After a successful PAX Prime earlier this month in Seattle, attention now turns to PAX East 2011 in Boston. The second annual east coast version of the hugely popular Penny Arcade Expo launched its online registration for tickets today (although official hotel reservations and room discounts won't be available for another week).

The show itself will be held on March 11-13, 2011 which is just a week after this year's Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco ends (it will be held February 28-March 4). This year's inaugural PAX East sold out a week before the show opened its doors and brought in a solid 52,290 attendees. The 2011 edition will be held in the much larger Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and while that means more tickets will be available it's still a good idea to get your tickets as soon as possible if you are sure you are going.