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Just as we did with our mountain of PAX swag, the HBO crew has been bitten by the generous bug and is giving away their swag stash to a few loyal Halo fanboys. Someone just like you. But you'll have to do some work (and reading) if you have any chance of winning their coveted PAX swag.

Up for grabs in HBO's Take Our Stuff Contest are a few t-shirts, mugs, Bungie goodies and some signed pieces of artwork including a Jen Taylor autographed pic of Cortana. RaWr! To enter, send team HBO a link (no attachments!) of a photo or vid depicting something humorous, clever or beautiful that has to do with the Halo'verse. Entries must be received by September 22nd, so leap on over to HBO for all the contest deets and entry specifics. Be sure to tell them X3F says "HI!"

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You only have a few hours left to enter the second (of two) fanswag Post-PAX Giveaways. Just by reading that first sentence, we predict some 84% of fanboys have already clicked towards the giveaway post to enter. For the remaining 16% who are still reading this, we advise enterting the Post-PAX Giveaway right this very moment. You have a chance to win all kinds of PAX goods including Marty O'Donnell, RvB, Josh Ortega and Pete Hayes autographed goods as well as Fallout 3 and Dead Space merch. Make the jump and enter the Post-PAX Giveaway a second time. And to the remaining 2% of fanboys who are reading this, DO NOT comment on this post with your entry. That's what this link is for. To the last 1% ... we give up on you.

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And you thought the Post-PAX Giveaway fun was over? Well, fellow fanboys, you were sadly mistaken, because today we're kicking off our second PAX swag giveaway which is overflowing with all kinds of gaming goodies. And, just like our first giveaway, this is going to be a two day entry affair where only ONE fanboy will come away with a swag bag-o-awesomeness. What kind of deliciousness? How about a Marty O'Donnell autographed copy of the Halo 3 soundtrack, an autographed GoW2 poster, a RvB signed Halo figure, Art of Dead Space novel, Fallout 3 survival guides and much, much more. Complete entry details, rules, prize breakdown and embiggened photos are listed below. And don't forget to enter today AND tomorrow to increase your winning odds. Post-PAX swag FTW!
  • To enter, leave a comment on this post telling us what your greatest accomplishment in gaming is.
  • You may leave one comment per calendar day, eastern time. Posters of multiple comments in a single calendar day will be disqualified. We'll accept entries until 5:00PM eastern on Friday, September 12th, 2008. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open only to residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec).
  • On Friday, we'll pick one winner via a random drawing.
  • One winner will receive a PAX swag bag consisting of (1) Halo 3 soundtrack autographed by Marty O'Donnell, (1) Halo Grunt action figure signed by members of Red vs. Blue, (1) Gears of War 2 poster autographed by Pete Hayes and Josh Ortega, (1) The Art of Dead Space book, (1) Dead Space comic, (1) Red vs. Blue Trocadero soundtrack ,(1) Halo 3 print autographed by artist Paul Russell, (2) Fallout 3 survival guides, (1) Naruto figure and (2) Legendary game preview manuals, worth $100.
  • Complete giveaway rules can be found here.

Gallery: Post-PAX Giveaway

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Do you remember our coverage of PAX 2008? Did you know we accumulated 34 pounds of swag from the show? Were you aware that we're giving it all away and that you can greedily win it simply by commenting on this post before 5:00PM eastern today? Do you possess the Post-PAX Giveaway knowledge that we're giving away autographed Halo merch, RvB goodies, Gears 2 signed posters and Castle Crashers artwork? Has it come to your attention that you can enter the giveaway AGAIN, because it's a two day giveaway? Did you? Well, DID YOU? Oh, you knew all that, eh? Knew every bit of it. Well then, uh ... carry on ...

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Update: This amazing PAX giveaway has closed and a big congrats goes out to K3yblademast3r for his giveaway winning victory.

