Is irrational games going to bring anything hands on for Bioshock Infinite? i know theyre doing a panel but theyre not on the expo list (unless its under 2k) all things bioshock
I was wondering the same thing. Last year 2k's booth had Mafia, Bioshock 2 and Civilization V so it's definitely possible some of the Irrational guys will have a place at the 2k booth. I hope so.
Anyone know if they are going to have food vendors inside the expo hall like they did last year? It was a huge timesaver to have somewhere to eat without leaving PAX.
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Anyone know if they are going to have food vendors inside the expo hall like they did last year? It was a huge timesaver to have somewhere to eat without leaving PAX.
There's a foodcourt inside the convention center but I dunno about vendors inside the hall itself.
Anyone know if they are going to have food vendors inside the expo hall like they did last year? It was a huge timesaver to have somewhere to eat without leaving PAX.
There's a foodcourt inside the convention center but I dunno about vendors inside the hall itself.
Nice, as long as it's nearby.
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What's the size comparison between PAX Prime in 2010 and PAX East this year? Looks like the physical floor space is really catching up to Prime, which is great news!
Standouts for me are Valve (gotta get my copy of Raising the Bar signed), Bethesda (zomg Skyrim), and Geek Chic. Geek Chic had some truly excellent gaming tables last year, so I may be tampted to part ways with money from them this year.
Also, I have been to the BCEC - it is indeed much larger than the Hynes. If this is the full exhibit floor, it will be several hundred thousand square feet of space. Definitely looking forward to this.
Wow! Never been into the BCEC before... It looks phenomenal! Lots to look forward to here...
Although, where's Digital Press? I actually just called their store this week and they told me they'd be there, but no mention of them on this map. Any idea if there will be something akin to the hallway vendors at PAX East 2010 that just wouldn't show up on this map?
It does look like there are going to be a few (more?) booths where you can buy stuff, other than the usual merch you can find with certain publishers. I guess there will be a few places to spend some dough!
Also - I'm from Montreal too
Hi! I'm actually here as an exchange student from the UK, but I love this place! You have a beautiful city.
I think I'm gonna need a bigger bag looking at all these booths.
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I'm gonna get lost trying to get between Pokemon and Valve :<
My reaction was initially pretty much the same as Propriety's before I realized that I almost got lost in last year's expo hall, and then saw the comparison of sizes.
On the flip side, this will be the best place to get lost EVAR.
I'm gonna get lost trying to get between Pokemon and Valve :<
My reaction was initially pretty much the same as Propriety's before I realized that I almost got lost in last year's expo hall, and then saw the comparison of sizes.
On the flip side, this will be the best place to get lost EVAR.
Yea I'm excited I'll actually have 3 days to explore it this year. Last year I only went on the Sunday and I saw most of it but I didn't do much else, like see any panels or spend time in any of the freeplay rooms.
Okay, so if we were to overlay the expo floor onto the full layout floor from the link from It's Not A Tumor, does that mean that BCEC's Exhibit Hall B is the Queue room, and Exhibit Halls A and C are the Merman Theater and Expo Floor? Which is which?
Gang, we have another mystery on our hands... let's split up and look for clues!
Yea and the Merman theater is 052 which is in the lower left of that map where it says southeast pre-function
A) Shutuuuuuuuuuuup.
HOLY F**KIN SH*T CHRIST GEEZUS I'm not really what you would call a hardcore gamer, and if that is really the case, I think I may have an aneurysm upon entering.
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Wow that expo hall is impressive. I think it is at the size now where it might warrant also having a directory that lists the booths by category. Thought of this when trying to pick out which tabletop companies has made their way into the main hall.
This is an approximate comparison of the Hynes expo hall and the expo hall at the BCEC.
So this is what I have come to, just the 3 Expo areas alone at the BCEC are 162,000 to 184,000sq ft in size. THAT IS HUGE! Both of the combined expo halls at the Haynes Convention center totaled to 74,000sq ft. That means that in comparison (with the image below) the Haynes Expo hall (seen in red) is only as big as half of just one of the expo halls. I cant wait to walk through this hall this year! AHHH EXCITED!
