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The Indie Megabooth makes a return to PAX East this year, and it’s looking pretty crowded. Visitors can expect to see 50 developers showcasing 62 games across the designated showfloor.

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Penny Arcade and MCCA (Massachusetts Convention Center Authority) have announced PAX East will stay at the MCC for the next ten years up until 2023. The new deal will mean the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) will get $325,000 each year the convention is held as part of the new deal to promote the industry’s academic studies in Boston. Penny Arcade said it hopes to have 100,000 attendants in each event over the next decade.

Penny Arcade has confirmed that 69,000 visitors hit this year’s PAX East in Boston, up by 19,000 from last year.

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Penny Arcade’s thrown up the entire schedule for PAX East 2011. If you’re going, you may want to look.

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Reed Exhibitions, the event organizer for PAX East, has signed an agreement with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority for the annual event to be held in Boston for the next three years.

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Concerts and exhibitors were announced today for PAX East, and if you thought Jonathan Coulton wouldn’t be there again – you’ve lost some nerd cred with us.

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Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo has revealed that 60,750 people attended PAX this year.

Because of this great mass of bodies, the show’s organizers are looking into expansion plans for next year so that even more people can come and catch the flu, er um, enjoy the festivities.

Attendance for 2008 was 58,500 – leading some to believe that loads of folks stayed home, especially East Coasters, who are waiting on PAX East to commence March 2010.

PAX organizers expected over 75,000 people to attend the Seattle event this year.

Via BigDownload.

PAX East takes place in Boston next year: early registration has already started.

You can book yourself in now, providing you are free between March 26-28, 2010.

The schedule of events and list of exhibitors is empty at the moment. Doubt it’ll stay that way for long.

Thanks, Blue.