FAN EXPO Chicago: All Things Gaming and Wrestling
FAN EXPO Chicago brings together all facets of pop culture, let's take a look at the wrestling and gaming attractions at the convention.
FAN EXPO Chicago returns to the Donald E Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, just outside of Chicago Illinois. Many eyes are on the headliners such as Mark Hamill, Hayden Christensen, Matthew Lillard, William, Shatner, and many others.
Although there is plenty of focus on Sci-Fi, Horror, Anime, and other pop culture facets, there is no shortage of gaming and wrestling guests and events. Let’s take a look at what to expect from the gaming and wrestling portions of the event.
FAN EXPO Chicago 2024: Gaming and Wrestling Attractions
Gaming Guests
An in-depth preview of all gaming guests at the convention can be found here.
Ella Purnell - Lucy Maclean in Amazon Prime’s Fallout and Jinx in Arcane.
Jim Cummings - voiced in Baldur’s Gate, Epic Mickey, Fallout, Kingdom Hearts, World of Warcraft
Grey DeLisle - Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo games and Catwoman in Batman Arkham series
Maurice LaMarche - Baldur’s Gate, Batman Arkham, Loney Tunes, and other gaming franchises
Rob Paulsen - Grey Fox in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Frank Welker - Kingdom Hearts, Epic Mickey, and various Nickelodeon and Scooby-Doo games
Cameron Monaghan - Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Survivor
Neil Newbon - Detroit: Becoming Human (Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed), Baldur’s Gate 3 (Astarion), and Resident Evil (Nicholai Ginovaef and Karl Heisenberg)
Samantha Béart - Karlach in Baluder’s Gate III, the player character in Demon’s Souls
Amelia Tyler - Narrater in Baluder’s Gate III, Hecate in Hades II, Malady in Divinity: Original Sin II
Yuri Lowenthal - Peter Parker in the PlayStation 4/5 Spider-Man games, the titular Prince in the Prince of Persia worked on franchises such as Saints Row, Final Fantasy, and more.
Tara Platt - Anna Williams in the Tekken series, Warith in Spider-Man 2, also contributed to Soul Caliber, and Nautro games.
Roger Craig Smith - Sonic the Hedgehog, Roger Craig Smith, Chris Redfield in the Resident Evil series, Ezio in the Ezio trilogy of the Assassin’s Creed games.
Zach Aguilar - David Martinez in the Netflix anime CyberPunk Edgerunners based on CyberPunk 2077
Patricia Summersett - Princess Zelda in Breathe of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
Fred Tatasciore - Uncle Mario in Assasins Creed Ezio Trilogy. is appearing at Damon Baird in the Gears of War franchise. and has voiced in franchises such as Overwatch, Mass Effect, and Destiny
Gaming Panels
In addition to a dedicated Dungeons and Dragons room which will have gaming going all weekend long, gamers can look forward to the below gaming panels at FAN EXPO Chicago 2024.
A Look at Baulder’s Gate III with Neil Newbon, Samantha Beart, and Amelia Tyler
League of Legends Trivia
Sonic vs. Zelda with Roger Craig Smith and Patricia Summerset
An Overview of Every Fallout Game
Women of Gaming With Tara Platt, Samantha Beart, Amelia Tyler, Patricia Summerset, and Grey Delise.
Icons of Gamin With Roger Craig Smith, Fred Tatasciore, and Yuri Lowenthal
Join the Fallen Order with Cameron Monaghan
Gaming Tournaments
Test your skills against other gamers at FAN EXPO Chicago. Gaming tournaments include
Mario Kart 8
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
Street Fighter 6
Mortal Kombat 1
Tekken 8
Super Smash
Guilty Gear Strive
Gaming Cosplay Meet-Ups
There are cosplay meet-ups across a variety of fandoms. Here are some gaming group cosplay meet-ups.
Final Fantasy
Baldur’s Gate
Nintendo Cosplay
Fallout
Arcane: League of Legends
Wrestling Panels
Friday night will have a special wrestling panel hit FAN EXPO Chicago. A sneak peek at the film “A Herro’s Journey”. The film tells the story of Great Lakes Championship Wrestling (GLCW) promoter David Herro. Herro will be appearing on the panel alongside Producer David Vox Mullen and Director Danny Reyes. The documentary also features former WWE wrestler Mr. Kennedy, as well as Al Snow, Kal Herro, and others. The panel has promised some surprise guests outside of Herro, Vox Mullen, and Reyes.
Heart as Art will be live in attendance covering all things gaming and wrestling from FAN EXPO Chicago 2024!
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