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/59840328@N04/5467562431/]Expo hall[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/59840328@N04/]danielofthekings[/url], on Flickr
I'm not 100% sure we've got the scale figured out right.
If you look at the BCEC floor plan of the first level and turn the expo hall map 90 degrees counter-clockwise, I think you can get the expo hall to line up in the footprint of Exhibit Hall A (take a look at the little notch area where the indie area is, and at the position of the staircases).
This would make the hall about 170,000 sq feet (still HUGE!) and would leave the other two Exhibit Halls for the Queue Room.
Of course, I maybe wrong about this, but I suspect that's how things will line up.
I'm not 100% sure we've got the scale figured out right.
If you look at the BCEC floor plan of the first level and turn the expo hall map 90 degrees counter-clockwise, I think you can get the expo hall to line up in the footprint of Exhibit Hall A (take a look at the little notch area where the indie area is, and at the position of the staircases).
This would make the hall about 170,000 sq feet (still HUGE!) and would leave the other two Exhibit Halls for the Queue Room.
Of course, I maybe wrong about this, but I suspect that's how things will line up.
Also: so PSYCHED!
I agree, the shape of where indie alley is and where those stairs/escalators fall makes it work that way. As you said just A is 170,000 sq ft. where as the total of the expo hall from the Hynes last year was 74,000 that's almost 100,000 sq ft bigger than last year. If they had all 3 exhibition halls it would be 516,000 sq ft which is just insanity.
Another possiblity is that they took half the whole expo space which would be 292,000 sq ft which is pretty insane. So either way we're gonna have a huge space on our hands.
I'm not 100% sure we've got the scale figured out right.
If you look at the BCEC floor plan of the first level and turn the expo hall map 90 degrees counter-clockwise, I think you can get the expo hall to line up in the footprint of Exhibit Hall A (take a look at the little notch area where the indie area is, and at the position of the staircases).
This would make the hall about 170,000 sq feet (still HUGE!) and would leave the other two Exhibit Halls for the Queue Room.
Of course, I maybe wrong about this, but I suspect that's how things will line up.
Also: so PSYCHED!
I agree, the shape of where indie alley is and where those stairs/escalators fall makes it work that way. As you said just A is 170,000 sq ft. where as the total of the expo hall from the Hynes last year was 74,000 that's almost 100,000 sq ft bigger than last year. If they had all 3 exhibition halls it would be 516,000 sq ft which is just insanity.
Another possiblity is that they took half the whole expo space which would be 292,000 sq ft which is pretty insane. So either way we're gonna have a huge space on our hands.
Considering that the Prime Expo hall used almost all the available 200000+ sq ft of the WSCTC and it has already been confirmed that East will be using more than that, I think it's safe to say that even if they are not using the 500000+ sq feet of the BCEC floor, they are at least using around half. I'm honestly not sure what floor plan they could be using though if they are using more than Exhibit space A and still have the shape that's being presented in the exhibit hall map. It might be nice if we could get someone official to tell us how the "exhibit map" lays on the floor plan of the BCEC.
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I'm not 100% sure we've got the scale figured out right.
If you look at the BCEC floor plan of the first level and turn the expo hall map 90 degrees counter-clockwise, I think you can get the expo hall to line up in the footprint of Exhibit Hall A (take a look at the little notch area where the indie area is, and at the position of the staircases).
This would make the hall about 170,000 sq feet (still HUGE!) and would leave the other two Exhibit Halls for the Queue Room.
Of course, I maybe wrong about this, but I suspect that's how things will line up.
Also: so PSYCHED!
I agree, the shape of where indie alley is and where those stairs/escalators fall makes it work that way. As you said just A is 170,000 sq ft. where as the total of the expo hall from the Hynes last year was 74,000 that's almost 100,000 sq ft bigger than last year. If they had all 3 exhibition halls it would be 516,000 sq ft which is just insanity.