We finally got around to unpacking our enormous amount of luggage we took with us to last weekend's Penny Arcade Expo and discovered that we have a boatload of PAX swag. Too much swag for one person, so we figured we'd hold a few Post-PAX Giveaways this week for you to take home all the swag goodness. And, wouldn't you know, we're starting today!

Today's Post-PAX Giveaway is a two day long event (meaning you can enter twice) where we'll be awarding ONE lucky fanboy a ginormous swag package. What's included? How about an autographed copy of Halo Contact Harvest, some Red vs. Blue goodies, a Gears of War 2 Comic-Con poster signed by Pete Hayes and Josh Ortega, artwork done by Castle Crashers' own Dan Paladin and bunches MORE! Below you'll spot the giveaway entry instructions and a complete listing of what's included in this Post-PAX Giveaway. Remember, only one fanboy can win ... so get to it!
  • To enter, leave a comment on this post telling us what one Xbox 360 game you're most looking forward to playing this holiday.
  • Only one comment will be accepted per person per day. Posters of multiple comments on one day will be disqualified. We'll accept entries until 5:00PM eastern on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. This giveaway is open only to residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec).
  • On September 10th we'll pick one winner via a random drawing.
  • One winner will receive a PAX swag bag consisting of (1) Halo Contact Harvest novel autographed by Joseph Staten, (1) Halo Active Camo Master Chief figure signed by RvB's Simmons, (1) set of Red vs. Blue buttons, (1) Gears of War 2 Comic-Con poster signed by Pete Hayes and Josh Ortega, (1) Dead Space comic, (2) Fallout 3 Vault Survival Guides, (1) copy of Castle Crashers with collectible medallion and artwork done by Dan Paladin, (1) Naruto figure, (2) Legendary preview guides and (1) Legendary video preview, worth $100.
  • Complete giveaway rules can be found here.

JoystiqFanswag: The Post-PAX Giveaway [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This past weekend, during our PAX 2008 coverage, we got the opportunity to sit down and chat about all things Gears of War 2 with Epic Games senior artist Pete Hayes and lead writer Josh Ortega. During the twenty minute conversation, we learned all sorts of information about Gears 2's art, discussing with Pete the changes that were made to improve the Gears 2 Lancer. Improvements including a complete remodeling to make the Lancer nearly three times the polygons as the Gears 1 model. No joke!

During the second part of our interview, we talk about Gears comics, character inspiration and other general story related bits the with Mr. Josh Ortega who also opens up about the hype surrounding the "new and improved" Gears 2 storyline We were also promised that Gears 2 will not leave us with a Halo 2-style ending. A promise we fully expect Mr. Ortega to live up to.

Put on your reading glasses, click towards the break and read our complete Gears of War 2 interview.

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The lucky attendees of Penny Arcade Expo 2008 were able to get their hands on the upcoming PSN game Savage Moon before anyone else. We described the game as "Starship Troopers meets PixelJunk Monsters" at Leipzig -- and it looks like our description was spot-on. Check out the first (off-screen) gameplay footage of Savage Moon, after the cut.

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Bethesda's Fallout 3 booth pretty much won the "Oooooooh!" contest at PAX by about a million rads. Not only did they have an Airstream trailer, fully kitted out in 1950s style and with Fallout 3 goodies inside, but they also had some of the best schwag at the expo. Vault Boy Puppet? Yes, please. Fallout 3 Penny Arcade poster? Don't mind if we do. The Vault Dweller's Survival Guide, Pocket Reference Edition? Oh my stars and garters.

In the gallery below you can check out the entire guide that they were handing out at the show, and it may very well be the actual game manual. You get 50 pages chock full of tips for surviving in the wastelands, info on the different weapons, details about the creatures you'll encounter, and tips from Vault Boy himself. It even has a map and notes section in the back for your own enjoyment and doodling.

Of course, the best advice can be found on Page 39: "Are you in immediate danger? You are beyond help. Drop this book and run." Update: Download it as a PDF!

