PAX Exhibitor List Released

Moe Fwacky

The complete-to-date list of PAX Exhibitors was listed on Kotaku today. The Expo Hall is full, but I don't know if that means this list is final or not.

http://kotaku.com/5019938/everyone-and-the-ecto+1-heading-to-pax

Kotaku wrote:

Complete List of PAX 2008 Exhibitors:

- 1up.com
- 2K Games
- Activision
- Antec, Inc.
- Astro Gaming
- The Behemoth
- Bethesda
- Bioware
- Blizzard
- Brawndo
- Bungie
- CCP/Whitewolf
- CDV
- clubNAMCO.com
- Cogswell Polytechnical College
- Cryptic Studios
- D3P
- Destineer
- Dolby
- EA Mythic
- ECA (Entertainment Consumer's Association)
- Electronic Arts
- Fantasy Flight Games
- Flying Frog Productions
- Flying Lab Software
- Foundation 9 Entertainment
- Game Publishers Association
- Gamecock
- GameTrailers
- Garage Games
- Guildhall at SMU
- Harmonix
- Hothead Games
- Hudson
- Indiecade
- Intel
- ITT Tech
- Klei Entertainment
- Media-blasters NYC
- Mega64
- Meteor Games
- Microsoft XNA
- Microsoft
- Midway
- Namco Bandai
- NCsoft
- Nintendo
- Nokia
- Patriot Memory
- Pegasus Publishing
- Pink Godzilla
- Plantronics
- Privateer Press
- Razer
- Rockstar
- Roosterteeth.com
- Sierra/Vivendi
- Sony
- SouthPeak Games
- Stardock
- Sumo Lounge
- Telltale
- THQ
- Tinderbox Entertainment
- Tritton Technologies
- Turbine
- Ubisoft
- Udon Entertainment / Oni Press
- Upper Deck
- Vivox
- Wizards of the Coast
- Zenimax

Oz K. Fodrotski

Khoo's line in the linked article is gold.

"You should come. I think you would like it."

Guek

i'm more or less waiting for E3 before getting super excited over the exhibition hall. if it's anything like last year, it'll just be E3 part 2 all over again...which is fine by me!

Pat McRotch

I don't see Valve or Turtle Rock. That tells me no Left 4 Dead. *sniff*

MaoChan

No Majesco aka no Cooking Mama. I am a sad panda.

atiari

No 38 Studios

But I was surprised with some of the companies showing up.

Snickers

No Bawls. This makes me sad. And angry. Not a good combination.

VThornheart

I wonder why Bawls dropped out? That's odd. Maybe they just didn't have the Bawls to handle our community.

Qs23

or they got strong armed by Amway...

Oz K. Fodrotski

Pat McRotch wrote: »

I don't see Valve or Turtle Rock. That tells me no Left 4 Dead. *sniff*

Snickers wrote: »

No Bawls. This makes me sad. And angry. Not a good combination.

Moe Fwacky

Qs23 wrote: »

or they got strong armed by Amway...

I thought it was Aramark?

nearlysober

No Bawls... but Brawndo will be there? Did Brawndo find a way to distribute that Bawls couldn't figure out?

thejaxx

Snickers wrote: »

No Bawls. This makes me sad. And angry. Not a good combination.

Brawndo.

It has electrolytes.

It's got what plants crave.

Qs23

Moe Fwacky wrote: »

Qs23 wrote: »

or they got strong armed by Amway...

I thought it was Aramark?

Ah, that's what I was thinking of.

proXimity

I guess... Bawls isn't really an exhibitor, and also they might just not be on the OFFICIAL list, and be selling them from someplace slightly off-site. I hope.

Snickers

They aren't even on the sponsor list on the main site. Bawls has ALWAYS been there. This is a terrible terrible day in PAX history!

But heres to hoping they might be selling off site like you said proXimity. though.

VThornheart

Maybe the competition between Brawndo and Bawls is fierce enough that Bawls refused to sponsor the same event Brawndo did... or maybe Brawndo required exclusivity? If so, I'd gladly knee the company that makes Brawndo in the Bawls. The very existence of Brawndo as an actual product (instead of a movie-based satire of our idiotic society) is mildly offensive to me.

Skinnay

awe no nvidia
no more walking around the whole expo with a sign over my head trying to find a match lol

Moe Fwacky

Thank God!

edit: although it does make me sad they won't be giving away gobs of stuff

ElectricTurtle

I wonder if the list is final? nVidia not being there seems weird, Valve not being there seems incomprehensible considering they live here and play ping pong with PA Inc. (Maybe they got trounced in a game and are sore losers?)

