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Published on March 20th, 2025 | by Andrew Bistak

The Game Expo 2025 Is This Weekend, Show roundup

Ever evolving and entertaining, The Game Expo returns on March 22-23, 2025 for its third festival celebrating gaming and pop culture! Australian made and built from the ground up as a place for all gamers, whether finding your group or discovering new ways to have fun. TGX is a welcoming show defined by the three “C’s” of gaming culture – Creativity, Community and Competition.

TGX brings all these areas to life along with new experiences.  These include:

  • Powered by AMD: Thanks to AMD Ryzen | Radeon, the PC LAN is ever more powerful, thanks to PC Case Gear built PCs running Freeplay and Tournaments. Plus the AMD experience zone and support for activity across the event shows AMD’s commitment to gaming. Look for special surprises here this weekend. Read more

  • COSPLAY SHOWCASE: The incredible Cosplay Cup returns to dazzle with high level competitive cosplay for a $5,000 Cash Prize. This year by popular demand we have a new Intermediate Division, and there is also the Cosplay Parade for anyone to join in for fun and prizes. Read More

  • MORE Homegrown Games! Indie Video Games and Indie Board Games. Get hands on with locally made games! Explore Video Games here and Board Games Here. We will also be running the People’s Choice Award again, so look forward to see what the attendees loved the most. See last year’s winners here

  • TableTop Zone Not only can you just chill and play for free with games from our Board Game Library, but you can enjoy Demos, our Chess Tournament, let it rip with Beyblade, or join the always on live play experiences with Blood on the Clock Tower. Plus, incredible Prize supported tournaments for Magic, Flesh and Blood, Yugioh, Pokemon and more

  • Special Exhibitors. All the amazing Exhibitors at TGX have something special, and we’re honored to have screen institution ACMI on the show floor showcasing their amazing home of gaming at an event for the first time. Plus we welcome well known brands such as HiSense and Red Bull to the show.

  • MAJOR TOURNAMENTS: The Competitive stages of TGX cater to esports pros and new challengers alike! Thanks to SteelSeries, AOC, PowerA and PC Case Gear. Read the tournament round up here. Including::

    • Marvel Rivals $5,000 first Marvel Live Aus team tournament – Read More

    • Apex Legends CREATOR SHOWDOWN: Your favourite gaming content creators and live streamers are battling it out!

    • Fortnite: $1000 + Prizes! Freeplay tournament – Open for all comers!

    • Fighting Game Tournaments: $7,500 of cash plus prizes! Presented by Turtle Beach and partnered with CouchWarriors, we have major tournaments for Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear Strive, an International guest pro player for Smash Bros Ultimate and more! Read More

  • High Score Arcade: A fun area for everyone, play games you may know or try for the first time, and attempt the highest score. A prize per game each day!

  • MAIN STAGE: PANELS, PERFORMANCES: The Place for Creator panels, Cosplay and Performances! View the schedule

  • PRIZES GALORE: Everyone can win in the STAMP QUEST – All ticket holders get a Stamp card on entry – visit as many zones and complete tasks for a spin of the Prize Wheel – thousands of items from cool souvenirs to free games, merch and tech!

Plus the ever popular Artist Alley, Retro gaming, Just Dance stage, a new Community Meetups feature, and Much More. Find out more on the website and on the TGX social media with updates throughout the show.

SEE YOU AT THE GAME EXPO!

  • DATES Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd March 2025

  • LOCATION Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

  • Tickets: www.thegameexpo.com


About the Author

When he's not trying to save the world, Andrew enjoys travel (although loathes turbulence), going to the movies, reading and being a dad to his two dogs (and now twins) with his wife.


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