Gallery: The Fallout 3 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide

JoystiqPAX 2008: The Entire Fallout 3 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wizards of the Coast has been very busy talking about the 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons, which came out this year, as well as its Star Wars and D&D miniatures and the online version of Magic: The Gathering. So, we were really caught off guard when we stopped by the Wizards booth at PAX and happened across this new version of Magic for the Xbox Live Arcade. We did a double take, tapped our mana, and found out more. Find out about the long-titled Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers after the break.

Gallery: Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers


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As part of our PAX 2008 coverage, we had a chance to talk all things Schizoid with Torpex Games' founder Bill Dugan and, in the process, we learned a lot. Dugan talked XBLA development, the troubles with marketing Arcade games and the limitations of working with XNA. He also opened up about Schizoid's game sales, their development problems and even an admittance that he wished Schizoid would have sold as well as Braid. It's a rather candid interview and is one that can be read (in its entirety) after the break. Enjoy!

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Hey kids, this is just an informative update to inform you about some information regarding today's blogging schedule. Today being Labor Day and us being from the U.S., we're taking it easy (Xav is from Canada, but we're being told the day of labor is also celebrated up north) and we're all collectively attempting to recover from PAX. So, be warned, news may be light today, but our schedule should return to normal in the days to come. Happy Labor Day, happy Monday, happy existence ... it's time to go back to sleep. Sleep is good.

P.S. We wrangled up a mountain of swag to giveaway, so watch for PAX fanswags in the weeks to come.

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With the Penny Arcade Expo being all but a distant (yet fond) memory, we figured we'd post a few expo pictures for those who weren't lucky enough to attend and for those who gave up trying to navigate the chaos that was the show floor. Below you'll find a gallery full of PAX pictures that include the Microsoft booth, the Dead Space dude, Cortana and the Chief, Jonathan Coulton and so much more. Live your PAX dreams vicariously through us by beginning the photo clicking process.

JoystiqPAX 08: Experience the Penny Arcade Expo in pics originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's the day after PAX which doesn't only mean we're trying to catch up on sleep and attempting to figure out where we left our swag bags (please, don't ask), but it also means we have more X3F stickerings to share with you. And even though we didn't successfully ninja-stick anyone, we did slap X3F sticker goodness on the Red vs Blue crew, Mr. Joseph Staton, Major Nelson (and his webby web man Litheon) as well as TriXie, Dirty Diva, Knuckles Dawson and a few others. We now close this successfully executed chapter of X3F stickerings ... mission accomplished.

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The Dragon Age: Origins booth at PAX08 has been surrounded all weekend by both walls and people lining up to get inside. So when PAX opened for the third and final day this morning, we bolted straight to the game booth and avoided the nasty line. By joining in with the first group of the day to see the game demoed live. It didn't take very long for the room to fill up and once the doors close, we were elbow-to-elbow with what turned out to be some pretty enthusiastic BioWare fans.

Gallery: PAX 2008: Dragon Age: Origins Live Demo

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Update: Even though we would have loved to capture video of the New Xbox Experience, Major Nelson requested that no video be taken due to the fact that the dashboard code hasn't been finalized. So, we respected his wishes. That said, Major's no video request didn't stop others from doing ninja-recordings.

Yesterday, we scurried across the Penny Arcade Expo show floor to make our way over to the Microsoft booth to view Major Nelson's final presentation of the New Xbox Experience. A fresh from their Seattle lab, newest and most updated version of the Fall update that showed off a few newly interesting facts. What exciting dash goodness? Check the list below:
  • Holy beautiful transitions! This latest Fall update build included never before seen transition effects including nifty fades, smooth sweeps and (our personal favorite) the guide pop up animation. We can't explain the transition effects, but trust that their addition definitely enhances the overall dashboard experience. Yum!
  • Dashboard themes will now instantly load a preview when hovered over. And, as an added bonus, the preview loading effect is sexy as hell.
  • While in a party, each person's gamer picture is placed on the top right hand side of the dashboard. When alone and party-less, only your gamer picture and gamercard are displayed.
  • Your overly Wii-like Avatar's comic-style text balloon displays your gamercard's motto.
  • EVERY Xbox 360 game's Xbox.com information (including game description, features and screenshots) is pulled into the dashboard while browsing the Xbox Live Marketplace.

