Following word that Valve's Gabe Newell will receive this year's Game Developers Choice Pioneer Award, the main trio behind gaming webcomic Penny-Arcade have been named this year's recipients of the Game Developers Choice Ambassador Award.

The award honors those that "helped the game industry advance to a better place, either through facilitating a better game community from within, or by reaching outside the industry to be an advocate for video games and help further our art." Read more »

Tickets to the first east-coast Penny Arcade Expo are now on sale at the official website.

PAX East is being held in Boston, Massachusetts from March 26-28 at the Hynes Convention Center. Tickets to individual days are $25, while a three-day pass runs $55.

Judging from ticket sales to PAX proper, pre-sale tickets to PAX East could eventually sell out, so make your plans accordingly.