Bawls not being there is a tragedy.

atiari

I'm pretty sure the list is final. I see no spaces left on the floor plan that was released as well, and even if there was I doubt that they would make a press release with the list unless it was not going to change.

Ukali.Kula

Where is the floorplan your talking of? I would appreciate a link to such a floorplan.

ElectricTurtle

I had to search for it, so I'll save others the trouble:

http://www.evilavatar.com/images/thumbs/pax_layout2008.june26.jpg

And for Guek for comparison:

http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/19/e3_08_floorplan_up.jpg

Legacy

Pat McRotch wrote: »

I don't see Valve or Turtle Rock. That tells me no Left 4 Dead. *sniff*

There's no reason that Microsoft won't be showing that off in their area. Seems very likely actually.

George Fornby Grill

Well, there's still Intel and Razer, they might give out some nice stuff.

atiari

I wasn't sure if we were allowed to give it out which is why I hadn't

What is this "Skybridge" section listed on here? Anyone familiar with the convention center that can feed a little info about this?

ElectricTurtle

atiari

Ah! So it is outside. I suppose that makes sense.

ElectricTurtle

If any fully enclosed space can be considered "outside"...

atiari

Outside, open-air it is more or less the same. My thought was that it is not a part of the floor plan as it is not in the interior. If it is not interior it is exterior. Exterior more often than not means outside

ASimPerson

atiari wrote: »

Outside, open-air it is more or less the same. My thought was that it is not a part of the floor plan as it is not in the interior. If it is not interior it is exterior. Exterior more often than not means outside

I don't think you're comprehending.

The SkyBridge is the bridge that crosses the street in the upper-left of the photo. The exhibition hall is to the left of that, while the main part of the convention center is what's on the right side of the photograph.

Last year, BYOC and PC freeplay were on the right side of the bridge, and the main theater and the exhibition hall were on the left. This year, the exhibition hall has consumed the main theater.

Here's an aerial photo: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=seattle,+wa&ie=UTF8&ll=47.611754,-122.332546&spn=0.001687,0.003208&t=k&z=19

ASimPerson

As for the map, man, Rockstar has a small booth this year. Guess that makes sense though, last year this time GTA4 was close to release.

But, yeah, weird Valve isn't there. They weren't there last year (as G&T joked, they must've figured it easier to get to Germany instead of trucking down I-5 to the convention center) so to see them gone two years in a row is kind of weird.

Also, food in the exhibition hall is new. Last year they had a stand set up on the SkyBridge.

VThornheart

Ooh, Turbine's going to be there!

I'm not a big fan of the D&D MMO, but I was utterly, hopelessly addicted to the original Asheron's Call for years. If they had one of the original AC developers there, I'd love to meet them. That was such a great game!

atiari

Ah well I suppose it will make a lot more sense when I get there

BigRed

atiari wrote: »

Outside, open-air it is more or less the same. My thought was that it is not a part of the floor plan as it is not in the interior. If it is not interior it is exterior. Exterior more often than not means outside

Its inside the convention center and its not open air, its enclosed from the elements.

skarsol

ASimPerson wrote: »

Also, food in the exhibition hall is new. Last year they had a stand set up on the SkyBridge.

There was food in the exhibition hall in the back near the Army booth last year.

ASimPerson

Ah. Once again, I stand corrected.

Pat McRotch

Legacy wrote: »

Pat McRotch wrote: »

I don't see Valve or Turtle Rock. That tells me no Left 4 Dead. *sniff*

There's no reason that Microsoft won't be showing that off in their area. Seems very likely actually.

I may have missed something. Why?

redhalo

Pat McRotch wrote: »

Legacy wrote: »

Pat McRotch wrote: »

I don't see Valve or Turtle Rock. That tells me no Left 4 Dead. *sniff*

There's no reason that Microsoft won't be showing that off in their area. Seems very likely actually.

I may have missed something. Why?

Probably because Microsoft tends to push and promote the big games on it's console more so than the actual publisher. That's my guess.

redhalo

I find it interesting that Nintendo has a smaller booth than Microsoft and Sony. I'd figure there would be some kind of contractual agreement that all three had to have the same size. Kinda like how Mickey and Bugs Bunny had to have equal air time in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

MaoChan

redhalo wrote: »

I find it interesting that Nintendo has a smaller booth than Microsoft and Sony. I'd figure there would be some kind of contractual agreement that all three had to have the same size. Kinda like how Mickey and Bugs Bunny had to have equal air time in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

That's because while Sony and Microsoft like to get into a 'who as a bigger penis contest', Nintendo is walking around with its $5 Footlong swinging in the air due to the DS and Wii. No need to compete when you are riding high on the money train.