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Penny Arcade and ReedPop issued a statement this morning about PAX West 2021 as they will now require vaccinations before entry The event received criticism on social media ever since it announced it would be returning as a physical event in September, both from attendees as well as members of the gaming industry who debated[...]

Penny Arcade and ReedPop have revealed more details about the return of the in-person version of PAX West 2021 happening in September After having to cancel six shows in a row and covert a few of them into online events in the pandemic (like the upcoming PAX Online East happening July 15th-18th), the two companies[...]

ReedPop and Penny Arcade announced this morning that PAX East 2021 won't be happening and instead have changed it to PAX Online 2021 The company released the statement below from Kyle Marsden-Kish, who is the PAX Event Director at ReedPop, letting fans know they have scrapped the event in June in Boston and will be[...]

Manticore Games has released two new titles this week, each inspired by two different creators in WWE's Xavier Woods and Penny Arcade's Jerry Holkins If you haven't been keeping track of the company lately, Manticore has been doing a lot with getting people to make games using their platform, Core Which utilizes the Unreal Engine-powered[...]

Penny Arcade updated fans today about 2021's PAX events saying they will return, but only if it is safe to do so in their respective locations For starters, PAX South in San Antonio has officially been canceled for 2021, so that event is scrapped It also appears that there's something in the works for PAX[...]

Penny Arcade revealed today that due to the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, PAX Unplugged 2020 has been canceled Rumors had been going around on social media that the event was getting nixed after PAX West and PAX Aus moved online and became PAX Online for 2020 Because the format primarily centered around video games and[...]

This morning, Penny Arcade announced they are moving their next convention online with the official reveal of PAX Online As we reported yesterday evening, the company canceled PAX Australia over the health concerns of the COVID-19 outbreak that is still happening around the world But up until now, the company appeared to still be going[...]

This evening, Penny Arcade revealed that they are officially postponing PAX Australia 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak The word came down a short time ago on their website and Twitter, which we have the full statement for you below This is the first PAX event to be postponed since the outbreak took place PAX East[...]

Penny Arcade sent out a notice this week to media and content creators letting them know that PAX West 2020 is still on, for now Organizers sent out the message below, essentially telling all the usual attendees in both areas that they are currently planning to go ahead with the September event over the Labor[...]

This year's convention will take place in Boston at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from February 27th until March 1st. We've teamed up with Penny Arcade to give away some four-day passes to the event To be clear, these are single-passes that will get you in all four days, not four single-day passes And you[...]

Penny Arcade released their plans for PAX Unplugged this week, showing off both their full schedule as well as the keynote speaker This time around it will be Eric Lang, Director of Game Design at CMON, as he takes on the Storytime intro for the event We have more details of what to expect from[...]

Penny Arcade had a few announcements this week involving PAX, the more prominent of the two is that Rod Fergusson will be PAX South's keynote speaker Studio Head of The Coalition (Gears 5), will give the keynote speech for the Storytime ceremony, taking place at the Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas[...]

Every year since they started PAX East, Penny Arcade had had it as the last convention of their season, and usually cap it off just before Spring starts in April And despite frequent complaints of the cold, high wind, terrible Boston weather, and let's not forget 2017 when we were all snowed in… they still[...]

According to their website in an article from 2009: "Every year, Penny Arcade runs Child's Play, a charity devoted to rounding up toys, games, and money for children's hospitals And one of the key events is the annual Charity Auction, at which various cool gaming-related things are auctioned off. We bring this up because this year [2009], [a] "tour[...]

Every time I hear about some cool new project in the works, it seems like he's involved in it in some way," said Jerry Holkins, co-founder, Penny Arcade "We're honored that he somehow found time in his busy schedule to open up PAX West this year and look forward to him kicking off the show." [...]

This week, Penny Arcade revealed their complete list of panels for PAX West 2019, along with tournaments and exhibitors coming to the convention We have some additional info from the announcement below, but yo check out the full list of everything going on, you can read more on the official site or their Guidebook app. credit//Penny Arcade Many of the[...]

(Those of you still registering for badges, they currently only have Friday and Monday badges left in limited supply.) We've teamed up with Penny Arcade to give away some four-day passes to the event To be clear, these are single-passes that will get you in all four days, not four single-day passes And you will need[...]

Penny Arcade revealed the official date that badges will go on sale for PAX South 2020, including prices for all three dates happening in January The official sale date will be August 1st as they will return to the Henry B Gonzalez Convention Center from January 17th–19th As far as prices go, the three-day badges[...]

This is an interesting combination of forces going here as you have Penny Arcade lending their license to both Renegade Game Studios (who own the Clank! IP) and Dire Wolf Digital who put the box together in order to make this new addition work with the original board game But what all are you getting[...]

One of the most popular and well-known Dungeons & Dragons shows out there today is Acquisitions Incorporated, created by the minds at Penny Arcade The company has turned a simple podcast between some friends playing D&D for content into a phenomenon with lore and canon behind it, even though it's basically what would happen if[...]

After announcing dates for PAX West 2019 earlier this month, Penny Arcade has officially started selling badges for the event starting today 2019 will see the official return of four-day badges, which will be sold for $220 a piece If you can't go all four days, individual badges for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday will[...]

Penny Arcade has announced that tickets for their upcoming PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have gone on sale starting today The tabletop-focused convention has been slated to run from December 6th-8th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and will be the 50th PAX event for the company Right now the prices currently have Three-Day Badges for[...]

Cool news from Penny Arcade this morning as the company has officially announced dates for both PAX West 2019 and PAX Unplugged 2019 PAX West will officially make its return to the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle from August 30th through September 2nd, while PAX Unplugged will return to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in[...]

Earlier today we talked about how Penny Arcade announced they're releasing a new D&D book with Wizards of the Coast called Acquisitions Incorporated Dungeon Manual But the annoucnement is so fresh, we don't have a ton of information about what wwill be going into the book To shed a little light on the matter, Penny Arcade co-creator and[...]

This morning at PAX South, Penny Arcade officially announced they will be making a Dungeons & Dragons companion book called Acquisitions Incorporated Dungeon Manual Wizards of the Coast will be releasing the book that will act as a companion piece to the role-playing game, giving you an opportunity to create adventures using the Acquisitions Incorporated branding,[...]

credit// Perfect World Entertainment Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have announced the console launch of Neverwinter: the Heart of Fire which features Penny Arcade's Acquisitions Incorporated. Acqusitions Inc is a fictional adventurers guild for Dungeons & Dragons created by Penny Arcade founder Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, which has spawned several different D&D campaigns, all of which are streamed for fans[...]

In what is a partnership between Penny Arcade and Dire Wolf Digital, we only got a brief glimpse of what appears to be a pair of character cards for Omin Dran and Jim Darkmagic along with two versions of the game's logo featuring the AI branding. credit//Penny Arcade Because this was announced tonight just before the show kicked[...]

With only a couple week away from approaching PAX Unplugged, Penny Arcade has officially announced the dates and ticket info for PAX East 2019 The event will be returning to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, and ve pushed up a week earlier running from March 28th-31st What's more, tickets officially went on sale this afternoon[...]

The Penny Arcade crossover features Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik, and Amy Falcone in their respective AI roles training you as a new intern for the company by going on terribly planned missions Including going to e beholder party The company released more details of what the expansion will include as well, which we have for you here[...]

Barely finished with PAX Aus this past weekend, Penny Arcade has announced the keynote speaker for PAX Unplugged will be D&D's Jeremy Crawford If you're not familiar with Crawford, he's been with Wizards of the Coast for 11 years and is the current Lead Designer and Managing Editor of Dungeons & Dragons, having a major influence over[...]