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Our first stop on the whirlwind tour of EA's heavy hitters was with our favorite running, jumping, sliding, wall-climbing, Faith. Mirror's Edge continues to impress, and we were lucky enough to get a few minutes on a kiosk with her. However, the best thing about it isn't in the game, it was the cheering crowd behind us. Head behind the break to get the full skinny on our PAX experience this data-running hottie.

Gallery: Mirror's Edge

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Day three and our the final lookg at our collection of people embracing nerd culture to the fullest extent. We're continually impressed by what we've seen here so far with the cosplayers, in both selection and execution. And don't forget, if you come without a costume, you can always make one out of whatever they're handing out. Be sure to keep checking out our general PAX 2008 showfloor gallery, which shows you every square foot of what PAX was all about.

Gallery: PAX 2008: Cosplay (Full)


Gallery: Penny Arcade Expo 2008

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Ben Gray, aka MNC Dover from Monday Night Crew, was eliminated from the Omegathon on Saturday, but they were nice enough to let him pass along his words of wisdom, and his ultra-secret Jenga move. If you want to know how to get a leg up on the competition, check out the video above.

One thing's for sure, if you use this move you'll never get invited to play Jenga ever again. Which might be exactly what you're looking for.

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Over on Joystiq, you can check out our hands-on impressions of Bungie's big PAX reveal, Assembly. And, surprise, surprise, Assembly is actually an amazingly fun Halo 3 multiplayer map. Click towards the jump to read about Assembly map specifics, some of its intricacies and generally how the map plays. Also, for those who demanded Assembly video footage, we recorded some off-screen goodness which can be viewed in the video above. Yes, that IS Benny Hill music.

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Following an interview with Gas Powered Games at PAX 2008, we got some hands on time with their newest creation, Demigod. The first thing we noticed while watching it running on glowing, envy-inducing PCs was how deliberate much of it looked. Everything from the unit/map design to the ease-of-use control scheme oozed hours of careful consideration on developer GPG's part. While the concept of Demigod tends to bewilder many who hear it -- ourselves included -- understanding the idea only took us a few minutes of playing the atypical strategy game.

Players only control their Demigod and its set of abilities. Our time was spent with the RPG-style Torchbearer, a Norse flavored character that can switch between ice and fire modes. We were digging his armored-burn-victim look, which just so happened to feature more armor and less burn. The Torchbearer is all about freezing everything before switching to fire and watching the screen light up as your enemies burn. Our magical offensive certainly got us some kills, but it wasn't moving the battlefront at all. Once we began to work more attentively with our AI-controlled troops of the non-Skynet variety, the battle quickly shifted to our favor.

Our actions in-game where peppered by murmurs of, "Oh, whoa." and "I want this game, now" from various onlookers behind us. We were starting to agree with this sentiment. It surprised us to find out that the game is actually running on a version of the Supreme Commander engine, as we saw more visual variety in 30 minutes with Demigod than we ever did playing hours of SupCom. GPG assured us that the system requirements are designed to include low-end machines, which is very much due to the fact that Demigod doesn't try to do a thousand things at once on-screen while you play it. (our wallets say thanks) Looking at the game, it was fairly hard to imagine that the harpy-like creatures and wiggling death-plant-things were living in the same engine that featured angular robot-spiders and hover tanks that bogged down our computers just a year and half ago. All in all, Demigod looks like it's going to steal away our precious personal time when it eventually ships on Stardock's Impulse service next year.


