Harmonix announce new DJ game Fuser, demo available at PAX East this weekend

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With the massive success of Dance Central and Rock Band, Harmonix will dive into the world of DJing with Fuser.

Announced today, the game will find the player showing off their DJ skills at a virtual music festival. In order to keep the crowd happy, you must deliver the best set possible. While the campaign mode will challenge the player, the game will also feature multiplayer mode and freestyle play.

Over 100 songs will be available to mix at your pleasure. 16 songs have already been announced, including Post Malone’s “Better Now” and The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah.” The official trailer and some gameplay footage can be seen below. Fans can sign up for the newsletter here for updates.

Harmonix will bring Fuser to PAX East this weekend for fans to test out. The game will arrive on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, XBox One, and PC this fall.

Fuser announced songs

50 Cent “In Da Club”

Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”

Blue Öyster Cult “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”

The Chainsmokers ft. Daya “Don’t Let Me Down”

The Clash “Rock the Casbah”

Fatboy Slim “The Rockefeller Skank”

Imagine Dragons “Thunder”

J. Balvin & Willy William “Mi Gente”

Lady Gaga “Born This Way”

Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road (Remix)”

Lizzo “Good As Hell”

LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”

Migos “Stir Fry”

Post Malone “Better Now”

Smash Mouth “All Star”

Warren G & Nate Dogg “Regulate”

How to watch PAX East 2020 this weekend

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Are you one of the many people unable to hit up the 2020 installment of PAX East this weekend? While you’re not there, the folks behind the convention will make you feel like you’re present with some livestreams on Twitch.

The Main Theatre stream will include panels such as the Gearbox Main Theater Show, Penny Arcade Make-a-Strip, and Acquisitions Incorporated. The Albatross Theatre stream will showcase panels such as The EZ Baking Challenge: Recipe for Disaster, Celebrating 35 Years of Tetris, and the Marvel Mystery Panel.

The Dragonfly Theatre stream will have panels such as Voice Acting in Video Games: The Fine Line Between Acting and Roleplay, IGN Presents: Game Scoop! LIVE, and Nintendstradamus: Figuring Out Nintendo’s Next 5 Years. As expected, the PAX Arena stream will include some intense competition with combatants facing off in Apex Legends.

The stream schedule can be seen below. All times listed are EST.

OFFICIAL PAX EAST MAIN THEATRE STREAM (twitch.tv/pax)

Thursday

10:30 AM: Storytime Session with John Baez

11:30 AM: Penny Arcade Q&A #1

2:30 PM: Gearbox Main Theater Show

8:30 PM: Thursday Night Concerts

Friday

11:00 AM: Penny Arcade Q&A #2

8:30 PM: Supergiant in Concert

Saturday

11:00 AM: Penny Arcade Make-a-Strip

3:00 PM: D&D Presents: T.O.R.C.H. - Live!

8:00 PM: Acquisitions Incorporated

Sunday

1:00 PM: Acquisitions Incorporated: The “C” Team

5:30 PM: Omegathon Final Round

OFFICIAL PAX EAST ALBATROSS THEATRE STREAM (twitch.tv/pax2)

Thursday

3:00 PM: World-First Reveal: Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay featuring Swen Vincke and Jesse Cox

5:00 PM: Zelda Universe Presents: A Musical History of Zelda

6:30 PM: AppJunkies Live: The Worst Games Ever Made

8:00 PM: The EZ Baking Challenge: Recipe for Disaster

Friday

11:00 AM: Building a Career on YouTube in 2020

12:30 PM: Extra Breakfast Live… and illustrated!

2:00 PM: D&D Presents: Q&A

3:30 PM: Building Your Studio with Austin John Plays

5:00 PM: Beta64 Presents Prototype Showcase and Beta Trivia!

6:30 PM: Jackbox Party PAX

8:30 PM: The Runaway Guys: Thrown Controllers

Saturday

12:30 PM: A New Flavour of Sci-Fi; Creating the Universe of Outriders

2:00 PM: 101 Things You Didn’t Know About PlatinumGames

3:30 PM: The Sound of Supergiant Games

5:00 PM: Superboss

6:30 PM: Exploring Out of Bounds in Games with Boundary Break

8:00 PM: Ace Watkins for Gamer President

9:30 PM: A Lovely Panel Hosted by an AI Bot named Merrill Grambell

Sunday

11:00 AM: MonsterVine: Ranking Kingdom Hearts Games from Worst to Best

12:30 PM: More than Trophies: Esports 101

2:00 PM: Celebrating 35 Years of Tetris

3:30 PM: Marvel Mystery Panel

OFFICIAL PAX EAST DRAGONFLY THEATRE STREAM (twitch.tv/pax3)

Thursday

1:00 PM: 3D Printing for Cosplay

2:30 PM: Voice Acting in Video Games: The Fine Line Between Acting and Roleplay

4:00 PM: Omegathon Round 1

5:30 PM: Full-Time YouTube: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

7:00 PM: LoadingReadyRun Q&A

8:30 PM: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: One Year Later

Friday

12:00 PM: Get Yourself Into Speedrunning: An Introduction

1:30 PM: Adult Swim Games Panel

3:00 PM: “C” Team Advice Panel

4:30 PM: Omegathon Round 2

6:00 PM: Mike Selinker’s Can You Survive This Panel?

