PAX West cancels in-person event, will host PAX Online this year instead

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Seattle gaming convention PAX West will not be happening this Labor Day weekend. Instead, it will shift into a nine-day online conference that takes place in the middle of September, the conference’s organizers announced today.

The new PAX Online will take place virtually from September 12th through the 20th. There will be three channels hosting content “non-stop each and every day,” including panels, concerts, competitions, and esports events. PAX Online plans to offer downloadable demos to replicate the experience of trying games out on the show floor, and if you want to get PAX merch, you’ll be able to buy it online.

PAX West’s organizers said in April that the event was still on for Labor Day weekend

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