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JoystiqPAX 2008 hands-on: Demigod originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We did it during E3 and figured we'd do it again. It's back and better than ever, the oh so cool and 100% organic X3F sticker gallery this time from the Penny Arcade Expo 2008. Yippy! And after two days of walking the show floor, we were able to corner and subsequently stick a few Bungie employees including the Marty as well as The Behemoth's Dan Paladin, Torpex's Bill Dugan, a Blue Knight, Gears' Josh and Pete, Claude from HBO and MORE! All the sticky X3F PAX stickering is galleried below, minus any ninja-sticks. Don't worry though, we'll get some ninja-sticks in before PAX ends ... we plomise.

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In a Penny Arcade Expo interview posted over on Joystiq, The Behemoth's Dan Paladin and Tom Fulp talk Castle Crashers problems, making it very clear that they're working hard to release an online co-op fixing patch "as soon as possible."

"We're trying to get it out as soon as possible, because we know it's important to people" Paladin explained, saying that the main issue with Castle Crashers' online component is due to players' conflicting network conditions. But Paladin made it clear that they did all they could to work out potential network issues prior to launch saying that network problems "was something that never came up in testing." So, when will we see patch goodness? As soon as humanly possible, though truthfully, Fulp admitted that there "isn't any official time frame yet."

Check out the complete The Behemoth interview over at Joystiq to learn more about the Castle Crashers development process, how pricing XBLA games really works and learn a super secret strategy for unlocking a few new in-game characters.

JoystiqPAX 08: Castle Crashers patch to release ASAP originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"That has to be the coolest piece of schwag ever made." People were honestly saying this about the coveted Vault-Boy puppet that Bethesda was giving away after their Fallout 3 panel. It was hard to come by too, since you had to attend the panel, get a special Fallout 3 fat boy (read: atomic bomb) card, bring it by Bethesda's booth afterwards, and hope you got the puppet as a prize instead of the t-shirt (which was pretty damn cool too).

Check out the gallery below, which is full of the Vault-Boy puppet. Is he good? Is he evil? We hope to find out before he kills Ross.

Gallery: PAX 2008: The Pip-Boy Puppet

JoystiqPAX 2008: The Vault-Boy Puppet originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Earlier yesterday, the Rooster Teeth crew held a rather interesting reveal, unveiling their latest Red vs. Blue project and it has gone animated. Yup, RvB has moved on from its machinima roots and jumped into the world of Japanese anime complete with vivid imagery and pretty colors. It's still the good old Rooster Teeth humor we've all come to know and love ... just animated with some dancing Grunts. Off-screen footage embedded above.

[Thanks, to everyone who sent this in]

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Penny Arcade's Mike/Gabe told us in an interview that he hates all cake coverage. The good news is, you can't hate our cake and eat it too. So, it's with love and appreciation that we present this glorious photo of a sweet-looking, sugary Penny Arcade cake, featuring deliciousness from the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.

Gabe, you might hate cake, but we think the masses would decimate this Penny Arcade pastry piece with vim and vigor. It was created by cakesmith Brian Kurtz, who is also available for weddings, bar mitzvahs, your LAN party, or "any other situation that calls for a bad-ass 3D cake that will make your guests crap their pants in disbelief." Stay tuned for our interview with Tycho and Gabe later this week.

JoystiqPenny Ar-cake makes Gabe cry, us drool originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is this what Microsoft was not so quietly sweeping under the carpet when they nixed the Bungie announcement during their E3 keynote? We have no clue as of yet, and all we can get out of Bungie is a "we can't talk about it." We're going to try and batter down Bungie's doors today to get more info.

So far, here's what we know. The menu screen says System Version 1.2, when the Halo 3 retail version is only at 1.1, and there's only a multiplayer option, no campaign. What does it all mean? We caught up with Bungie's Brian Jarrard who told us the screen was from a build that they brought on Friday that "wasn't really meant to be seen. However, it's really not that exciting, it's gotten kind of blown out of proportion."

While the shakey-cam photo above from Addict Gaming might be the only visual evidence of Mythic, it's definitely coming. At some point. Bungie wasn't forthcoming with details, but we'll see what we can find out.

[Thanks, Robert]

JoystiqPAX 2008: Halo Mythic ain't mythical, it's here... sort of originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week's Rock Band DLC is a philanthropic one -- all the money from the tracks will be going to the Child's Play charity. The PAX Pack will contain the following songs:
  • "Skullcrusher Mountain" -- Jonathan Coulton
  • "Livin' on the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe" -- MC Frontalot
  • "Shhh...." -- Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (previously unreleased track)
Each band is performing at PAX and all the songs are master recordings. Look for these on the PS Store on Thursday for $0.99 each or $2.99 for the entire pack.

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Update: According to Joystiq, Bungie's Brian Jarrard explained that the Mythic picture was taken prior to the PAX kickoff and wasn't meant for public consumption. Jarrad then made it clear that the Mythic screen is "really not that exciting" and has "gotten kind of blown out of proportion." We attempted to get someone at Bungie to talk about it, but mum is the word.

As we jet off to our next PAX appointment we thought we'd inform you about the latest and most interesting Halo 3 news bit to come from the PAX show floor that's fourteen times more exciting than Assembly. It's something called Halo 3 Mythic with a multiplayer only menu, version 1.2 marking and, if the above screen grab from the guys over at AddictGaming.com can be trusted, is something to do with Bungie's canceled E3 announcement. Or it could be just a general Halo 3 update. Or it could be something to do with the acceptance videos. Or it could be everything combined. We dunno!

Like we said, the image above was snapped from Bungie's booth at PAX, so (seeing that we're here at PAX) we'll sneak over to the Bungie booth like ninjas and inquire about this mysterious Halo 3 Mythic. Story developing.

JoystiqPAX 2008: Halo 3 Mythic? What's Halo 3 Mythic? [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looking for group? PAX 2008 has you covered. While you're killing time or waiting for your number to be called in the console freeplay, you can chill out in here, play some tabletop games with your fellow gamers, and run around with a big LFG bubble over your head.

We stopped by for a bit, and these rooms are actually a fun place to hang out, and you can easily run into a pickup game of whatever catches your fancy. It's a great way to meet people from all over the country (including one dude we met who came all the way from the UK to PAX it), and they're also near the nice, clean bathrooms. At least, they are clean on day one. We pray they remain that way.

Gallery: Penny Arcade Expo 2008

JoystiqPAX 2008: lonely gamers LFG originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A day prior to PAX officially kicking off (which was this past Thursday, if we recall correctly) Mr. Paladino from the Gamerscore Blog and Mr. Major "Larry Hryb" Nelson were kind enough to invite team X3F over to one of Microsoft's Xbox campuses for a some tour fun. We had a chance to inspect the lobby (don't pre-judge, lobbies can be interesting), meet Master Chief, inspect a few awards, touch the Surface and take a looksy at the Xbox Live Online Lab. The one room that all of Xbox Live and its pieces parts are monitored from BUT a room that we couldn't photograph for obvious "super secret" reasons. We did take a picture of the door though, so be happy with that.

Here you go, start your gallery tour of our Microsoft Xbox campus tour by clicking this wee little link or click-attacking the gallery images below. It's visually interesting and mentally stimulating. Oh, and thanks again to the Paladino and the Major Nelson for taking time to hold our hand and walk us through the campus. Our palms were sweaty only because we were excited. Apologies.

JoystiqPAX 08: Microsoft Xbox campus tour originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A bit earlier today (and as promised) Bungie unleashed Halo 3 multiplayer map Assembly upon PAX attendees, letting anyone partake in the Assembly funnery. And for those who aren't lucky enough to get hands on time with the new map, Bungie released a few screenshots depicting a bunch of Spartan on Spartan violence in a purplish colored Covenant world. We'll be getting some Assembly PAX hands on time a bit later and be posting a complete writeup about our experience. Until then, enjoy the Assembly picture goodies.