Another possiblity is that they took half the whole expo space which would be 292,000 sq ft which is pretty insane. So either way we're gonna have a huge space on our hands.
Considering that the Prime Expo hall used almost all the available 200000+ sq ft of the WSCTC and it has already been confirmed that East will be using more than that, I think it's safe to say that even if they are not using the 500000+ sq feet of the BCEC floor, they are at least using around half. I'm honestly not sure what floor plan they could be using though if they are using more than Exhibit space A and still have the shape that's being presented in the exhibit hall map. It might be nice if we could get someone official to tell us how the "exhibit map" lays on the floor plan of the BCEC.
Based on the placement of the escalators and indie alley, the map overlays on exhibit hall A.
I'm not 100% sure we've got the scale figured out right.
If you look at the BCEC floor plan of the first level and turn the expo hall map 90 degrees counter-clockwise, I think you can get the expo hall to line up in the footprint of Exhibit Hall A (take a look at the little notch area where the indie area is, and at the position of the staircases).
This would make the hall about 170,000 sq feet (still HUGE!) and would leave the other two Exhibit Halls for the Queue Room.
Of course, I maybe wrong about this, but I suspect that's how things will line up.
Also: so PSYCHED!
I agree, the shape of where indie alley is and where those stairs/escalators fall makes it work that way. As you said just A is 170,000 sq ft. where as the total of the expo hall from the Hynes last year was 74,000 that's almost 100,000 sq ft bigger than last year. If they had all 3 exhibition halls it would be 516,000 sq ft which is just insanity.
Another possiblity is that they took half the whole expo space which would be 292,000 sq ft which is pretty insane. So either way we're gonna have a huge space on our hands.
Considering that the Prime Expo hall used almost all the available 200000+ sq ft of the WSCTC and it has already been confirmed that East will be using more than that, I think it's safe to say that even if they are not using the 500000+ sq feet of the BCEC floor, they are at least using around half. I'm honestly not sure what floor plan they could be using though if they are using more than Exhibit space A and still have the shape that's being presented in the exhibit hall map. It might be nice if we could get someone official to tell us how the "exhibit map" lays on the floor plan of the BCEC.
Based on the placement of the escalators and indie alley, the map overlays on exhibit hall A.
Yeah, that does make sense, but then how is it bigger than Prime's expo space? Did Prime not count the skybridge portion in its square footage?
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Well, I've never been to prime, but I've seen the maps. If I had to guess, due to the spread-out and non-symmetrical space restrictions of Prime, there's probably a lot of space in that square footage thats unusable. The setup of the BCEC probably allows for more overall show space given the square footage available, leading to a larger expo floor.
I needed a spreadsheet friendly list of exhibitors for my time management.. here it is if anyone wants it.
