PAX West 2016 Preview
PAX West is coming up shortly (Sept. 2-5) and there is going to once again be a whole new slew of video games to try out.
The PAX 10 is always a highlight at the event. 50 industry experts highlight 10 of the best looking indie games that will be available soon.
This year the list includes: 1979 Revolution: Black Friday from iNK Stories (Windows, Mac, iOS), Blockships from DrDavient (Windows, Mac, Linux), Crashlands from Butterscotch Shenanigans (Windows, Android, iOS), Cryptark from Alientrap (Windows), Fossil Echo from Awaceb (Windows), Inversus from Hypersect (Windows, Playstation 4), Moon Hunters from Kitfox Games (Windows), Night in the Woods from InfiniteFall (Windows), Old Man’s Journey from Broken Rules and Splitter Critters from RAC7 Games (iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Linux).
One of the more interesting booth remains to be the Indie Megabooth. Inside, a variety of new and upcoming indie release will be available for attendees to try out.
Here is the full list:
- 2064: Read Only Memories – MidBoss
- 20XX – Batterystaple Games
- Antihero – Tim Conkling
- Asura – Ogre Head Studio
- Astroneer – System Era Softworks
- Battle Chef Brigade – Trinket Studios
- Basement – Halfbus
- Blade Ballet – Dreamsail Games
- Blasters of the Universe – Secret Location
- Bleed 2 – Ian Campbell
- Burly Men at Sea – Brain&Brain
- Celeste – Matt Makes Games
- Chasm – Bit Kid
- Death Squared – SMG Studio
- Eco – Strange Loop Games
- ECHO – ULTRA ULTRA
- Flinthook – Tribute Games
- GoNNER – Raw Fury
- Just Shapes & Beats – Berzerk Studio
- Karma: Incarnation 1 – AuraLab
- Korix – StellarVR
- Luna – Funomena
- Mages of Mystralia – Borealys Games
- Monsters & Monocles – Retro Dreamer
- Obduction – Cyan
- Open Sorcery – Abigail Corfman
- Overload – Revival Productions
- Project Highrise – SomaSim
- Redout – 34BigThings
- RIVE – Two Tribes
- Secret Legend – ISOMETRICORP Games
- Shoot Shoot Mega Pack – Actual Humans
- Sometimes Always Monsters – Vagabond Dog
- Skytorn – Matt Makes Games
- StarCrawlers – Juggernaut Games
- Thimbleweed Park – Terrible Toybox
- Through the Woods – Antagonist
- VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action – Sukeban Games
- Viking Squad – Slick Entertainment
- Wandersong – Matt Makes Games
- YIIK: A Postmodern RPG – Ackk Studios
Outside of video games, the musical performances this year will include Bit Brigade, MC Frontalot, Super Guitar Bros., The Oneups, Triforce Quartet and Video Game Pianist.
To see the full line and schedule for PAX West, visit https://west.paxsite.com/schedule.
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Ben Rueter Ben Rueter has been writing for a number of years ranging from video game pieces online to traditional journalism articles as well. Every since he got his hands on an Atari 2600 and learned his way around DOS, he’s been keeping up with all kinds of video games. Ben is also an avid movie fan from classic Sergio Leone to Charlie Kaufman movies.
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