JoystiqPAX 08: Halo 3's Assembly officially revealed originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PAX 2008 has officially begun and we came across two companies that didn't manage there time very well (ahem, Bungie and The Behemoth). Meaning that they were diligently working on setting up their booths up until the last minute. So, we figured we'd give you a "booth construction" tour so you can get a behind the scenes peek at what it looks like when team Bungie and The Behemoth build a PAX booth. In record time! Now to the GALLERY!

JoystiqPAX 08: Witness a Bungie and The Behemoth booth construction originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just in case you forgot or suddenly came down with a severe case of memory loss, we thought we'd post a friendly reminder about Bungie's upcoming Halo 3 PAX reveal of their latest multiplayer map called Assembly. Yes diddly do, according to last weeks Bungie Weekly Update, the map formerly known as "Purple Reign" is now called Assembly and is not at all affiliated with Halo 2 map Midship. Though, it is purple and Covenant themed.

We expect Bungie to do the big Assembly map unveiling sometime later on Friday when PAX starts. We'll post photos, our Assembly gameplay impressions and hopefully corner Bungie for some interview fun. It'll be good times, guaranteed!

JoystiqReminder: Bungie to reveal Halo 3 Assembly map originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Live near Seattle? In town for PAX? Like beef? If you answered yes, then you should totally take team Microsoft's PAX Meet-N-Eat invite and head to Seattle's ever so famous Red Mill tomorrow evening. There, you'll not only have a chance to meetup with your fellow gaming peers, but Major Nelson, e, litheon, TriXie and a few folks from the Gamerscore Blog will be attending, chowing on burgers and mingling. We also have good word (from a certain Larry) that there will be stacks of bacon and plenty hot chicks ... need we sell this community event any more? Friday, August 29th from 1-2:00PM at the Seattle Red Mill. Be there.

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Attention X3F Soldiers! Dustin and Xav are attacking the Penny Arcade Expo with full force from August 29-31. Along with a ton of coverage both here at X3F and on Joystiq, you can expect news and impressions throughout the weekend. Will you be hitting PAX? If you do, expect to be slapped with an X3F sticker, schooled in Gears of War 2 by Dustin and grilled with tough questions from Xav.

So, who's coming?!

JoystiqX3F Attacks PAX! originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Thanks to the Gamerscore Blog's handy schedule, we've been informed that Gears of War 2 is going to be demoed during this weekend's Penny Arcade Expo, though never did we expect Gears 2 to actually be playable on the show floor ... but it is!

According to the official Gears website, from this Friday through Sunday during PAX, the Microsoft booth will be hosting 5v5 Gears of War 2 multiplayer matches. And you can play too! But that isn't all. On top of the Gears 2 multiplayer gaming and the on-stage "Sinkhole" campaign demonstrations, both Gears writer to the stars Joshua Ortega and Gears artist to the stars Pete Hayes will be making a PAX appearance for a quick Q&A session and autograph signing. That said, we still think the meaty bits of the Gears 2 PAX presence is the multiplayer ... we so damn excited!

JoystiqGears of War 2 to be playable during PAX originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How's that for an attention grabbing headline? Who doesn't like free coffee and doughnuts? So if you're going to be at PAX, or even if you're just in the area, come by Top Pot Doughnuts (at their 5th Avenue location). Not only will there be free stimulants, but you'll also get to meet up with other PlayStation fans (including myself) and potentially win some prizes. Bring your PSP.

The breakfast meet up will be taking place between 8:30 and 10:30 (in the morning, naturally) on Saturday the 30th. That's this coming Saturday. If you're going to be attending, be sure to let the PlayStation Blog know via Facebook or email them. Don't forget to tell us too! Do so in the comments. We'll see you in Seattle.

