..wish I was going....again...

Well, we know now. Straight out of our mailboxes, the exhibitors showing off their wares include headliner companies like Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Blizzard, and Wizards of The Coast. In addition to them, there’s also:

- A keynote speech by none other than Ron Gilbert a.k.a the man who did SCUMM and Monkey Island.

- A first live demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic and a “Cantina” session where participants can interact with the people behind the game.

- The PAX Independent Showcase, where the MDA Gambit team will be representing Singapore with their awesome game CarneyVale.

- Two nights worth of concerts featuring MC Frontalot, Johnny Coulton (who did the “Still Alive” song from Portal), Freezepop (of Guitar Hero, Amplitude, and Rock Band fame), and many more. Strange, no Minibosses listed.

Here are the list of bigwigs exhibiting for those who wish to partake in this splendor at the Washington Convention Centre in Seattle downtown:

- 1up
- 2K Games
- Aeria Games & Entertainment
- Alienware
- Alteil
- Ankama Games
- Antec
- Astro Gaming
- Atari, Inc.
- Bethesda Softworks LLC
- Big Fish Games
- Bioware
- Black Sheep Studios
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
- CCP Games
- CDV Software Entertainment USA
- Chessex
- Disney Interactive Studios
- Dolby Laboratories
- ECA
- Electronic Arts
- Eminence Group Pty. Ltd.
- Fallen Earth LLC
- Flying Frog Productions
- Flying Lab Software
- Frogster America
- Funcom
- Garage Games
- Geek Chic HQ
- Gunnar Optiks
- Harmonix Music
- Hi-Rez Studios
- Hothead Games
- Hudson Entertainment
- iGlove Inc.
- Ignition Entertainment
- ITT Technical Institute
- Jones Soda Co.
- Klei Entertainment
- Mana Energy Potions
- Mega64
- Microsoft
- Microsoft-XNA
- Mythic Entertainment
- Namco Bandai Games America inc
- Namco Networks America Inc.
- NCsoft
- Nexon
- Nintendo of America Inc
- NVIDIA
- Omni Consumer Products (Tru Blood)
- Oni Press
- Patriot Memory
- Phantom EFX, Inc.
- Pink Gorilla LLC
- Playlogic Entertainment Inc.
- Privateer Press
- Riot Games
- Rockstar Games
- Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC
- Runic Games
- SEGA
- Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Stardock Entertainment
- SteelSeries
- Sweet Kitty
- Swell Games / Simon Fraser University
- Telltale Games
- The Behemoth
- The Dreaming Comics and Games
- The Guildhall at SMU
- THQ
- TN Games
- Tozai, Inc.
- Tritton Technologies
- True Games Interactive
- Turbine
- Turtle Beach
- Twisted Pixel Games, LLC
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Inc.
- Upper Deck Entertainment
- Valve Software
- Vancouver Film School
- Wacom Technology
- Warner Bros. Games
- Wizards Of The Coast
- Y-Bot Classic Video Games
- Zalman USA Inc.

If it’s anything like 2006, 2007, and 2008’s festivities, you can be damn sure that the halls of the convention centre will be packed and filled like no tomorrow. It’s gaming celebration at its finest, everybody.