][ Games I - 9
2K Games 950, 936
8-Bit Cubist 962
Aksys Games Localization, Inc. I - 14
Alienware Powered By Intel 436
Antec 712
ASUS 236
Autumn Games 750
Battleground Games & Hobbies 263
Becker College 118
Beckett Media 136
Bethesda 1024
Beyond Gaming LLC 1119
Blazing Bit Games I-13
Calibur11 358
Capcom Entertainment, Inc. 1111
Cardhaus Games 658
Chessex 1112
Computer Power User Magazine 661
Cooler Master 506, 612
Corsair Components 525
Cryptozoic Entertainment 756
CyberPower Inc. 132
D3 Publisher of America, Inc. 470
Demiurge Studios 1130
Devolver Digital I - 4
Digital Interactive 112
Dolby 312
Don Gusano Games Inc. I - 8
Eagl3 1137
Electronic Arts 1156, 1012
Electronic Arts 1018, 1136
Electronic Arts 912
EVGA 527
Fangamer LLC 1143
Fantasy Flight Games 556
Fire Hose Games 1133
Foam Brain Games 806
G4TV 961
Galaxy Microsystems 514
Game Underground 860
Gamesville 142
Gaming Etc. 262
Geek chic 156
Gigabyte 531
Gunnar Optiks 816
Halfbrick Studios Pty. Ltd. 1060
Harmonix 716
Haunted Temple 760
iBUYPOWER 624
IGN Entertainment 1150
IN WIN Development 1139
iRacing.com 369
Kalypso Media USA Inc. 258
Kaupang Studios I - 3
Kingston Technology 244
Logitech 344
Mad Catz, Inc. 812
Maingear Corp 630
Maphook 144
Mayfair Games Inc. 960
MEGA64.COM 1149
Microsoft 736, 836
Microsoft 850
Moonshot Games, LLC 759
MSI Computer Inc 1124
N-Control 1014
New England Institute of Art 1159
Newegg.com / Rosewill 352
Nexon via Ayzenberg Group 1050, 536
Nintendo of America Inc 412
NVIDIA 524, 618
NVIDIA 3D Photo Booth 517
NZXT 614
Oni Press 124
Palit Microsystems 518
Patriot Memory 512
PNY Technologies 251
Pokemon 336
Red 5 Studios 452
Robot Entertainment 761
Rockstar Games 924
Rooster Teeth Productions 1153
Sacred Heart University 140
Senario LLC 606
SilverStone Technology 513
Singapore MIT - GAMBIT 1123
Ska Studios LLC 607
Smirk and Dagger Games 154
Sony 212
SRRN Games I - 5
StarCityGames.com 651
Sudden Impact 148
Supergiant Games 724
The Behemoth 550
The Gaming Invasion 561
The Guildhall at SMU 605
The Tap Lab I - 10
THQ 956
Tin Man Games I - 11
Torn Banner Studios I - 15
Trapdoor 1118
Turtle Beach 730
Tweak Footwear 128
Twisted Pixel Games, LLC 723
Uber Entertainment inc. 560
Ubisoft Entertainment 824
Udon Entertainment 124
Utilikits 562
UTV Ignition & True Games 1056
Valve Software 1036
VIDEO GAMES NEW YORK 153
Wacom Technology 130
WB / Turbine 424
Western Digital 350
Wizards Of The Coast 636, 648
Wooden Pixel I - 7
XtendPlay 150
yyrGames 707
Zalman USA 1131
Zombie Ear Gear 1141
ZOTAC USA 520, 1129
I'm hoping that the expo hall is a lot bigger than last year's was. I'm also concerned that the Nintendo booth looks awfully small. I'm hoping it isn't a repeat of last year's pathetic excuse for a 'booth' (DS only, with 5 or 6 demo stations with awful games at all of them). Just look at the size of Microsoft's booth space, it's about 6x bigger than Nintendo's (or Sony's). I'm assuming some of that is probably devoted to PC but still, that is a ton of space.
Nintendo and Sony are awfully big companies, so seeing that their booths are so small (half the size of the show store) and about the same size as companies I have never even heard of (Cryptozoic?) and indie developers (The Behemoth) worries me.
Also what's up with EA being all over the place rather than in one spot? I'm assuming each of their booths will have a different game at it, rather than consolidating them into one super-booth like Microsoft looks to be doing.
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I'm hoping that the expo hall is a lot bigger than last year's was. I'm also concerned that the Nintendo booth looks awfully small. I'm hoping it isn't a repeat of last year's pathetic excuse for a 'booth' (DS only, with 5 or 6 demo stations with awful games at all of them). Just look at the size of Microsoft's booth space, it's about 6x bigger than Nintendo's (or Sony's). I'm assuming some of that is probably devoted to PC but still, that is a ton of space.
Nintendo and Sony are awfully big companies, so seeing that their booths are so small (half the size of the show store) and about the same size as companies I have never even heard of (Cryptozoic?) and indie developers (The Behemoth) worries me.
