaijin Games
- Game Underground
- GameChurch
- Games by Mo
- Gaming ETC
- Gears for Breakfast
- Geek Chic HQ
- Genius / GX Gaming
- GGN Game Studios
- GIGABYTE
- Greater Than Games
- Greenbrier Games
- Grey Box
- Grimm Bros
- Gunnar Optiks
- Hanakai
- HappyGiant
- Heart Machine
- Hololabs
- Hyperkin
- Indie Mini Booth
- Indie Tabletop
- Initive
- Innex
- Intel
- Iridium Studios
- Iron Galaxy Studios
- iTapArcade
- Japanime Games
- Kingston
- KinifiGames
- Klei Entertainment
- Kongregate
- Klumobius
- Last Limb
- Lazy 8 Studios
- Level Up Studios
- Lifespark Entertainment
- Logitech
- Love Conquers All Games
- Louisiana State University
- Lumenox
- Machinima
- Marauder
- Marc Ten Bosch
- Mass Digi
- Matrix Games
- Mayfair Games
- MEGA64.COM
- Mercury Learning
- Mesa Mundi
- MI-Clos Studio
- Microsoft
- Midnight City
- Mimoco
- Mixamo
- MSA
- Muse Games
- Muzzy Lane Software
- NCsoft
- Necrophone Games
- Nevernaut
- New England Institute of Art
- New England Institute of Technology
- Newegg.com
- Nine Dots Studio
- NinjaBee
- Nnooo Pty
- No Goblin
- Noble Whale Studios
- NVIDIA
- Oculus VR
- Owlchemy Labs
- Paradox Interactive
- PAX East Indie Showcase
- Phosfiend Systems
- Pinball Arcade
- Pixelscopic
- Plantronics
- Play It Now
- PlayStation Community
- Plyngo
- PNY Technologies
- Polycrime
- Power A
- Press Play
- Privateer Press
- Proleteriat
- Ragequit
- Red Hook Games
- Reentry Games
- Refract Studios
- Renegade Kid
- Replay’d
- Reverb Communications
- Revolution 60
- Riot Games
- Risen Phoenix Studios
- Robit Studios
- Robot Entertainment
- Rocket 5 Studios
- Ronimo Games
- Rooster Teeth
- RunJumpDev
- Sanshee
- Sauropod Studio
- Schell Games
- Scry Interactive
- Sennheiser
- Skull Candy
- Skull Skill Studios
- Skunkwerks
- Skylance Studio
- Showrunner Productions
- Square Enix
- Stone Blade
- Sudden Impact
- Supergiant Games
- SWD Tech Games
- Switchblade Monkeys
- TableTop Arena
- Team Aurora
- Team Colorblind
- Team Meat
- Telltale Games
- Tenwall Creatives
- That’s Entertainment
- The Behemoth
- The Domaginarium
- Thefty Jack
- Think Geek
- Thoughtshelter Games
- Tiger Style
- Tin Man Games
- tinyBuild
- TinyMob Games
- Trendy Entertainment
- Tribute Games
- Troll & Toad
- Turbine
- Turbine Inc
- Turtle Beach
- Twitch
- Uber Entertainment
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- UCC Distributing
- UDON Entertainment
- Undead Labs
- Unknown Worlds
- Unreal Engine
- Untame
- Unveil NYC
- Utilikilts
- Vegabond Dog
- VIDEOGAMESNEWYORK
- Virtuix
- Vivid Games
- Vlambeer
- Wacom
- WeLoveFine.com
- Will O’Neill
- Wither Studios
- Wizards Of The Coast
- WPI
- Xaviant
- Xotic PC
- Yatch Club Games
- Young Horses
- Zafty
