Considering that no in-person event is planned anyway it hardly makes a difference for us whether the announcement shows are labeled E3, Summer Game Fest or something different altogether.
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Digital E3 is officially cancelled
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the funny thing is is they were in the e3 threads. Hating things is the new norm for whatever reason now.
Bummer. I know it's been a shell of itself but I still wish and look forward to June conferences and season. It used to feel like a super bowl type hype period for all games.
Please just hand over the name license of e3 to Geoff or something please. I miss the days when I had 1-2 weeks of gaming news to looking forward to in the summer, I know we still get stuff but it's so spread out and you never know when things will drop
In 2019 my wife and I set out to do two travel dreams before trying to have a baby, which were go to e3 and go to Europe. Suffice to say Covid ruined both of those damn. Looks like I will never see an E3 in person, I don't even care if it's a smaller version. Oof
Please just hand over the name license of e3 to Geoff or something please. I miss the days when I had 1-2 weeks of gaming news to looking forward to in the summer, I know we still get stuff but it's so spread out and you never know when things will drop
In 2019 my wife and I set out to do two travel dreams before trying to have a baby, which were go to e3 and go to Europe. Suffice to say Covid ruined both of those damn. Looks like I will never see an E3 in person, I don't even care if it's a smaller version. Oof
I'm just surprised E3 has been able to keep shambling along for so long, especially after already considerably sizing-down in the past. It is something that I've nonetheless consistently looked forward to for gaming announcements, but those would just come anyway, especially when the major companies have their own digital presentations that they use now.
And I'd rather skip any Keighley shows in favor of just reading the news after. The Game Awards are painful to sit through—I'm completely done with those.
And I'd rather skip any Keighley shows in favor of just reading the news after. The Game Awards are painful to sit through—I'm completely done with those.
That was the singular thing anybody cared about from the Summer Games Fest. Everything else was E3. Summer Games Fests have gone 0/2, and I don't have confidence that Geoff can turn it around.
This gif of Glomgold gleefully twerking on a coffin works on a number of levels.
To us the difference is the concentration. Keighley's events have encouraged things to spread out more, but E3 encourages everything to be done over one week. E3 is the same to me whether it's online or in-person, but there being a central E3 time slot makes it more likely that companies will have their events during that time slot, which I enjoy.
...So this place messed up my take out order. I don't really feel like going back. Man really wish i didn't leave a tip.
This gif of Glomgold gleefully twerking on a coffin works on a number of levels.
I still can't believe that whole scene was real lol
I'll never enjoy any Game announcements/showcases as much as E3 week. Plenty of fond memories of the megatons and watching reaction videos.
Pouring one out for the gaming highlight of the summer.
Unless Keighly can recapture that magic with a set of coordinated events in a short time span, I do not see this as a good thing at all.
E3 was always the news oasis in the desert of game announcements, and with that gone without a suitable replacement is just going to mean a slew of middling gaming "events" scattered at random intervals, which may easily fly under the radar for those of us who do not have the time or ability to catch all of them.
Unless Keighly can recapture that magic with a set of coordinated events in a short time span, I do not see this as a good thing at all.
E3 was always the news oasis in the desert of game announcements, and with that gone without a suitable replacement is just going to mean a slew of middling gaming "events" scattered at random intervals, which may easily fly under the radar for those of us who do not have the time or ability to catch all of them.
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E3 2022 - Digital and Physical - Has Officially Been Canceled - IGN
After previously canceling its in-person E3 2022 event, the ESA has now informed its partners that there will be no digital event equivalent this year either - meaning E3 2022 has fully been canceled.
Update: It's officially dead this year, ESA wants to comeback larger in 2023.
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When are we going to get the Netflix documentary about how a man conquered the videogame industry?
Dunno why they even annoucned it would happen when everyone was sure it would not happen.
All that was false hope from the start. And tbh, was never going to be the same E3 as before, anyway.
All that was false hope from the start. And tbh, was never going to be the same E3 as before, anyway.
It's not as if those smaller companies don't get a spotlight in those Console Publisher shows either. If anything they make up the bulk of announcements in Directs/SoPs/Inside Xbox, while exclusives are the highlights.
And that's not even factoring in The Game Awards.
E3 was always something I greatly looked forward to every year but I think the industry has significantly changed in a way where doing smaller events and game unveils closer to launch just makes more sense for game companies. It allows them to market their games when they feel it's most appropriate and beneficial to them.
I had some wonderful memories with past E3 events. I still remember how blown away by the initial Zelda: Twilight Princess reveal. E3 will be greatly missed by me but I understand that the market environment has changed and smaller, more controlled events (ie: Nintendo Directs) often times make more sense and are also much easier to plan out and avoid live show mistakes.
I imagine we will still get some fantastic smaller scale game events sprinkled throughout the summer and fall seasons and I'm looking forward to those. :)
I had some wonderful memories with past E3 events. I still remember how blown away by the initial Zelda: Twilight Princess reveal. E3 will be greatly missed by me but I understand that the market environment has changed and smaller, more controlled events (ie: Nintendo Directs) often times make more sense and are also much easier to plan out and avoid live show mistakes.
I imagine we will still get some fantastic smaller scale game events sprinkled throughout the summer and fall seasons and I'm looking forward to those. :)
Hard to survive the triple gutshot of
•Publishers learning how to successfully hold and market their own events thanks to the internet
•A global pandemic
•The rise of Geoff Keighley, the industry's most ambitious man
•Publishers learning how to successfully hold and market their own events thanks to the internet
•A global pandemic
•The rise of Geoff Keighley, the industry's most ambitious man
one of the greatest scenes in modern television history
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