Also what's up with EA being all over the place rather than in one spot? I'm assuming each of their booths will have a different game at it, rather than consolidating them into one super-booth like Microsoft looks to be doing.
Expo hall comparison, as posted earlier in this thread:
I'm hoping that the expo hall is a lot bigger than last year's was. I'm also concerned that the Nintendo booth looks awfully small. I'm hoping it isn't a repeat of last year's pathetic excuse for a 'booth' (DS only, with 5 or 6 demo stations with awful games at all of them).[...]
I don't know about what Nintendo will have, but I did want to note that you shouldn't get too hung up on one booth. Don't let something like that bug you too much, PAX is a very large event that should transcend brand loyalty
I'm hoping that the expo hall is a lot bigger than last year's was. I'm also concerned that the Nintendo booth looks awfully small. I'm hoping it isn't a repeat of last year's pathetic excuse for a 'booth' (DS only, with 5 or 6 demo stations with awful games at all of them).[...]
I don't know about what Nintendo will have, but I did want to note that you shouldn't get too hung up on one booth. Don't let something like that bug you too much, PAX is a very large event that should transcend brand loyalty
Oh I'm not super hung-up on it or anything and I'm going to enjoy PAX regardless. I'm just afraid that if they do have 3DS units there (and they should given that it releases shortly after PAX) that there will be MOBS of people waiting to play them. I figured Nintendo would be going all out at PAX since it is sort of the de-facto coming-out party for the 3DS.
I'm hoping that it's not mobbed because I'll be speaking at the show and our panel (Radio Free Nintendo Live) will obviously be talking about the 3DS. Here's hoping my speaker badge can get me in to the show early enough so I don't have to wait to play, because that would be a pain given how much time I have at the show.
Going by the expo map, the Nintendo booth is about 34 ft x 34 ft. That's ~1150 ft^2 of Nintendo for you.
But how big was last year's? I definitely wasn't 34x34 so that's a good sign. I just hope it's not over-crowded since it seems like 3DS will be a big deal.
PS Nice Sam Adams tasting glass avatar. We went there (twice!) last year and will be going back this year.
I tried to Google search it but not pulling up any results for a company called that.
Yep, we sell custom molded earbuds that can attach to your bluetooth headsets for gaming, along with other fun stuff. See you all there!
And being the audiology nerd that I am, I APPROVE OF THIS SO HARD. I studied speech path and audiology in college, so a group that does custom molding earbuds is awesome.
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I was wondering the same thing. Last year 2k's booth had Mafia, Bioshock 2 and Civilization V so it's definitely possible some of the Irrational guys will have a place at the 2k booth. I hope so.
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I tried to Google search it but not pulling up any results for a company called that.
I found a facebook page for them:
http://www.facebook.com/ZombieEarGEAR
Looks like they sell earbuds
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Ah, nice find. I figured it was something to do with headphones.
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Other games: SSF4, Smash Bros Brawl, Pokemon HG, Magicka
There's a foodcourt inside the convention center but I dunno about vendors inside the hall itself.
Nice, as long as it's nearby.
Currently playing: MvC3
Other games: SSF4, Smash Bros Brawl, Pokemon HG, Magicka
Wow - I've been down by the BCEC before, but never inside of it. That thing's HUGE! Can't wait to see how they set everything up in there . . .
edit: check that, over double.
Standouts for me are Valve (gotta get my copy of Raising the Bar signed), Bethesda (zomg Skyrim), and Geek Chic. Geek Chic had some truly excellent gaming tables last year, so I may be tampted to part ways with money from them this year.
Also, I have been to the BCEC - it is indeed much larger than the Hynes. If this is the full exhibit floor, it will be several hundred thousand square feet of space. Definitely looking forward to this.
Although, where's Digital Press? I actually just called their store this week and they told me they'd be there, but no mention of them on this map. Any idea if there will be something akin to the hallway vendors at PAX East 2010 that just wouldn't show up on this map?
Yep, I just assumed the staircases were the entrances and it looks like that's been confirmed now.
