The San Diego Comic-Con, or SDCC, is only a week away. As the largest convention in the world, it attracts all sorts of entertainment industries, and gaming has been increasingly a part of it. This year, there’ll be a lot to see and a lot to learn, whether you’ll be attending the convention or catching up on the news at home. Here at Twinfinite, we want to help you out. Here’s a list of everything gaming related that’s happening at Comic-Con. You can click on some items for more details on them.
Official Panels at Comic-Con
All these are panels you need a San Diego Comic-Con badge to attend to.
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and The Battle That Defined a Generation (2:30 p.m. / Room 23 ABC)
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Other Events by Company
Microsoft
Booth: #100, inside the Comic-Con convention center Second Location: Xbox Gaming Lounge, Manchester Grand Hyatt (Seasport Ballroom, 2nd Floor) Events:
Forza Motorsport 5 Tournaments (Thursday 24, Friday 25 and Saturday 26, 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Xbox Gaming Lounge)
Titanfall Tournaments (Thursday 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday 25 and Saturday 26 from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Xbox Gaming Lounge)
Killer Instinct Tournament (Sunday 27 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Xbox Gaming Lounge
Games to showcase:
Sunset Overdrive
Evolve
Forza Horizon 2
Fable Legends
Ori and The Blind Forest
Super Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix
Madden NFL 15
Skylanders Trap Team
The Evil Within
The Crew
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition)
Killer Instinct
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved
Project Spark
Minecraft
Powerstar Golf
Project Totem
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
#IDARB
Fenix Rage
Dance Central Spotlight
Titanfall
Forza 5
Kinect Sports Rivals
Nintendo
Booth: #235, inside the Comic-Con convention centerSecond location: Nintendo Video Game Lounge, San Diego Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis & Marina (No Comic-Con badge needed!) Events:
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS tournament (Friday 25, starting noon, Nintendo Video Game Lounge)
Games to showcase: Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros.for Nintendo 3DS from Nintendo
PokémonArt Academy from Nintendo
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney from Nintendo
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal from SEGA
THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL from Square Enix, Inc.
Shovel Knight from Yacht Club Games (Nintendo eShop)
Siesta Fiesta from Mojo Bones Ltd. (Nintendo eShop)
Wii U
Super Smash Bros.for Wii U from Nintendo
Hyrule Warriors from Nintendo
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker from Nintendo
Yoshi’s Woolly World from Nintendo
Mario Kart 8 from Nintendo
Bayonetta 2 from Nintendo
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric from SEGA
Just Dance 2015 from Ubisoft
Skylanders Trap Team from Activision
Shovel Knight from Yacht Club Games (Nintendo eShop)
1001 Spikes from Nicalis (Nintendo eShop)
Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition from DrinkBox Studios (Nintendo eShop)
Sony
Sony hasn’t announced any PlayStation-related events for Comic-Con, nor does it have its own booth on the floor. There might be something at the Somy Pictures Entertainment booth, Booth #3629, especially if it relates to Powers, the first push into original content by the PlayStation Network.
Third Party Booths
Ubisoft: Booth #135 (Ubisoft will also have a Assassin’s Creed Parkour course on the lawn outside the convention center.) Capcom: Booth #215 Blizzard: Booth #115 Activision: Booth #303 Bandai Namco: Booth # 129 The Behemoth: Booth #229 Mad Catz: Booth #400 [Page 1: Official Panels at Comic-Con][Page 2: Other Events by Company][Page 3: Offsite Events]
Offsite Events
Not everything at Comic-Con happens at the convention center. Each year, gaming companies reach out to other venues and organization to showcase their latest projects. Here are some panels and game demos you can attend to even if you don’t have a Comic-Con badge.
10:30 a.m.: Mix and mingle with BioWare’s development team over coffee and donuts, and then sit back and watch their demo of Dragon Age: Inquisition. 2:30 p.m.: Play a round of trivia about “The World of the Witcher” for prizes, followed by a Q&A. 5 p.m.: Dragon Age: Inquisition Demo
Friday, July 25
10:00 a.m.: Play Skullgirls on the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 all day 10:00 a.m.: Get a sneak peek of the The Witcher boardgame: The Witcher Adventure Game, introduced by Felicia Day, with Jesse Cox, Mia Resella, Omar Najam 11:00 a.m.: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt demo 12:00 p.m.: Espionage Cosmetics creates Geralt’s (The Witcher) scar on the patio 2:00 p.m.: Dragon Age: Inquisition demo 5:00 p.m.: Dragon Age: Inquisition demo and panel with BioWare