JoystiqFree coffee and doughnuts at the PAX PlayStation Blog meetup originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>meetupPAX08playstation-blogTue, 26 Aug 2008 22:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Bungie clears up Halo 3 rumors, reveals matchmaking updates]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/23/bungie-clears-up-halo-3-rumors-reveals-matchmaking-updates/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/23/bungie-clears-up-halo-3-rumors-reveals-matchmaking-updates/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/23/bungie-clears-up-halo-3-rumors-reveals-matchmaking-updates/#commentsFiled under:

The latest Bungie Weekly Update is an informative "doosy", chock full of matchmaking playlist updates, a title update release date, PAX 2008 plans and some rumor squashing. So, let's dive in.

First on the list of Bungie news, some rumor squashing. According to team Bungie, the Halo 3 acceptance videos that fans across the internets have picked apart and analyzed have been picked apart and analyzed way too much. Bluntly put, Bungie informs us that "there will be no insertion of Campaign objects, enemies or friendlies via the Forge as folks have speculated" and that there will be no "new feature that implements Campaign objects into multiplayer." Bungie then gives everyone some life advice, telling us all to "calm yourselves down, pump the brakes, and take a breath." Consider us calmed, breathed and our brakes pumped.

Other than some rumor busting, there's a list of September Halo 3 matchmaking updates (the removal and addition of various playlists) and confirmation that, come September 16th, the second Halo 3 title update will be released. Finally, for PAX attendees, Bungie plans on doing a few autograph signings, a few Recon competitions and selling a limited number of PAX-exclusive Bungie t-shirts. Phew! We're out of breath, make the jump to get your weekly (double) dose of Bungie news ...

JoystiqBungie clears up Halo 3 rumors, reveals matchmaking updates originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Late last night, the Gamerscore Blog posted a list of games Microsoft plans on showcasing at the Penny Arcade Expo and if you're a PAX attendee who is huge Gears (slash) Halo fanboy, you should get excited.

According to Microsoft's PAX schedule of on stage demos, they plan on demoing both Gears of War 2 and Halo Wars as well as Project Origin during all three days of the expo. Meaning that those who plan on attending PAX and dreamt about getting a chance to see either Gears 2 or Halo Wars will have their dreams fulfilled. Wish granted! Also, according to the schedule, there will a few "Gears of War 2 Signing Sessions" planned which we can all but guarantee a certain blogger will be first in line ... every day.

JoystiqMS brings Gears of War 2 and Halo Wars to PAX originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ensembleensemble-studiosepicepic-gamesgears-of-war-2gow2halo-warspax08project-originSat, 23 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Left 4 Dead visits PAX, goes on a worldwide tour]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/left-4-dead-visits-pax-goes-on-a-worldwide-tour/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/left-4-dead-visits-pax-goes-on-a-worldwide-tour/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/13/left-4-dead-visits-pax-goes-on-a-worldwide-tour/#commentsFiled under:

Exciting news fanboys! Left 4 Dead - Valve's co-op zombie survival game that we totally gushed about during E3 - will be going on a world tour, allowing gamers from across the globe to witness what a true zombie co-op experience is like. We've been informed that the PC version of Left 4 Dead will be playable at the German Leipzig Games Convention, France's Festival du Jeu Video and the UK's PC Gamer Showdown. And about the Xbox 360 version? Attendees of the Penny Arcade Expo will get a chance to see the debut of the 360 version of Left 4 Dead and snag some free swag! And wouldn't you know, X3F be attending PAX this year! Coincidence? We think not.

After taking Left 4 Dead for a survival horror test drive during E3 2008, we came away quite impressed! Read our E3 Left 4 Dead impressions to learn why Valve's latest zombie masterpiece will have you screaming with bloody enjoyment.

JoystiqLeft 4 Dead visits PAX, goes on a worldwide tour originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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