PAX West Archives

One of the nice surprises at PAX West was to see a game from VIZ Media and Rose City Games called The World Next Door The game has a simple enough premise that's kinda fun Every so often, specific portals open up and people can visit between worlds One that's very much like earth and[...]

One of the last appointments we managed to set up for PAX West was out in the atrium as we chatted with the crew from Turtle Beach The company had three new headset models they were showing off to gamers as they tried them out during Fortnite matches The first one the list was the[...]

Ronimo Games had a fun surprise waiting for people in the PAX West Indie Megabooth with Swords and Soldiers II Shawarmageddon This one was an absolute treat that we got to play a full round of and won the first time out, which was an awesome feather in the cap The game puts you on two[...]

One of the few board game appointments we got to check out at PAX West this year was a visit on the skybridge with Breaking Games The first one on the list is Pocket Dungeon Quest, a simple game where you play as one of four different explorers going over a 10×10 grid in search for[...]

Tucked away in the annex of PAX West was an appointment we almost missed as we got a preview of Mad Machines Seriously, in all our years going to PAX, we never knew there was an annex or how to get to it, the map is seriously misleading This is basically what would happen if[...]

Astroneer has been out for a minute in Early Access since 2016, so when we saw their names on the PAX West list, we wondered what was up Turns out the devs, who at the moment still don't have a firm release date, were showing off some of the new improvements they made to the[...]

Ysbryd Games brought a few games to PAX West this year, but the one game that absolutely captivated us at their booth was World Of Horror This game was a lovely little throwback to the text-and-explore games you used to see on PC and Mac devices in the '90s, and took my mind clear back[...]

It's a rare thing to find a game that feels like Cowboy Bebop in practice, but Rebel Galaxy Outlaw at PAX West may have found the right balance The developers we chatted with from Double Damage, who created the game Rebel Galaxy of which this is a prequel to, admitted the series and a number of[...]

In the PAX Rising booth this year, one of the funniest titles we came across was Critical Depth Games and Headless Chicken's Super Combat Fighter. 

We get a chance to play a lot of multiplayer games at PAX West, but one of the most frantic we played was Aftercharge in the Indie Megabooth The game is pretty simplistic for what it achieves You have two teams of three, one side chooses three invisible robots to attack generators spread throughout the level,[...]

We got a chance to play a game that was sent to us a while ago in Overload, but this time around the game is being teased for a console release.

The last game we got to mess with at Annapurna Interactive's booth was a brand new game called Ashen.

We've been seeing this game come up a few different times since last year's PAX West, and this year was no different The only big change we got (besides having chairs shaped like the characters to sit on) was having smoother controls and a little more story from the last time we checked in. credit//Annapurna Interactive This[...]

We got to spend a little time with Annapurna Interactive at PAX West this year, and the first of two games we checked out was Outer Wilds This was a rather interesting title that had a cool concept about it I didn't get much of what was happening storyline wise, but what I got was pretty[...]

The last game of the day that we got to try out from Nicalis at PAX West was a hack-n-slash action title by the name of RemiLore The game is for 1-2 players, so of course, I snatched a dev who knew what they were doing to explore this game You pick one of a[...]

At PAX West this year, that was Save Me Mr Tako! This game was designed by Christophe Galati to be a throwback to the original Game Boy days as you play a character called Mr Tako who looks like a squid and can shoot pellets is running around this platformer to solve puzzles The world he's[...]

During PAX West, we got a chance to sit down with Nicalis and check out some of their upcoming games, and we started with Crystal Crisis If you haven't had a chance to check this one out, the best way I could describe it is an ultra hyper version of Puyo-Puyo with celebrity cameos Essentially,[...]

Driftland was one of the stranger games we got to play at PAX West this year that took us totally by surprise and made us very happy we set up an appointment This is a 4X strategy game where you are a kingdom in the clouds on floating pieces of land with what appears to[...]

One of the absolute gems we got to play during our time at PAX West was a co-op game called Tick Tock: A Tale for Two Created by Other Tales Interactive (which is just two women developers named Tanja Lind Tankred and Mira Dorthé), the game has you working with another player in order to solve puzzles[...]

One of the more interesting titles that caught a few people's eyes at PAX West this year was an indie title called Eastshade As we approached the booth for our appointment, we could see there was a bit of a line from people who were giving it some interesting looks The game puts you in[...]

Midway through PAX West, we got a chance to try out a familiar game as we tested Observer out on the Nintendo Switch This was one of our favorite games on PC last year as you play a detective in the future who can use software to hack into a person's mind and find out[...]

Feardemic brought a brand new game with them to PAX West, but we only got to watch it as we saw the preview of The Padre The short version of the game is that you're a priest in this horror-adventure game who is seeking out evil and vanquishing it in the most badass pixilated ways[...]

This year, Madeline and I split up our time with Capcom to check out a few different games, and the one I wanted to see the most was Mega Man 11.

One of the few games on my list that really had me excited after I booked it was some time with Techland's Dying Light: Bad Blood.

GungHo Entertainment brought along a little throwback for us at PAX West with a preview of Grandia and Grandia II HD Remaster Another in a line of remastered RPG's coming out of our childhoods, both games pretty much play like they did from way back when they were released in 1999 and 2000 respectfully Almost to[...]

The folks at Gung Ho Entertainment brought out a few games to PAX West, and chief among them was the upcoming PC version of Let It Die We took a good chunk of time to play a few levels of this, and for those of you who have already played the PS4 version, there's very[...]

So… sometimes you get put between a rock and a hard place with games at PAX West, like we were with Ninjala Right off the bat, we need to say that we have nothing against Gung Ho Entertainment, they're great people and we usually enjoy everything they bring to the party However, this is one we[...]

One of the games that gave us an absolute smile from start to finish at PAX West was Gato Roboto from Devolver Digital This was an unannounced title all the way up until the convention started, so we weren't sure what we were walking into This is a sort of Game Boy/Metroid throwback title in[...]

The moment I saw My Friend Pedro on the PAX West floor, I knew I had to play if, if for only a few moments Because I was thinking the same thing a lot of people were probably thinking when they saw the original trailer, and that is that it looks like a Deadpool game[...]

One of the little throwback surprises we got to encounter at PAX West was Metal Wolf Chaos XD from Devolver Digital The game is over fourteen years old, and while it is showing its age, the devs have cleaned it up and done their best to make this a sort of love letter to the original[...]