PAX Australia 2019

PAX is a festival for Australians to celebrate gaming culture.

PAX connects the world's leading game publishers with thousands of their most avid fans in both video games and board games.

As Australia's largest gaming festival, the event includes panels featuring industry experts, performances, gaming tournaments, a showcase of Australia's best indie games and much more.

FEATURES

EXHIBIT HALL
This hall is packed with exhibitors ranging from AAA publishers and developers behind the latest blockbuster games, to the innovative indie teams disrupting the industry.

PANELS
The best way to learn about the panels is to check out our schedule page, typically opened about a month before showtime. We strive to see all aspects of culture and the gaming community represented in our theatres.

OMEGATHON
A mega-tournament spanning the entire length of PAX, this event features games of all platforms and genres. We start with 20 Omeganauts and eliminate players each round until the last 2 compete in the Final Round.

OMEGATHON SCHEDULE PERFORMANCES
Rock out with a couple hundred of your friends at nightly concerts. Our performances represent the full spectrum of nerdy music.

MEET THE PERFORMERS TOURNAMENTS
PAX features a full schedule of tournaments highlighting games from all genres and platforms. Expect the full schedule about a month before each event.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE PIN TRADING
Pinny Arcade is an ecosystem of pins you can collect or trade with attendees, Enforcers, and staff members throughout PAX. Get started with your collection a variety of ways, including at the Official PAX Merch Booth.

BUY PINS PINNY ARCADE SITE DIVERSITY LOUNGE
The gaming community is a wonderfully diverse place and the Diversity Lounge is meant as a celebration of that. Whether you count yourself among the under-represented, or just want to learn a little more about your friends, the Diversity Lounge is well worth a visit.

PAX XP
Each PAX has a series of features for those who have activated their badges including the Arcadia scavenger hunt, instant win prize towers, photo stations, and more.

HANDHELD LOUNGE
The PAX Handheld Lounges are excellent places to take a break, relax your tired feet, and lounge around in bean bag chairs. You can also play handheld games there.

PAX ARENA
The PAX Arena features the very best players from around the world competing for your amusement. You can expect the full schedule to be released in the weeks before each event.

PAX ARENA DETAILS PAX AUS INDIE SHOWCASE
Featuring the best indie games we can find while providing free booth space to the ones most worthy of your attention.

INDIE SHOWCASE DETAILS PC AREA
Bring in your personal computer to have available throughout PAX, or play on our computers already loaded with an array of the best LAN games we can find.

PAX RISING
Our hand picked indie developer area displays great indie titles, each of which we think has something special to offer.

PAX RISING DETAILS TABLETOP FREEPLAY
Tabletop Freeplay has hundreds of tables and a lending library where you can check out games similar to how you might check out books in one of those other libraries.

CONSOLE FREEPLAY
We've created a free, easy-to-use console game checkout system for all PAX attendees.

VR FREEPLAY
If you haven't seen the latest generation of VR technology, it's indistinguishable from magic. Let us prove it to you!