PAX East 2011 Coverage

Lunar Giant Talks Delve Deeper 2: The Deepening

21 March 2011 Steve Burke

The garbled voices of some seventy-thousand attendees drowned out any echoes emitted from within PAX East's adeptly-concealed indie alley; no doubt that an unknown number of journalists had fallen victim to ravenous packs of indie developers in the alleyway -- sadly, in indie alley, no one can hear you scream. I shouldered my camera equipment and discreetly weaved through wave-after-wave of the arm-grabbing mongrels, eventually taking cover behind a nondescript pillar and equipping my cellphone. Incorrect.

"Are you Steve Burke?" Uh-oh. They must have seen my yellow ba-- wait a minute, these are the guys I scheduled an interview with! Whew. Safe for now.

Little known fact: the man on the left is The Stig. Read more...

Battlefield 3: Fault Line Ep. 2 Analysis

16 March 2011 Last Updated on 16 March 2011 Steve Burke

We're back again to analyze the newest Battlefield 3 Fault Line Episode. At PAX East 2011, Gamers Nexus had the chance to observe the developers of Battlefield 3 playing a live demo of the game; they gave us insight to some of the pending features, as well as the release date, Frost Bite 2, and car explosions. If you missed our first Battlefield 3 analytical video or our Skyrim analysis, go watch them! Check out our video analysis for more.

Portal 2 Video Interview with Erik Wolpaw PAX East 2011

16 March 2011 Steve Burke

We had the chance to interview Erik Wolpaw from Valve Softworks at PAX East 2011 this past weekend. Erik answered some questions about Portal 2's co-op, its use of gels, and the presence (or not) of cake.

The Coolest Game Ever: Warp at PAX East 2011

15 March 2011 Last Updated on 21 March 2011 Francisco Fantl

How pleasant to find this tiny little demo of a relatively unknown game in, to quote Trapdoor Inc., 'the sexy corner' (opposite Orcs Must Die!) of PAX East 2011. Warp, named for the somewhat passive-aggressive teleportation ability of the player-controlled alien, is a new title from Trapdoor being published by EA. According to Trapdoor's website, XBLA and PSN will surely have the pleasure of meeting Warp by this summer, and there are tentative plans to go for a Steam release on the PC.

Duke Nukem Forever Booth at PAX East 2011

14 March 2011 Steve Burke

Duke Nukem made his expected appearance at PAX East 2011 this weekend, and he did so in style. The Duke Nukem Forever booth had two chandeliers, banners emboldened by "Come Get Some" and "Hail to the King," booth babes in schoolgirl outfits, and a throne for pictures. If Duke himself were not busy fighting aliens, we know he'd be proud.

If you missed out on PAX East 2011, don't worry: we've got Duke's booth in slow-mo for you. Check it.

Orcs Must Die! Video Interview at PAX East

14 March 2011 Last Updated on 14 March 2011 Steve Burke

Robot Entertainment has been working on Orcs Must Die! for seven months now, according to producer Chris Rippy, and has been received extraordinarily well by fans of the studio everywhere. Robot's team was founded around two years ago by former Ensemble Studios employees -- best known for their work on strategy games, such as Age of Empires or Age of Mythology -- and has recently passed off development of AoE: Online to another studio so that they could begin work on their own IP.