PAX East
PAX East is a celebration of gaming and gaming culture featuring thought-provoking panels, a massive expo hall filled with the best publishers and studios, new game demos, musical performances, tournaments, and a community experience unlike any other. No matter your preferred genre or platform, if you love games, welcome home.
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PAX East Spotlight
Matt Mercer hopes Daggerheart follows Critical Role's example and helps more people find their found family
Daggerheart - and tabletop games in general - can help form powerful friendships just as much as Critical Role fans have over the years.
Trent Cannon
Matt Mercer is aware of (and humbled by) Critical Role's place in D&D history
Critical Role didn't set out to have such an impact on tabletop gaming, but it undeniably has
Trent Cannon
Chris Perkins is enjoying playing D&D as a fan for the first time since joining Critical Role's Darrington Press
After more than 30 years working directly on D&D, Chris Perkins is finally able to treat the game like a fan
Trent Cannon
Most Daggerheart players aren't originally Critical Role fans, explains Darrington Press' Chris Perkins
The Critical Role fandom is huge, but Daggerheart has already proven it isn't reliant on the show's success to draw in players.
Trent Cannon
PAX East Feed
Matt Mercer hopes Daggerheart follows Critical Role's example and helps more people find their found family
Daggerheart - and tabletop games in general - can help form powerful friendships just as much as Critical Role fans have over the years.
Trent Cannon
Matt Mercer is aware of (and humbled by) Critical Role's place in D&D history
Critical Role didn't set out to have such an impact on tabletop gaming, but it undeniably has
Trent Cannon
Chris Perkins is enjoying playing D&D as a fan for the first time since joining Critical Role's Darrington Press
After more than 30 years working directly on D&D, Chris Perkins is finally able to treat the game like a fan
Trent Cannon
Most Daggerheart players aren't originally Critical Role fans, explains Darrington Press' Chris Perkins
The Critical Role fandom is huge, but Daggerheart has already proven it isn't reliant on the show's success to draw in players.
Trent Cannon
Disgaea Mayhem adds the chaos of Dynasty Warriors to the JRPG classic series
Tactics are overrated, so lets cut down a million enemies and then take on a big boss in Disgaea Mayhem.
Trent Cannon
Grave Seasons tweaks the cozy farm simulator formula perfected by Stardew Valley to appeal to horror fans
A sharper focus on the story and a branching narrative means we'll be able to go back to Grave Seasons over and over again.
Trent Cannon
Halloween: The Video Game already has one high-profile fan: Halloween creator John Carpenter
“Ever since I began playing video games, I’ve always thought that Halloween would make a fantastic game," John Carpenter told the crowd at PAX East 2026
Graeme McMillan
Grave Seasons developers want to treat the dating sim genre with respect
Grave Seasons aims to put a horror twist on dating sims and visual novels without disrespecting the genres.
Trent Cannon
Blumhouse Games are "definitely" open to making games based on the studio's movies - and vice versa
Five Nights at Freddy's already shows the crossover appeal is there, so why not try to bring more Blumhouse movies to video games?
Trent Cannon
Schrodinger's Call is a game born out of the collective trauma of COVID
Feeling so close to each other and yet so distant has been one of the most lingering aspects of the COVID pandemic
Trent Cannon
Halloween: The Video Game showed me that I would not survive in a horror movie
Halloween is a franchise built around the ineffectiveness of just running and hiding, so why did I insist on trying?
Trent Cannon
The Godzilla RPG captures the pulp adventure side of a kaiju story
IDW Games puts human relationships and big action at the heart of Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game.
Trent Cannon
Borderlands expands with ‘Dead Echos,’ a new 10-part narrative podcast series
Gearbox's videogame franchise moves into new territory with a new audio drama produced by the game studio itself launching this Spring
Graeme McMillan
Livestream Borderlands, Warframe, Wyldheart, Halloween: The Video Game, and more PAX East 2026 panels live
Be there from anywhere, as Popverse is livestreaming PAX East 2026
Graeme McMillan
All the games and exhibitors coming to PAX East 2026
Popverse will be at PAX East all four days and here is what we're looking for over the weekend.
Trent Cannon
Escala’s Wish transforms a longtime D&D character into a romantasy adventure built on fey law, friendship, and slow-burn love
Dungeons & Dragons veteran turns 40-year campaign into Escala’s Wish, a clean romantasy with epic stakes
Trent Cannon
Get ready, player one: PAX East 2026 dates are here
You don't know games until you come to PAX East - and we have its 2026 dates
Chris Arrant
