PAX West Archives

We had a moment to visit with tinyBuild Games at PAX West 2019, and while they had a lot to show, we checked out one game in Not For Broadcast The game works a little like Five Nights At Freddy's, but without the horror element You are the master control room operator of a local[...]

We had a chance to quickly visit with our friends at Headup Games during PAX West 2019 as we got to play a little of Everreach: Project Eden Developed by Elder Games, this is an action RPG that was giving us some serious Halo vibes the minute we sat down and played it The game[...]

The other fresh title we got to try out from Another Indie during PAX West 2019 was a retro-looking game called Elden: Path Of The Forgotten This is a midevil RPG with some kind of religious roots tied to it There is no spoken story, no dialog, no real text screens to follow This is[...]

Another Indie brought their booth to PAX West 2019, and with it, several games to try out We saw most of what they had so we focused on the new, like Simulacra 2 Developed by Kaigan Games, the sequel lets you choose between being a police detective or an investigative reporter, where you will dig[...]

Thunderful is always a great publisher to visit with at PAX West, and this year the new game they had to show off for us was Lonely Mountains: Downhill Developed by Berlin-based company Megagon Industries, this is a downhill biking simulator where you essentially mountain bike down a rough path as fast and skillfully ask[...]

While we were at PAX West this month, we visited with Private Division who brought with them a proper multiplayer demo of Disintegration There was a lot of talk about the game when it was first revealed, but up until now, we didn't get a good look at it The single-player campaign was explained a[...]

Square Enix showed off their Trials of Mana remake during PAX West earlier this month The game is designed so you can play either the original 2D, or the brand-new 3D version And while the 3D graphics do give the title a much-needed overhaul, they seem a bit dated. There's nothing partuclarly bad about the 3D version of the[...]

During PAX West 2019 we had a chance to visit with Merge Games and check out a couple of their games, the first one being Sparklite The game puts you in the shoes of a redheaded mechanic who crashed her ship and is now trying to find a way off the world she's on which[...]

No word yet on when the third game will even get a beta, but we're guessing based on the popularity and how well it played at PAX West, we're looking as Summer 2020 at the earliest And that's based on the idea that we're betting there will be a better demo at PAX East 2020,[...]

During PAX West we paid a visit to the folks at Dotemu to check out Windjammers 2 and Streets Of Rage 4 just to see where they were at We'll start with Streets Of Rage 4 where I jumped in with another member of the press to mess around with some new levels I dove[...]

At PAX West 2019, we saw a lot more The game has you as two siblings who have been trained to fight evil as they go to save someone near and dear to them who was taken away That's the story we got on the surface clear back in March This time around we were[...]

An appointment at PAX West 2019 that kind of came out of the blue was when we got a chance to play with the new PlayDate handheld console from Panic Inc Ever since the tiny crank-based system was introduced a few months ago, we've been curious what exactly we'd get as far as games We[...]

One of the surprise appointments I was able to book for PAX West 2019 came in the form of meeting with Google Stadia reps and playing on the platform During the meeting, I had a chance to sit down and play a couple of games on the system as we tried out DOOM Eternal and[...]

It isn't too often we get a game at a convention like PAX West 2019 that messes with our vision, but Superliminal managed to pull that off a tiny bit Created by Pillow Case Games, this is a first-person puzzle game that got a little bit of early buzz from the trailer you see below,[...]

One of the absolute surprise joys we got at PAX West 2019 was having En Masse Entertainment bring The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Tactics When this game came onto our radar along with the Netflix series, I was ecstatic Not just the fact that a game was being made off of a Jim Henson[...]

VIZ Media and Rose City Games brought with them the most adorable twin-stick shooter to PAX West 2019 in the form of Cat Lady This is one of those games that the minute you see it, you either fall in love or thinks it's ridiculous We went with the former back when the game was[...]

The second game that we got to have a little bit of fun with at PAX West 2019 from 505 Games was Journey To The Savage Planet The demo we played was a bit of a co-op adventure as you explore a planet filled with alien creatures you've never dealt with before The premise of[...]

During our time at PAX West 2019, we had a chance to visit with our friends over at 505 Games The first of two we got to try out at their booth was Indivisible This is a cool little action-platforming RPG in which you play as a young woman trying to save the world from[...]

The first game we managed to book some time with at the Indie MEGABOOTH at PAX West 2019 was Cosmoteer by Walternate Realities This game basically combines three genres into one as you have part city simulator, part spaceship design, and part space battler You will use the resources you have to craft an amazing[...]

The other title we checked out at PAX West 2019 from Kalypso Media had us messing with vampire business in Immortal Realms: Vampire Realms This is an RPG strategy game where you will take on the mantle on one of three different vampire clans in a fierce battle among the undead to control the lands[...]

While we were at PAX West 2019, Kalypso Media had a few new games to show us, and one of those was a cool little simulator called Spacebase Startopia Developed by Realmforge Studios, this game has you in control of a space station in the middle of the galaxy where ships come to dock and[...]

This time around, we actually got to play a full demo at PAX West 2019 If you're not familiar with this game, you play as a duo rock band called Bunk Bed Junction You've just gone on TV to perform on the biggest talent show they have, and are rejected Why? Because you live in[...]

The last game we got to check out from XSEED Games during PAX West 2019 was a cute little platformer called Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin This is a brand new title from Edelweiss, who are the developers behind the game Astebreed This is a weird little combination game where it's part side-scrolling action platformer[...]

It's a story told by absence. credit// Skybox Labs To go along with the PAX West demo, Skybox released a new trailer  for Stela that features several new environments including: The Temple Dungeons, an underground labyrinth filled with dangerous traps The Caverns, home of a mysterious ancient monster finally awakened The Monastery, a monumental building sitting atop a mountain once[...]

We got a chance to visit our old friends at XSEED Games during PAX West 2019, and one of the two games we tried out was Cygames' Granblue Fantasy Versus While the demo has been going around to a few conventions in the past, we got to play the current build with six of the[...]

We paid a visit to Daedalic Entertainment at PAX West 2019 for a few games, and the first one we got to try out was a four-player builder called Unrailed This game has you as four different characters who work together to build a railroad line to a station across different types of terrain Sounds[...]

The other fun appointment I got to have at PAX West 2019 with Square Enix was trying out the new Marvel's Avengers demo fresh off being at Gamescom The gameplay we got to try out was the same that they did in Germany last month, only this was the first time it was being played[...]

We paid a visit with Oculus while we were at PAX West 2019, and the big game they had to show was Stormland from Insomniac Games Yes, the same Insomniac who made last year's Spider-Man game for the PS4, as this is probably one of their last titles created before they were purchased by Sony[...]

The other game we got to try out from Daedalic Entertainment at PAX West 2019 was an exploratory story called The Suicide Of Rachel Foster The game has you as a young woman who used to live with her family at a hotel they owned in the mountains She's now an adult and the family[...]

One of the more interesting moment we got to have at PAX West 2019 this year was finally trying out a stable build of Everspace 2 We had seen bits and pieces of the game over the past little while but I myself had not gotten a chance to really try it out much and[...]