PAX enters its second year as an international expo with Australia's keynote address to be delivered by Pete Hines from Bethesda.

International guests for PAX Australia announced

He will be delivering ‘Storytime with Pete Hines’ wherein he will delve through his 15 year history with Bethesda Softworks for anecdotes ranging from his time writing game manuals through to his current role as Vice President of PR & Marketing.

Chris Roberts, famous for creating the much acclaimed Wing Commander series, will be on hand for ‘A Chat with Chris Roberts: The Original Wing Commander’, where he’ll discuss his career and current ambitious project: Star Citizen.

The Director of Media Molecule, Siobhan Reddy, will be flying back to her home country from the UK for an ‘Ask Us Anything’ panel about the creative genius behind LittleBigPlanet and Tearaway. Reddy will be joined by fellow Media Molecule developers Rex Crowle and James Spafford.

Another major international panel will be ‘Inside Gearbox Software’, which will include multiple developers from the Borderlands creators including studio CEO and President Randy Pitchford.

Other notable international guests at the show include Aidan Scanlan (Assistant Director of Design at BioWare Edmonton), Rami Ismail (Chief Executive Business & Development Guy at Vlambeer), Jeffrey Yohalem (Lead Writer on Far Cry 3 and Child of Light), Barry Meade (Criterion alumni and Director of Fireproof Studios) and Ken Wong (Lead Designer/Artist of Monument Valley).

The full panel list can be read here.

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