The AFK Room will be a quiet area for people looking to relax and take a break from the busy PAX floor. The room will be staffed with volunteers and clinicians who can answer question and offer support for those taking a break from the show floor.

Take This is a US-based not-for-profit organisation, which has teamed up with PAX to bring this joint initiative down under. The AFK Room was introduced at PAX East in 2014, and has since accommodated up to 500 attendees each day during events. The AFK Room has been a permanent feature of every US PAX show, and PAX Australia is happy to replicate this feature.

“We are thrilled to bring the AFK Room and Take This’s message of healing and hope for those dealing with mental health issues to PAX Australia,” said Take this Executive Director, Russ Pitts. “Over the past year, as attendees of US-based PAX events and other shows have become more aware of the mental health issues in our community, we’ve seen a growing demand for spaces like the AFK Room and education and awareness like Take This provides. To be working with PAX to ensure that the Enforcers and attendees at PAX Aus have support for dealing with these issues is a wonderful privilege.”

“After seeing the benefits at PAX East 2014, it’s always been Russ and my goal to get AFK rooms to not only all PAXes but to all gaming events across the globe. Take This is an organization that helps gamers, period,” said Penny Arcade President Robert Khoo.

PAX Australia will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 30 to November 1. Single day passes and 3 days international passes are still available online here. It was also previously revealed Warren Spector would be appearing at the event, and ESL will be hosting an eSports Arena at the event.

ESL is the world’s premier eSports organisation and this will be the first time they appear at PAX Aus. The event will be staged over three days of the show, in a purpose built arena on the PAX Aus show floor, where it will host one of the largest eSports events Australia has ever seen.

Over the course of three days multiple games will be shown, each with a significant prize pool. The first title to be announced for the event is SMITE, with two other games to be announced shortly.

The event will host the SMITE Oceania Regional Championship finals, which are scheduled for the Saturday of the event. Teams will compete for a share of a $50,000 cash prize pool, with the winning team representing the region at the SMITE 2016 World Championships in Atlanta, USA.

“eSports has grown to become such a massive cornerstone of the gaming community over the last decade, it only made sense that it would eventually become a prominent part of PAX Aus,” said Guy Blomberg, PAX Content and Community Manager. “We want eSports in Australia specifically to be taken seriously as well, and this partnership with ESL and ACL Pro puts us all on the right track.”

“Here at the Australian Cyber League we have long been looking up to ESL as the global leader in the space, producing some of world’s best eSports events,” said Nick Vanzetti, Managing Director at ACL. “It makes great sense to bring the ESL Arena to such a prestigious gaming event as PAX Aus. This opportunity allows us to level up the current eSports offering and truly put our region on the map.”

PAX Australia will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 30 to November 1.

Single day passes and 3 days international passes are still available online here, and you can find all the latest details for PAX Aus on Twitter and Facebook . It was also previously revealed Warren Spector would be appearing at the event.

Episode Six of the Demian Lichtenstein directed web series focuses on the seedy world of “Vlad and Gage”. As Special Agent Griffin inches closer to CrimeNet, Bain instructs Vlad to have a friendly chat with her, but will she get the message?

PayDay 2 is available on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and you can also read our full PayDay 2 review. You can also watch Episode Five here.

When Xbox Live first launch, it was powered by 500 servers. When the Xbox Live was first on Xbox 360, it was backed by 3,000 servers. In the present day, Xbox Live is now being backed up by 15,000 servers.

Xbox One will use 300,000 servers, which is more than the entire world’s computing power was in 1999.

Can you say more power?

Each of the three maps are playable on all four multiplayer game modes, and see the island’s indigenous scavengers pitted against the crew members from the shipwrecked Endurance.

The map locations include:

Scavenger Caverns
An extensive subterranean network of caves used by the island’s scavengers as an underground prison.

Cliff Shantytown
This scavenger settlement was built high up on the island cliffs. Its many layers hide some of the deadliest traps on the island.

The Burning Village
A raging fire has embraced an abandoned Japanese village, the burning buildings offer multiple ways to escape or engage your enemies.

‘Tomb Raider’ fans will be able to purchase the DLC from the Xbox marketplace today for 400 Microsoft points.

Vlad Pintea is a senior editor of news and features here at Analog Addiction, and sometimes he even reviews games. You can contact him via e-mail at vlad94pintea@yahoo.com or vlad94pintea@gmail.com, My IGN, on Skype, Steam (all at the same name: vlad94pintea) or Facebook (Vlad Pintea). Have a good day, and remember: stay calm and keep on gaming!