GameSpot Theatre returns to PAX Australia this year, and we’re hosting a bunch of great panels featuring the GameSpot Australia team–Jess McDonell, Dan Crowd, Eddie Makuch, and Edmond Tran–as well as our friends from all over the video game industry, including developers from the likes of Sonic Mania, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Netherealm Studios, and Square-Enix Montreal and so much more! My gosh!
If you’re in Melbourne, come visit us! The theatre is located by the main entrance on Level 1, next to the Take This AFK Room. If you’re not lucky enough to be at PAX Aus in person, you can watch all the action via livestream on this page as it happens, and check out the full schedule here.
Coming Up:
Saturday, October 28 (All Times Are AEST)
10:30 AM – Game Journos Read Mean Comments (And Talk About Dealing With Online Abuse)
If you want to watch games journalists read out mean comments internet strangers have written to them, you’ve come to the right place! Stick around for a few laughs and find out what it’s actually like to deal with internet insults on a daily basis.
PANELISTS: Jess McDonell [Video Host, GameSpot], Dan Crowd [Video Producer, GameSpot], Eddie Makuch [Associate Editor, GameSpot], Lucy O’Brien [Games & Entertainment Editor, IGN], Joab Gilroy [Esports Editor, Red Bull]
12:00 PM – A Dummy’s Guide to Watching Esports
Have you just started watching esports and have no idea what’s going on? Our panelists are here to help you learn to appreciate a variety of different games and genres! From Overwatch to StarCraft, SMITE to Street Fighter, you’ll learn how to get the most out of spectating so you can cheer at the right times and learn something in the process.
PANELISTS: Dan Crowd [Video Producer, GameSpot], Daniel “dethSC” Haynes [Commentator, StarCraft], Alexander “HughZ” Hughes [Commentator, SMITE], Kevin “Burnout” Kim [Community Manager, Xsplit & Street Fighter Commentator, CouchWarriors], Stacia Grooby [Community Manager, Gfinity]
1:30 PM – Fakin’ It: Game Reviews
Four professional game reviewers attempt to defend utterly rubbish games, and here’s the twist: one of the panelists actually likes each of the games. Can you pick which panelist likes which awful game? 1/10 games, 10/10 hilarity.
PANELISTS: Nic Healey [Breakfast Host, 2SER 107.3FM], Lucy O’Brien [Games & Entertainment Editor, IGN], Joab Gilroy [Esports Editor, Red Bull], Edmond Tran [Editor, GameSpot]
3:00 PM – World of Tanks: Staying Strong for Seven Years and Beyond
With annual gaming franchises the norm, how do you keep the momentum behind a game for more than seven years? Join the global Wargaming team as they discuss the journey they’ve been on with the hugely successful World of Tanks franchise, how the game has evolved since it was released, and what’s next for Aussie fans.
4:30 PM – Stationeers: Blending the Survival and Simulator Genres
Dean Hall (DayZ) and RocketWerkz Developers discuss the progress of Stationeers, their upcoming multiplayer space station construction & simulation game. The panel includes an exclusive reveal of Motherships, a significant development milestone for the science systems-based game, as well as Q&A from the audience.
5:30 PM – Blast from the Past: How Yesterday’s Heroes Became Today’s Icons
As video games come of the age that allow us to talk about the “good old days”, we look at how the games and characters that entertained and inspired us in our youth are making a comeback! Sonic, Crash Bandicoot and of course our favourtie Italian Plumber, Mario. What makes these characters so timeless? What makes them appealing to the new generations of gamers? And what characters do our panelist want to see make a return to our consoles?
PANELISTS: Nic Healey [Breakfast Host, 2SER 107.3FM], Eddie Makuch [Associate Editor, GameSpot], Alex Boz [Co-Founder, Editor-In-Chief, Ausretrogamer], Skye Hall [Contributor, Weird and Retro], Christian Whitehead [Developer, Sonic Mania]
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