During PAX East 2014, Carbine Studios donated $10,000 to the Child's Play charity, to benefit the Boston Children's Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Children's Medical Center.

The Penny Arcade Expo has found great success in the Eastern and Western parts of the United States and even in Australia, but organizers want to bring the fan-focused event to a region of the United States that is rich in development talent and underserved gaming fans: Texas. So Joining PAX East and PAX Prime in 2015 will be PAX South.

If you can't make it to PAX East this weekend in Boston due to financial or geographical limitations, then gaming-focused streaming service Twitch has you covered. During the three-day event Twitch will be teaming up the organizers of PAX East, ReedPOP, and Newegg to bring you the complete PAX East 2014 experience.

Indie developer Last Limb will be exhibiting its crowd-funded puzzle platformer Organic Panic at PAX East this weekend in Boston. Organic Panic was recently given the Greenlight by the Steam community and Last Limb signed a publishing deal with indie publishing label Midnight City in the summer of 2013.

Military-focused video game charity Operation Supply Drop will be at PAX East in Boston April 11 - 13 for a variety of activities in support of its ongoing charitable efforts. First and foremost, the group will be signing up teams for its charity gaming marathon, 8-Bit Salute.

AbleGamers will return to Boston, Massachusetts for the PAX East gaming conference, April 11-13, 2014. The group's annual Pachinko-themed fundraising event gathers support from video game publishers and developers, including EA, Blizzard, Square Enix, PlayStation, and many more, to offer prizes to those who donate to the AbleGamers Charity.

Mental health awareness organization 'Take This' announced that it will be continuing its association with PAX at PAX East 2014, with a presentation on the best way to discuss important mental health issues with co-workers, a dedicated "AFK Room" for attendees who need a quiet space to take a break from the show and a program specifically designed to help PAX East's volunteer "Enforcers" with recognizing and assisting attendees in need.

Wired contributor Rachel Edidin has joined a growing contingent of writers and game developers that say they won't be attending PAX events in the future. Edidin says that a Q&A with Mike Krahulik (the artist of the web comic Penny Arcade and co-founder of PAX) this weekend was the final straw that broke the camel's back for her. She is not alone in that assertion.

AbleGamers Foundation announced that its Pachinko for Charity event at PAX East 2013 in Boston over the weekend raised $17,022.09! The group dedicated to evangelizing the need for accessibility in video games for all gamers says that supporters came out in droves, waiting as long as 20 minutes to play even while the lines were three or four rows deep.

If you are at PAX East in Boston today or for the whole weekend then you will want to stop by the Entertainment's Consumer Association's (ECA) 30 x 30 booth (#256) for some fun activities and cool giveaways. Professional gamer Dave "Walshy" Walsh will be there taking on challengers in Halo 4 1-on-1 competitions (three times daily) and a jousting competition for fun and prizes (protective gear and jousting equipment to be provided at the booth).

Twitch TV passed along word that it will be streaming a variety of activities and events live from PAX EAST, which kicks off this Friday. They will also have a booth on the PAX East floor where they will broadcast content with the help of partners such as WIRED, Destructoid, TheGreatGQ and AriaBlarg. If you can't make it to the show this is likely the next best thing to physically being there.