penny-arcade-expo-2009 posts

If you are one of the folks who bought tickets to the now sold out Penny Arcade Expo this weekend then you could be one of the lucky few PAX attendees who might get invited to Capcom's Resident Evil 5 PC launch party this Saturday night. Capcom's blog site announced the details this week.

Basically if you are one of the first 250 who show up at Capcom's Resident Evil 5 PC booth at PAX on Friday and Saturday (500 total) you get a invite to the party at the Showbox in Seattle on Saturday night. The party itself (which will have a Tricell theme) will also have giveaways of the game (via digital download codes) and a raffle to win one of five Intel i7 Core processors. And everyone at the party will get a Resident Evil 5 "sand" globe featuring Chris and Sheva that we are sure will show up on eBay.

It's February but people are already thinking about heading out to enjoy the Labor Day 2009 weekend. Well, at least the Penny Arcade team is anyway. Today the official Penny Arcade Expo web site launched their pre-registration for their annual fan-oriented PC-video game convention. This year's event will be held on Sept. 4-6 and once again the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle will host the festivities.

Last year's PAX brought in a whopping 58,600 people and even though the show was considered a success there were a few complaints of overcrowding and long lines. That may be the reason why the show's web site is advising people to pre-register ASAP as "the number of badges available will be limited." There's no word yet on how limited they plan to make the event. The show is currently taking $50 for three-day tickets and $30 for a one day ticket.