by
Alexander Sliwinski 
on May 17th 2011 7:00PM
PAX Prime 2011 organizers announced earlier today through
Twitter that there were only 400 passes left for Friday access to the event. The 3-day and Saturday passes have already been tapped, while "
a battery" of Sunday passes are still available -- the remaining one-day passes ($35 apiece) must be purchased through the official
PAX site.
Penny Arcade marketing maestro Robert Khoo tells us that they've been given the green light to sell about 10 percent more badges than in prior years. It would appear that PAX East, despite welcoming 69,500 attendees in March, did not diminish interest in the Seattle show. At the current rate of ticket sales, the organizers guesstimate that PAX Prime passes will be completely sold out three months before the August 26–28 event takes place.
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Amazon wants to keep the digital pepper sprayings and stampedes to a minimum this Cyber Monday, and has released a teaser list of its deals that will begin on Sunday, Nov. 27, and last throughout the week. So far Amazon has a few nuggets of gaming gold advertised, including an Xbox 360 250GB bundle that includes Halo: Reach and Fable 3 for $200. Check the press release for the full teaser, and make sure to read it all the way to the last sale item. We're pretty sure that's the one you've been looking for all along. 