7:30 PM: The Improvised Postmortem

9:00 PM: Realms & Roleplay: Lancer Live!

Saturday

12:00 PM: thatgamecompany: Exploring New Adventures in SKY

1:30 PM: Small Game, Big World – Obsidian Explores Their Upcoming Game, Grounded

3:00 PM: Sound Design Live: Watch Us Recreate Video Game Sounds

4:30 PM: Omegathon Round 3

6:00 PM: Weird Rules Live, with SB Nation and Mike Selinker

7:30 PM: IGN Presents: Game Scoop! LIVE

9:00 PM: Mega64 Horizons Panel For Collecting Fruit And Paying Taxes or Whatever

Sunday

12:00 PM: Looting Our More Complete Selves: How Items Shape Characters

1:30 PM: Pokémon - I Choose You! Adventure

3:00 PM: “Dark Souls” of X: What Makes a Successful Souls Successor?

4:30 PM: Nintendstradamus: Figuring Out Nintendo’s Next 5 Years

OFFICIAL PAX EAST PAX ARENA STREAM (twitch.tv/paxarena)

Thursday

11:00 AM: Stream Stars featuring SoulCalibur VI

Friday

11:00 AM: Almost Pro $10K Open Qualifier 1

2:00 PM: Almost Pro $10K Open Qualifier 2

Saturday

10:00 AM: U.S. Army Esports PAX PRO-AM

2:00 PM: Almost Pro $10K Open Qualifier 3

Sunday

11:00 AM: Almost Pro $10K Open Qualifier 4

2:00 PM: Almost Pro $10K Open Finals

Five panels to catch at PAX East 2020

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Gamers on the East Coast are counting down the minutes until PAX East 2020 opens its doors on Thursday. If you’re heading to the event and need some exciting things to see, we’ve listed five panels that are worth your time.

While Saturday tickets are sold out, there are still Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and four-day tickets available here. More information on PAX East can be found here. The convention will take place inside the Boston Convention and Expo Center in Boston, Massachusetts from February 27 through March 1.

The EZ Baking Challenge: Recipe for Disaster
Thursday, February 27
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Albatross Theatre

Remember the old days of using the Easy-Bake Oven? Well, a group of video game industry personalities (Pat Baer, Trin Garritano, Kate Gray, and David Galindo) will find themselves reliving their childhood during the biggest competition of PAX East. These individuals will be baking goods while dealing with random obstacles. Their finished creation will be eaten by judges, who will declare one person the winner. Finji's Harris Foster and Rebekah Saltsman will co-host the event.

Design a Board Game Live
Thursday, February 27
9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Condor Theatre

If you've always been interesting in creating the next big board game, this panel is for you. The design team of Lynnvander Studios (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek Alliance) will give attendees the scoop on how they made their popular games. Afterwards, you'll create a game from scratch. Later this year, Lynnvander Studios will release Divinity Original Sin: The Board Game, which gained $1.8 million through a successful Kickstarter campaign.

It's a 10/10, actually.
Friday, February 28
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Arachnid Theatre

Sometimes, a video game can be a perfect 10 despite harsh criticism. Evolve PR's social media manager Wout McDutch, Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail, Gameranx host Jake Baldino, Powerspike marketing director Reed Albers, and Ripley Improv's Jessica Lynn Verdi will discuss why their favorite games are a 10/10. After they’re done with their pitches, the audience decides if these games are actually among the best of the best.

Video Game Marketing Gone Right… and So *Very* Wrong
Saturday, February 29
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Bobcat Theatre

From Dead Island's spectacular video game trailer to John Romero's appalling Daikatana ad, video game marketing has seen its ups and downs over the years. The GameDev Business Handbook author Michael Futter, journalist Amanda Farough, Kitfox Games communications director Victoria Tran, and Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail talk about some of the worst marketing campaigns ever released.

Marvel Mystery Panel
Sunday, March 1
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Albatross Theatre

Marvel and Netmarble have been cooking up a brand new game, and they'll ready to tell fans all about it during their PAX East panel. The two companies first joined forces in the 2015 mobile game Marvel: Future Fight, which has over 70 million players. Marvel: Future Fight’s recent update brought some Secret Empire content to the game.