{"id":3815,"date":"2016-11-09T13:23:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T03:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natashabarr.com\/blog\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2019-04-07T20:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T10:51:14","slug":"pax-aus-melbourne-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natashabarr.com\/blog\/events\/pax-aus-melbourne-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"PAX Aus \u2013 Melbourne 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Another year, another PAX Aus<\/a>! We were once again in Melbourne to attend the gaming convention and excited to see what would be on show this year, especially out of the PAX Rising indie showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VR has definitely come into its own this year with multiple booths embracing the array of VR platforms for their development and the convention has even introduced its own VR Freeplay area for visitors to trial the technology. This is a stark difference from the last 2 years<\/a> where we’ve only seen small glimmers of it at select booths (which usually need an appointment to try out).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also saw the inclusion of lots of large upcoming titles including The Last Guardian<\/a>, Final Fantasy XV<\/a>, South Park: The Fractured but Whole<\/a> and Watch Dogs 2<\/a> along with the return of some familiar games like Swordy<\/a>, Goat Punks<\/a> and Inflatality<\/a>. All of this along with many new indie titles, tournaments, game hardware, table top games, industry talks and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the many photos I took on the Friday of the convention (I’ve included links to the games’ sites where possible, see caption notes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Game: Super Mario 3D World (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paper Mario Colour Splash (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gravity Rush 2 (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gravity Rush 2 (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Retro Vision for Playstation (sorry, no site link \ud83d\ude41 )<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Playstation VR (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Last Guardian (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gears of War 4 (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Would you believe this is Desktop?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dawn of War 3 (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Just Dance 2017 (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Paradigm Adventure Game (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One of the cool things about the indie showcase is meeting the creators of the games in person and talking about the game’s development. It was really great chatting with these guys about Paradigm and I’m excited for the release in Jan! (sorry that the the camera didn’t focus on you properly!). (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Defect Spaceship Destruction Kit (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stellar Shift (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The American Dream game (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rogue Singularity (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Flingship (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Incredible Journey of You and I (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Goat Punks (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Overwatch Genji cosplay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Typical exclusive game preview lines<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tabletop area<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Final Fantasy XV (click image for site link)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PlayStation VR<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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