Kotaku: Conventions

Now Minecraft Has Its Own Convention—MineCon

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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Looking for an excuse to go to Vegas? Why not meet up with your fellow Minecraft fans at the game's forthcoming convention, MineCon? That's the place to be for Minecraft high rollers this fall. More »

The Fickle Fortunes of Comic-Con

Owen Good — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Though Hollywood has cozied up to Comic-Con, which is in San Diego on July 22, a film's strong showing there does not necessarily portend success at the box office. Nor does a poor screening imply a bomb. More »

PAX East Is Over, Time To Register For PAX West 2010

Mike Fahey — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EDT

It seems like only five days ago that the inaugural PAX East came to a close, and now pre-registration for PAX...West? Just PAX? What the hell do we call it now? Anyway, you can buy tickets now. More »

2010: A Video Gamer's Guide

Mike Fahey — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:20:00 EST

We've taken this year's big game releases, conventions, and assorted events, and condensed them all into a handy infographic we're calling 2010: A Video Gamer's Guide. More »

Your Official PAX Attendance: 60,750

Owen Good — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EDT

Big Download got the scoop from Penny Arcade's Robert Khoo that PAX 2009 sold out to the people-packing tune of 60,750. While slightly over last year's attendance, it's still taken as a strong showing. More »

PAX 2009 Programming Details Emerge

Mike Fahey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EDT

The 2009 Penny Arcade Expo slowly begins to coalesce into an actual event, as organizers deliver details on some of the exhibitors and musical talent attending this year's show. More »

Register Extremely Early For PAX East

Mike Fahey — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:20:00 EDT

The website for the East Coast version of the Penny Arcade Expo quietly went live last week, with registrations now being accepted for the 2010 event. More »

Blizzard Dates BlizzCon 2009

Mike Fahey — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:40:00 EST

Blizzard has officially announced their fourth annual BlizzCon fan convention, calling for fans of World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft to converge on Anaheim, California, for the August 21-22 event. More »

Chicago Comic Cons In 2010

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:20:55 EST

Good news, Windy City nerds. You're getting your own Comic Con! While it may not share the name of its New York Comic Con sibling, it will give conventioneering Chicagoans cosplay options in 2010. More »

The Great Game Convention Schism

Brian Crecente — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

Things in Germany got nasty this week as the annual Games Convention, once the largest video game convention in the world, suffered a life-threatening schism. More »

Microsoft Signs On For E For All 08

Mike Fahey — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:20:00 EDT

The E For All Expo got off to a somewhat rocky start last year with relatively low attendance following the decision to hold the event the same weekend as Penny Arcade's PAX event, but things are looking up for the 2008 show already. They've got their own weekend (Oct. 3-5), and now Microsoft has thrown in their hat as an exhibitor. IDG World Expo CEO and mouthpiece Mary Dolaher is ecstatic. More »

The Inaugural Adventure Gaming Expo

Mike Fahey — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Are you a big fan of adventure games? Do you know who Scott Adams is? Al Lowe? Chris Jones? In order, they are the father of adventure gaming, the creator of the Leisure Suit Larry series, and the creator of the Tex Murphy series, and all three will be appearing this August at the inaugural Adventure Gaming Expo in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The weekend long celebration of all things typey, pointy, and clicky formerly known as AdventureCon, will be taking place from August 29th to the 31st, and will feature panels, a charity auction, autograph sessions, and even a live-action adventure game running throughout the event. Yes, all that adventure gaming goodness, plus LARPing! You can head over to the official website and register until May 31st for $99, after which it jumps up to an even more ridiculous price. Still, sounds like a fun time to be had by all. I do enjoy a good LARP now and then. More »

E For 18,000

Mike Fahey — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:40:29 EDT

Despite some doom sayers *hides* and a Friday evening blackout, IDG Worldwide reports that over 18,000 gamers showed up for the inaugural E for All Expo, calling the event a resounding success. Despite the lack of some major names in the gaming industry, it turns out that a gaming convention is, at it's heart, a gaming convention, and gamers love that sort of stuff. Despite hoping for a turnout closer to 20-30K as stated in a GameDaily interview, CEO Mary Dolaher was pleased.

"We are thrilled with the attendance, and we are pleased that we delivered the event we aimed for, which was a celebration that truly was for the entire game community," offered CEO Mary Dolaher.

Due to the overwhelming response, the Expo is definitely on for next year, where it could face some stiff competition as the show moves to August, around the same time as the next Penny Arcade Expo. Good luck with that. More »

PAX '07 Chock Full Of Exhibitors

Mike Fahey — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:20:53 EDT

If you are a major or minor gaming company looking to hawk your wares at this year's Penny Arcade Expo and you haven't signed up yet, PA has issued a press release detailing how very screwed you are. Despite the tripling the available area over last year's event the show floor is completely booked. Oh well...there's always E for All? More »

BlizzCon Offers Up Merchandise for $120 Ticket

Brian Crecente — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:05:38 EDT

Blizzard has thrown the switch on the BlizzCon website. The site has details about the developer's upcoming game convention which runs in late October. More »

Penny Arcade Expo Registration Opens

Brian Crecente — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:37:24 EST

Registration for this Summer s Penny Arcade Expo just kicked off. The expo will run from August 26 through the 28. The show will be held in Seattle at the Meydenbauer Center and covers gaming in just about every flavor including tabletop, console and PC. Register before March 31 for a discount and an opened mouth kiss from Gabe. No wait, that s only if you re a gay space frog. More »

Nintendo giving away Game Boys

Brian Crecente — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:39:03 EST

Nintendo is giving away a few of their non-sexy Game Boy Advance SPs and games at this week s Gen Con, the all-things gaming convention being held in Southern California. Nintendo will be around showing off a slew of new games and taunting people with a collection of DSs they won t be giving away. The real reason to go to the show is to catch appearances by Daisy Duke and Elvira. Now, if we could just figure out a way to get them to wrestle each other in a vat of green Jello with me. More »