[nirvAnA]

PAX Australia will take place at the Melbourne Showgrounds from 19-21 July 2013. The sale of tickets has started today! Thanks CSerps for the tip - he also said "get in quick because 3-day passes will sell out fast at only $115". Pricing has been set at a reasonable AU$45 per day, or $115 for a three day pass. You can register while tickets are still available at PaxAustralia.com.au

What is PAX?

In 2004, the folks at Penny Arcade decided they wanted a show exclusively for gaming. Sure, comics, anime, and other nerd hobbies were cool, and those activities all had their own shows... so what about games? From that idea spawned a small 4,500 person event in Bellevue, Washington, focused on the culture and community that is gaming. Since then, the show hasn't looked back. Doubling in size each year until venue capacities were reached, in 2010 the show expanded into Boston for PAX East, drawing tens of thousands of attendees in the inaugural year. The shows in Seattle and Boston represent the two largest gaming events in North America, and for the first time PAX is expanding internationally for its inaugural Australian show!

Press Release

Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today joined Penny Arcade President Robert Khoo to announce that Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) Australia will be held in Melbourne in 2013 and 2014.

Ms Asher said PAX is the world’s premier games festival and the decision to choose Melbourne will be a fantastic opportunity to highlight Victoria’s creative capabilities on a global scale.

“This is the first time the event has been held outside the United States and attracting PAX Australia to Melbourne was a major coup for Victoria,” Ms Asher said. “It is a great opportunity to showcase games culture in Australia to the rest of the world, and the exposure around the region and the world that Melbourne’s games industry will gain from the event, and the number of international and domestic visitors that will be drawn to Melbourne, cannot be underestimated.”

[IXLives]

Wow, go Penny Arcade. The tickets are cheaper than Armageddon, I know I'm gonna want to be there with some of the sc guys

[AuXCoolpuff]

about time >;D

[FaMe]

Bought my ticket (3 Day Pass) already

[TAXanT]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah

Got my 3 day pass

[Heady]

Will there be an sc2 tournament?

I know one the American PAX events had one.

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by Acies

Will there be an sc2 tournament?

I know one the American PAX events had one.

I asked PAX about this today.

Response: https://twitter.com/PAXAus/status/260216438059585538

Finger's crossed!

[nirvAnA]

gogo ACL at PAX!

[syfMiley]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

gogo ACL at PAX!

I'd rather they seperate it!

Quick Comments

TAminimat:

definitely

[Flamga]

Bought my 3 Day pass and considering going roadtrip style from Adelaide!

[rezyn8]

Can't wait!

[ROOT`iaguz]

I would rather they keep events separate too. ACL events are a lot better for everyone when they aren't being done in an expo.

Quick Comments

fur:

Yep. Not like there is so many gaming oriented eventes in Aus we need to be cramming them in

[Nv.GTR]

Hopefully will be able to snag a media pass on behalf of Team Liquid whenever they open media registration.

[justice]

Bought my 3 day pass. I hope we can see some sort of competitive SC2 presence, ACL or no.

[ACL VaNzR]

Looks the goods. Still early days as to whether there will be ACL involvement.

[DGWoLF]

myself and 3 other members of my Youtube community all have 3 day passes . we shall see you all there and may get to interview you about what your thoughts are on the event :P but business set aside im so exited for this i already have plane and hotel booked it is going to be amazing fun. Who here thinks we should have like a SC2Sea meet up so we can meet the epic people who run this website ?