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Ready player one...? Two...? How about thousands of players? That's what happened May 8 through 11 at Boston's PAX East 2025, as heavy-hitting game companies like Larian Studios (Baldur's Gate 3), Wizards of the Coast (Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons), Bandai Namco (Elden Ring Nightreign), Funcom (Dune: Awakening), Pearl Abyss (Crimson Dawn), Pokémon, and more all coming - with booths, hands-on demos, and lots of reveals and announcements planned.

Popverse was there all four days of the show, and as part of the festivities, we livestreamed highlights from all the big panels. We will be livestreaming from 10 AM to 10 PM Eastern on May 8 through 10, and then from 10AM to 5 PM on Sunday May 11, giving you glimpses (and in some cases the full panels) from the biggest three stages. Check out the PAX East 2025 panel schedule here.

Come back here beginning Sunday May 11 at 10 AM Eastern to watch the final day all live:

This is a preview of what we do regularly for Popverse members at the PAX sister shows New York Comic Con, London's MCM Comic Con, Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con, Chicago's C2E2, and more all the time. WIth Popverse you can be there from anywhere - with livestreams and VODs of most all of the big panels. Go to Popverse's massive convention video panel hub for all the major panels from the past three years of New York Comic Con, C2E2, ECCC, MCM, and more.

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