{"id":25209,"date":"2012-10-22T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T04:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25209"},"modified":"2012-10-22T14:33:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T04:33:52","slug":"melbourne-chosen-to-host-pax-game-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25209","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne chosen to host PAX game expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Monday 22 October 2012<\/strong> &#8211; Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today joined Penny Arcade President Robert Khoo to announce that Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) Australia will be held in Melbourne in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Asher said PAX is the world\u2019s premier games festival and the decision to choose Melbourne will be a fantastic opportunity to highlight Victoria\u2019s creative capabilities on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is the first time the event has been held outside the United States and attracting PAX Australia to Melbourne was a major coup for Victoria,\u201d<\/em> Ms Asher said. <em>\u201cIt is a great opportunity to showcase games culture in Australia to the rest of the world, and the exposure around the region and the world that Melbourne\u2019s games industry will gain from the event, and the number of international and domestic visitors that will be drawn to Melbourne, cannot be underestimated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Penny Arcade President Robert Khoo said the demands of the global community dictated the expansion to Australia. <em>\u201cWhen we reached out to our international fans, the response from the Australian community for a local PAX was overwhelming,\u201d<\/em> Mr Khoo said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Melbourne has a long history of supporting the games scene, through showcasing cultural game exhibits to supporting world renowned game developers. Holding PAX Australia in Melbourne is the perfect fit for our show.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PAX is the largest consumer games event in North America, first held in Seattle in 2004 and nearly doubling in size each successive year and expanding to a second show in Boston in 2010. A festival celebrating games culture, it connects the world\u2019s leading game publishers with their most avid fans while providing an inclusive community environment.<\/p>\n<p>PAX Australia will combine the exciting program from the international shows with local content and community events. International guests, speakers, musicians and developers will join local game industry representatives to showcase games and community events in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>PAX Australia will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds from 19-21 July, 2013 and will be run by ReedPOP in conjunction with Penny Arcade.<\/p>\n<p>For further information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/yugstar.cmail1.com\/t\/r-l-kdijlry-ghryuluhy-r\/\">www.paxaustralia.com.au<\/a> or follow PAX Australia updates via official <a href=\"http:\/\/yugstar.cmail1.com\/t\/r-l-kdijlry-ghryuluhy-y\/\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/yugstar.cmail1.com\/t\/r-l-kdijlry-ghryuluhy-j\/\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 22 October 2012 &#8211; Victorian Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today joined Penny Arcade President Robert Khoo to announce that Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) Australia will be held in Melbourne in 2013 and 2014. Ms Asher said PAX is the world\u2019s premier games festival and the decision to choose Melbourne<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25209\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news","category-mind-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25214,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25209\/revisions\/25214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}