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What We Learned: PAX East 2025 and Among Us 3D

May 20, 2025 · insights

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We all know the triple A booths were packed, but what about the games that don't grab headlines? What else were people playing?

Dwayne W. noticed a ton of interest in things both new and old (looking). XR was being used in exciting ways from Viziverse.AI's 'Headsetless VR games' and Owlchemy Lab's Dimensional Double Shift's Hexas Dimension Pack to Oceanzus's goal to use VR to teach Maritime education and diving. But the biggest benefit of a booth at PAX was hands-on user experience; people have to TRY these experiences to understand what makes XR so cool, and trailers and screenshots don't capture the full experience.

On the other end of the spectrum, nostalgia is still a big winner at PAX East. Pixel graphics and retro experiences could be found EVERYWHERE through the show floor as the people who grew up in the X-bit eras are now the ones making the games they loved so much growing up.

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With the death of E3 and the world still getting back to normal from 2020, how does this PAX East stack up?

Ali C. has been to PAX East in 2022 and 2023, and feels that 2025 has been the best of the three so far. Talking to others in line, the overall feeling is that there is still some ways to go to hit the hype of 2019, but we're well on the way. Dwayne W. echoed these sentiments, hoping for more official PAX Parties in the future, while also noting a ton of people experiencing PAX for the first time; a great sign for the future of this important event.

Have thoughts? A favorite game you played (other than Among Us 3D, of course)? Reach out to us on social media and keep the conversation going.

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