Hi! I'm actually here as an exchange student from the UK, but I love this place! You have a beautiful city.
I think I'm gonna need a bigger bag looking at all these booths.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
My reaction was initially pretty much the same as Propriety's before I realized that I almost got lost in last year's expo hall, and then saw the comparison of sizes.
On the flip side, this will be the best place to get lost EVAR.
Yea I'm excited I'll actually have 3 days to explore it this year. Last year I only went on the Sunday and I saw most of it but I didn't do much else, like see any panels or spend time in any of the freeplay rooms.
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A) Shutuuuuuuuuuuup.
So this is what I have come to, just the 3 Expo areas alone at the BCEC are 162,000 to 184,000sq ft in size. THAT IS HUGE! Both of the combined expo halls at the Haynes Convention center totaled to 74,000sq ft. That means that in comparison (with the image below) the Haynes Expo hall (seen in red) is only as big as half of just one of the expo halls. I cant wait to walk through this hall this year! AHHH EXCITED!
If you look at the BCEC floor plan of the first level and turn the expo hall map 90 degrees counter-clockwise, I think you can get the expo hall to line up in the footprint of Exhibit Hall A (take a look at the little notch area where the indie area is, and at the position of the staircases).
This would make the hall about 170,000 sq feet (still HUGE!) and would leave the other two Exhibit Halls for the Queue Room.
Of course, I maybe wrong about this, but I suspect that's how things will line up.
Also: so PSYCHED!
I agree, the shape of where indie alley is and where those stairs/escalators fall makes it work that way. As you said just A is 170,000 sq ft. where as the total of the expo hall from the Hynes last year was 74,000 that's almost 100,000 sq ft bigger than last year. If they had all 3 exhibition halls it would be 516,000 sq ft which is just insanity.
Another possiblity is that they took half the whole expo space which would be 292,000 sq ft which is pretty insane. So either way we're gonna have a huge space on our hands.
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Considering that the Prime Expo hall used almost all the available 200000+ sq ft of the WSCTC and it has already been confirmed that East will be using more than that, I think it's safe to say that even if they are not using the 500000+ sq feet of the BCEC floor, they are at least using around half. I'm honestly not sure what floor plan they could be using though if they are using more than Exhibit space A and still have the shape that's being presented in the exhibit hall map. It might be nice if we could get someone official to tell us how the "exhibit map" lays on the floor plan of the BCEC.
Based on the placement of the escalators and indie alley, the map overlays on exhibit hall A.
Yeah, that does make sense, but then how is it bigger than Prime's expo space? Did Prime not count the skybridge portion in its square footage?
But thats just a guess.
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8-Bit Cubist 962
Aksys Games Localization, Inc. I - 14
Alienware Powered By Intel 436
Antec 712
ASUS 236
Autumn Games 750
Battleground Games & Hobbies 263
Becker College 118
Beckett Media 136
Bethesda 1024
Beyond Gaming LLC 1119
Blazing Bit Games I-13
Calibur11 358
Capcom Entertainment, Inc. 1111
Cardhaus Games 658
Chessex 1112
Computer Power User Magazine 661
Cooler Master 506, 612
Corsair Components 525
Cryptozoic Entertainment 756
CyberPower Inc. 132
D3 Publisher of America, Inc. 470
Demiurge Studios 1130
Devolver Digital I - 4
Digital Interactive 112
Dolby 312
Don Gusano Games Inc. I - 8
Eagl3 1137
Electronic Arts 1156, 1012
Electronic Arts 1018, 1136
Electronic Arts 912
EVGA 527
