PAX AUS 2017 Day One events and highlights

PAX AUS 2017 Day One is here, boys and girls, and Stevivor’s carefully selected a bunch of events that might tickle the fancy of convention-goers.

Here’s a little taste of what you can look forward to today.

Stevivor staffers

• The Chicken Challenge: PUBG Live – 8.00 pm, Galah Theatre

Stevivor’s Luke Lawrie joins Stevivor contributor Nathan Lawrence and his G.A.P. co-host Joab Gilroy — PLUS PERHAPS A SPECIAL GUEST WITH VERY CLOSE TIES TO THE GAME — in a quest to get Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds chicken dinners in-game and in real life. This isn’t one to miss, folks!

Discussions

• Storytime with Burnie Burns – 10.30 am, Main Theatre
• And Injustice for All: Games to Comics, and back to Games – 1.30 pm, Main Theatre
• Alice: Madness Returns… Returns – 3.30 pm, Fruitbat Theatre
• Total War Arena: A New Era for Battle – 5.00 pm, Wombat Theatre
• Riot Games presents: Cosplay Connoisseurs – 5.00 pm, Fruitbat Theatre
• The Future of Performance Capture with Plastic Wax – 7.30 pm, GameSpot Theatre

Tournaments

• PAX Arena: Dota 2 Tournament – 10.00 am, PAX Arena ESL Stage
• FIFA 18 Charity Tournament: YouTube Stars vs A-League Pros – 12.30 pm, Galah Theatre
• PAX Arena: Injustice 2 Tournament – 2.00 pm, PAX Arena ESL Stage
• PAX Arena: SMITE Oceania Pro League Semifinals – 6.00 pm, PAX Arena

You can find the full PAX AUS 2017 schedule here.

Anything else of note that we’ve missed? Sound off in the comments area below!

PAX AUS runs over this weekend at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre.