Game On Expo

Arizona's premier video game, tabletop, and anime event here for the fans and community. It’s an event that celebrates gaming, anime, music, and more!
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Celebrating our 10th anniversary April 4th-6th, 2025 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Game On Expo is a multimedia gaming and anime event that began in 2015, and is the largest gaming convention in Arizona. Whether you’re a hardcore or casual gamer, there is something for everyone at Game On Expo. Our mission is to bring the G.A.M.E. (Gaming, Anime, Music, eSports) to Arizona. We are locally owne

d, and we are passionate about bringing a fun and family friendly event to Arizona. Game On Expo is not affiliated, associated, endorsed by, or in any way connected with Game On Arizona, LLC, or any of its subsidiaries.

11/01/2024

Our first place winner is Cecilia Covington ( on IG) - "Alucard Sympathy of the Night" made on Procreate - wonderful stuff!

You win a Full Weekend Pass and a copy of the GOEX exclusive version of Rain On Your Parade Switch Game!

10/31/2024

Our second place winner is on IG - we love this cool Cyberpunk 2077 art, submitted to the ARTcade. You win a full weekend pass for Game On Expo 2025!

10/31/2024

We've been posting the amazing work sent into our first ever art competition - the ARTcade - over the past weeks but today is the day we post the winning entries!

Our 3rd place winner is Blayze J. ( on IG ) - you have won a Saturday pass for Game On Expo next year!

"My friends and made a game out of drawing game characters in silly situations. One of my challenges was Ryu at his desk job. I hope you find it as humorous as we did!"

10/31/2024

Yee haw! Calista Rada ( on Instagram) submitted this amazing Peach art to the ARTcade, it's so fun and cute!

10/30/2024

This is a wonderful ARTcade submission of Zelda by Susie QZ - on Instagram!

"This is a drawing I did of Zelda and the light dragon from Tears of the Kingdom. One of my most favorite pieces that I have ever done!"

We love it too thank you for this Zelda art Susie!

10/30/2024

This is 17-year old Daniela Garay's drawing of Mualani from Genshin Impact submitted to the ARTcade! We have such a talented community, this is beautiful! Please support on IG or on X!

10/29/2024

This is "Shiny Ms. Heracross" by Karen Ellison (.ellison.33 on Instagram) - super cute, we love it!

10/29/2024

Wow, these are stunning! Thank you for submitting these pieces to the ARTcade Kiarra Nalls ( on Instagram!). These two art pieces are from/ inspired by Lady Dimitrescu's Castle, and the woman herself! What do you guys think?

10/28/2024

James Hirshouer submitted these brilliant pieces to the ARTcade, we were only taking one submission per person but they are too good not to post. Thank you James! Please go follow on Instagram!

10/27/2024

20% off full event passes for Halloween starting 10/27 ending 10/31 at midnight, just go to our website and use the coupon code "Halloween". Please note, the sale excludes VIP passes.

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Guests announced so far include Samantha Béart (Baldur's Gate 3), Tim Downie (Baldur's Gate 3), Kaiji Tang (Mortal Kombat, Demon Slayer), Magnus Bruun (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla), Courtenay Taylor (Mass Effect, Fallout, Resident Evil), Abby Trott (Fire Emblem, Hunter X Hunter), Erica Schroeder (Pokemon, Sonic, One Piece) and there are many more to follow - watch this space!

10/26/2024

Check out our amazing line-up so far and we have many more guests to announce in the coming weeks! If you want to meet Erica Schroeder, Abby Trott, Tim Downie, Magnus Bruun, Kaiji Tang, Courtenay Taylor, Samantha Béart and our other TBA guests, all passes are available on our website now!

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10/25/2024

We are very excited to welcome the wonderful Tim Downie to Game On Expo in 2025! Amongst the gaming community, Tim is best known for his role as Gale in the critically acclaimed Baldur's Gate 3, but fans may also recognize him in Good Omens, Outlander, Paddington, Upstart Crow, Toast of London and Geek Girl.

We can't wait for you all to meet Tim in Phoenix next April - VIP, day and weekend passes are available from our website now: www.gameonexpo.com

10/24/2024

Daniel Cortes ( on Instagram) submitted this to the ARTcade, it's stunning:

"...I grew up as a kid in the 90s. So Mario gives me a lot of nostalgia. One of the best moments is playing with my siblings, each one of us would have 30-min to play on the weekends..."

10/23/2024

Hey Phoenix friends! If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend Mega Ran is performing with 3MB at The Valley Bar this Sunday October 27th. Costume contest, and more. Starts at 7pm!

10/23/2024

We love this Kirby art, submitted to the ARTcade by Felix Moran ( on Instagram)!

10/22/2024

Thank you Mike Monroe for submitting this fantastic Mario art to our first ever ARTcade competition, we love it! Please support our wonderful community and follow Mike on Instagram - or Twitter - !

10/22/2024

Are you all ready for another guest announcement - who could it be? Comment below! 👀

10/20/2024

Thanks to (on Instagram) for submitting this wonderful ARTcade entry on behalf of her 10 year old son Parker!

10/19/2024

It's time for another guest announcement - we're welcoming Erica Schroeder to Game On Expo in 2025!

Erica Schroeder is the voice behind some of your favourite characters including Eevee along with 5 other Eeveelutions and 70 plus Pokemon, Dark Magician Girl, Mai Valentine & Aliza Izinski in Yu-Gi-Oh, OG Luffy in One Piece, Emma Frost in Astonishing X-Men, and OG Blaze the Cat in Sonic Rush, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic and the Secret Rings and more!

Erica will be appearing all 3 days at Game On Expo in April 2025, VIP, weekend and day passes are available on our website now - https://gameonexpo.com/

10/16/2024

It's the one and only Master Chief on the grill, but what's he cooking? Thanks Roy Asher for this super fun ARTcade entry, some words from Roy:

"My friends and I got together and challenged each other to draw a character of their choice, while someone else chose a wacky situation for them to be in! One person chose master chief, while the other chose cooking like a pro!"

*Winners will be announced at the end of October!*

10/15/2024

This ARTcade entry is from Morgan (on Instagram) - "my friends and I had fun throwing together some characters with prompts. Hope you guys get a laugh from what we did!" We absolutely did, thanks Morgan!

*Winners will be announced at the end of October*

10/15/2024

This Saturday October 19th check out the Arizona Toycon from 10am-4pm at the Mesa Convention Center.

IT"S ALMOST HERE!!!

Arizona Toycon is Saturday October 19th! The Valley's biggest toy show, 200 tables of modern and vintage toys, at the Mesa Convention Center!

10/15/2024

Another brilliant ARTcade entrant, this time from Matthew Winchel (on Instagram), who was was of the first people to enter the ARTcade, thank you Matthew!

*Winners will be announced at the end of October*

10/12/2024

Our friends at VR Villa are doing a really great giveaway. They’ll be at Game On Expo next year too.

ONE DAY LEFT! Enter while you still can! Free to enter! Thanks to , , and for assisting us in a big way at Dreamhack Atlanta ; we are giving away THREE Quest 3 to our VR community. Shoutout to , .0 and .worldly for making an appearance!

Joining in on the fun TODAY are our other VR partners giving away $1000 worth of games; including , , , , , , , , and . More could be added!

Must be in the US and 18+. Rules listed online.

www.vrvilla.org/giveaway

Plus, join our quest and see us in the real world at events! We will be at in Virgina, in Tennessee and in Georgia as the last VR LANs for 2024!

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Our guest line-up was fantastic this year, but are you ready for more? We're getting ready to announce our very first GOEX guest for 2025! Let us know who you want to see!

The most chaotic interview yet, we expect nothing less when Maggie Robertson and Wee Claire get together. Be patient - the interview is in there... somewhere!

Dameon Clarke (Dragonball, Borderlands) chats to Wee Claire about his first gaming experience and a game he's addicted to - what games get you hooked?

The brilliant Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2) chats about his first gaming experience with Wee Claire! What was yours?

Metal Gear Solid's David Hayter talks about his favourite game with Wee Claire - what's yours? Tell us in the comments! 👇

Nick Apostolides aka #leonkennedy #ResidentEvil4Remake chats to Wee Claire about his first gaming experience - what was yours? We'll have more announcements for you soon, in the meantime, grab your Early Bird passes in May using code MAY5 for a special discount off the full event passes! https://gameonexpo.com/

Game On Expo returns! We're celebrating our 10th anniversary returning to the Phoenix Convention Center on April 4th - 6th 2025. Our new website is LIVE and early bird discounted passes are now available! For the month of May - go to our website and use the code May5 to receive $5 off the full event pass (which is already discounted!). This will be the lowest it will ever be, and full event passes at the door are usually $80, so this is a steal! Vendor sign ups are now live on the site too! Link in bio for all the latest information, Early Bird pass links, vendor sign up and the latest Game On Expo information - see you there friends! https://gameonexpo.com/

"Not so wee" Wee Claire speaks to "average" Sean Schemmel about his first gaming experience, what was yours?

Nicole Tompkins aka Resident Evil's Jill Valentine, talks to Wee Claire about her first gaming experience from Nintendo to Uncharted - what was yours? #gameonexpo #residentevil

Neil Newbon talks about his first gaming experience with Wee Claire. What was yours? Comment and let us know!

Look at this awesome Astarion cosplay! We had so many great cosplayers come out to Game On Expo this year, and we want to celebrate them here. If this is you in the video please tag yourself! We want to share the love! Game On Expo 2025 announcements coming soon! #gameonexpo #baldursgate3

Debora Wilde interview from Game On Expo.

Any Sims fans out there? Devora Wilde chats Wee Claire about her favorite game - tell us yours!

Red Dead Redemption Panel is now on YouTube.

Which games do you think are educational? Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan) and Rob Wiethoff (John Marston) to Wee Claire about educating people through #RedDeadRedemption. The full panel is available on YouTube now, please like, comment and subscribe! WATCH NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJhj_OgXhy4

Have you ever gotten on your horse and accidentally punched someone? Our #RedDeadRedemption is available to watch on YouTube now! Wee Claire talks to Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan) and Rob Wiethoff (John Marston) about the dangers of streaming the game whilst riding a horse. We hope you enjoy the video, please subscribe, like and comment - thanks everyone! WATCH NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJhj_OgXhy4

Our #RedDeadRedemption panel featuring Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan) and Rob Wiethoff(John Marston), hosted by Wee Claire, is coming very soon to YouTube - Lennnnnyyyyyy!!

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Game On Expo

Game On Entertainment was founded in 2015 with the goal to bring the world of modern/retro video games, eSports, and cosplay all together to a region where it lacked. Game On Expo, Game On Entertainment's headliner event, quickly became popular with local communities, and rapidly grew momentum and size. In 2017, Game On Expo outgrew it's original venue and moved to Phoenix Convention Center, almost tripling in size within 2 years.

Whether you’re a hardcore or casual gamer, there is something for everyone at Game On Expo. Our mission is to bring the G.A.M.E. (Gaming, Anime, Music, eSports) to Arizona. We are locally owned, and we are passionate about bringing a fun and family friendly event to Arizona.