Fangamer LLC 1143
Fantasy Flight Games 556
Fire Hose Games 1133
Foam Brain Games 806
G4TV 961
Galaxy Microsystems 514
Game Underground 860
Gamesville 142
Gaming Etc. 262
Geek chic 156
Gigabyte 531
Gunnar Optiks 816
Halfbrick Studios Pty. Ltd. 1060
Harmonix 716
Haunted Temple 760
iBUYPOWER 624
IGN Entertainment 1150
IN WIN Development 1139
iRacing.com 369
Kalypso Media USA Inc. 258
Kaupang Studios I - 3
Kingston Technology 244
Logitech 344
Mad Catz, Inc. 812
Maingear Corp 630
Maphook 144
Mayfair Games Inc. 960
MEGA64.COM 1149
Microsoft 736, 836
Microsoft 850
Moonshot Games, LLC 759
MSI Computer Inc 1124
N-Control 1014
New England Institute of Art 1159
Newegg.com / Rosewill 352
Nexon via Ayzenberg Group 1050, 536
Nintendo of America Inc 412
NVIDIA 524, 618
NVIDIA 3D Photo Booth 517
NZXT 614
Oni Press 124
Palit Microsystems 518
Patriot Memory 512
PNY Technologies 251
Pokemon 336
Red 5 Studios 452
Robot Entertainment 761
Rockstar Games 924
Rooster Teeth Productions 1153
Sacred Heart University 140
Senario LLC 606
SilverStone Technology 513
Singapore MIT - GAMBIT 1123
Ska Studios LLC 607
Smirk and Dagger Games 154
Sony 212
SRRN Games I - 5
StarCityGames.com 651
Sudden Impact 148
Supergiant Games 724
The Behemoth 550
The Gaming Invasion 561
The Guildhall at SMU 605
The Tap Lab I - 10
THQ 956
Tin Man Games I - 11
Torn Banner Studios I - 15
Trapdoor 1118
Turtle Beach 730
Tweak Footwear 128
Twisted Pixel Games, LLC 723
Uber Entertainment inc. 560
Ubisoft Entertainment 824
Udon Entertainment 124
Utilikits 562
UTV Ignition & True Games 1056
Valve Software 1036
VIDEO GAMES NEW YORK 153
Wacom Technology 130
WB / Turbine 424
Western Digital 350
Wizards Of The Coast 636, 648
Wooden Pixel I - 7
XtendPlay 150
yyrGames 707
Zalman USA 1131
Zombie Ear Gear 1141
ZOTAC USA 520, 1129
Nintendo and Sony are awfully big companies, so seeing that their booths are so small (half the size of the show store) and about the same size as companies I have never even heard of (Cryptozoic?) and indie developers (The Behemoth) worries me.
Also what's up with EA being all over the place rather than in one spot? I'm assuming each of their booths will have a different game at it, rather than consolidating them into one super-booth like Microsoft looks to be doing.
Expo hall comparison, as posted earlier in this thread:
I don't know about what Nintendo will have, but I did want to note that you shouldn't get too hung up on one booth. Don't let something like that bug you too much, PAX is a very large event that should transcend brand loyalty
Oh I'm not super hung-up on it or anything and I'm going to enjoy PAX regardless. I'm just afraid that if they do have 3DS units there (and they should given that it releases shortly after PAX) that there will be MOBS of people waiting to play them. I figured Nintendo would be going all out at PAX since it is sort of the de-facto coming-out party for the 3DS.
I'm hoping that it's not mobbed because I'll be speaking at the show and our panel (Radio Free Nintendo Live) will obviously be talking about the 3DS. Here's hoping my speaker badge can get me in to the show early enough so I don't have to wait to play, because that would be a pain given how much time I have at the show.
Party at the booth, in the aisle, and up the walls. This is going to be fun.
But how big was last year's? I definitely wasn't 34x34 so that's a good sign. I just hope it's not over-crowded since it seems like 3DS will be a big deal.
PS Nice Sam Adams tasting glass avatar. We went there (twice!) last year and will be going back this year.
Yep, we sell custom molded earbuds that can attach to your bluetooth headsets for gaming, along with other fun stuff. See you all there!
And being the audiology nerd that I am, I APPROVE OF THIS SO HARD. I studied speech path and audiology in college, so a group that does custom molding earbuds is awesome.