{"id":728,"date":"2012-08-27T18:39:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T00:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=728"},"modified":"2012-08-27T18:39:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T00:39:34","slug":"mechstravaganza-at-pax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Mechstravaganza at PAX!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catalyst Game Labs, Infinite Game Publishing, the MechWarrior Tactics Team, and the MechWarrior Online team are all PAX bound! \u00c2\u00a0Someone record the Q&amp;A for MWT on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday&#8230; plus the MWO Q&amp;A on Saturday for me..plus, pick me up all their swag??<\/p>\n<p>Full press release after the break&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>MONTREAL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c AUGUST 27, 2012<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8212; Fans looking to go hands-on with Infinite Game Publishing (IGP) games or get in front of developers behind the upcoming MechWarrior Online, MechWarrior Tactics and Sins of a Dark Age have several ways to do so as IGP announces details on its PAX Prime participation this year. Hands-on demos, panels and exclusive Q&amp;A session details for the games are below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fans seeking gameplay demos for MechWarrior Online, MechWarrior Tactics can do so at this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PAX Prime in two different booths:<\/p>\n<p>Hands-on gameplay: Very limited, first come, first served access to MechWarrior Online and MechWarrior Tactics are available during PAX show hours (with some minor exceptions, as other activities will be taking place in this room).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Catalyst Labs gives fans a chance to go head-to-head in epic matches with MechWarrior Online and MechWarrior Tactics, on the 2nd floor in\u00c2\u00a0Catalyst Games Labs Room #213.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, MechWarrior Online is playable in the\u00c2\u00a0NVIDIA booth #3747.<\/p>\n<p>And for fans looking to get up close and personal with today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most innovative developers in the strategy genre, check out two of IGP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s developers in this do-not-miss strategy panel:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thinking Tactically: The New Strategy Games\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/span>:\u00c2\u00a0This panel pulls together leads from four of the biggest strategy games of this year covering PC to console that are pushing the strategy genre forward to new heights. Lead producers from Trion Worlds\/Petroglyph Games\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 End of Nations, Ironclad Games\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Sins of a Dark Age and Roadhouse Interactive\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s MechWarrior Tactics gather on stage to discuss the evolution of tactical gaming in a panel hosted by Quarter to Three\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legendary Tom Chick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Sunday, 9\/2 from 12:30 pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Wolfman Theater<\/p>\n<p><strong>URL<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"External link\" href=\"http:\/\/prime.paxsite.com\/schedule\/panel\/thinking-tactically-the-new-strategy-games\" rel=\"nofollow external\">http:\/\/prime.paxsite&#8230;-strategy-games<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Developer interviews, other requests:\u00c2\u00a0Unfortunately, the developer teams\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 time is limited during the show. Please feel free to contact us with your questions and requests and we will do our best to accommodate you.<\/p>\n<p>Fans looking to get their Q&amp;A on can do so with Catalyst Games Labs:<\/p>\n<p><strong>MechWarrior Tactics Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Second Floor, Room 213<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, August 31st: 4:00-5:00 PM<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 1st: 4:00-5:00 PM<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, September 2nd: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Chris Cleroux and James Romanchuk<\/p>\n<p><strong>MechWarrior Online Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Second Floor, Room 213<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Saturday, September 1st: 5:00-6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0Russ Bullock and Bryan Ekman<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Q&amp;A Note:\u00c2\u00a0All in-room gaming will stop during all Q&amp;As, including the Shadowrun Returns Q&amp;As.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information on these games please visit the following URLs:<\/p>\n<p>MechWarrior Online:\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"External link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mwomercs.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow external\">www.mwomercs.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MechWarrior Tactics:\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mwtactics.com\/\">www.mwtactics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sins of a Dark Age:\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"External link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinsofadarkage.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow external\">www.sinsofadarkage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catalyst Game Labs, Infinite Game Publishing, the MechWarrior Tactics Team, and the MechWarrior Online team are all PAX bound! \u00c2\u00a0Someone record the Q&amp;A for MWT on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=728\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BPLE-bK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}