Well, we now have another reason to be jealous of all those PAX Prime 2011 attendees. The first, of course, was that they got free OnLive Micro Console adapters just for making a free OnLive account and visiting the booth. Now, we’re hearing that certain attendees got free copies of Borderlands 2 from Gearbox Software. Oh, and the Steam version of the original Borderlands is getting an update too…

The Penny Arcade Adventures franchise is not dead. Although the third game in the series was initially cancelled, it will see the light of day in 2012. Hothead Games however will not be heading up development. That task has been handed off to Zeboyd Games.

PAX Prime 2011 attendees get all the luck. They not only get to play lots of games and enjoy the feeling of community with tons of other people until August 28, 2011 in Seattle, they also get free stuff. The biggest freebie is undoubtedly coming from OnLive, as the company tweeted today that anyone who signs up for OnLive and visits their booth (#258) can get a free console….

If you are heading to PAX Prime in Seattle WA this week (August 26 through 28, 2011) you will definitely want to check out Bethesda’s booth (#1314). Bethesda is the creator of the awesome Elder Scrolls series along with the Fallout games.

This year you can check out special presentations of there new first-person shooter Prey 2 which will take place at the top of ever hour. Prey 2 follows the story of US Marshal Killian Samuels after his big plane crash in the first game.

Have you missed Sonic CD? Don’t answer that, the answer doesn’t matter. Sega’s already decided that it is going to port it to practically every available platform later this year and rerelease it as a downloadable game, They didn’t even consult you! Which is okay, I guess, since Sonic CD was a pretty awesome game. The announcement was made today, as Sega plans to show off the Sonic CD ports at PAX Prime 2011 this weekend…

It’s been a while since we’d heard anything about any new Virtua Fighter games, but that’s about to change now. Sega’s actually going to be releasing a new entry in the series. Well, new isn’t exactly the right word for it. Revised is. Virtua Fighter 5 is going to be rehauled and rereleased as Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Yes, if you want to play this game in 2012, you’ll have to download it.

The fundamentals will be the same, with the same hand-to-hand fighting as all the other entries. Aside from that, everything else will be adjusted…

At this point, it’d probably be easier to do one news story about all the companies that aren’t going to be attending the August 26-28, 2011 PAX Prime 2011 convention, but then that might not be as helpful for people who are actually going. As you can probably guess, Nintendo’s going to be there and, while Wii and DS games will be shown, the main focus of booth 462 and the Nintendo Gaming Lounge will be to get people excited about the 3DS. And, with the things Nintendo has planned, that could work.

The Gaming Lounge, for example, will be a two floor area with different floors focusing on different games…

Can’t make it to PAX Prime 2011? That’s too bad. Capcom’s going to be there with a rather impressive lineup of games. Nine anticipated and popular games, to be exact, with all of them being playable. Not to mention the freebies and fighting game tournaments that will be hosted at booth #3425.

Don’t worry though, you can be there in spirit. Capcom’s going to have a PAX 2011 livestream…

It seems like every game company is getting ready to go out of its way to attend PAX 2011 August 26-28, 2011. Whether its a big or small publisher, it’s there. Atlus is among them and, if you’re a part of the Atlus Faithful email newsletter listing, you probably received their note reminding everyone they’ll be there.

There are only three games that will be at booth #682 from Atlus, but they’re interesting ones…

Pax Prime 2011 is this weekend, and Square Enix has a lot planned for the convention. It’ll have games to play, panels to attend and even a few little events to participate in. So if you’re lucky enough to be going to the August 26-28, 2011 convention, you’ll have some extra fun to indulge in. You may even get to hear a game announcement.

See, there’s going to be an Airtight Games and Square Enix panel at 7pm on August 27…