I still don’t miss E3

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That is Summer Game WeekTherefore, I mentally wrapped in a complex Internet of embargoes, meetings, schedules and cryptistes and can already get the smell of pasticky, accompanied by Pasticky Video game Conventions of all sizes. Mmm smells like pixels.

This will be my third SGF and as usual, I look forward to this. I appreciate the measures of the event related to independent projects, various creators and smaller scale publishing houses, especially the Devs Day, useful direct, feminine-lanous games and demonstrations of Latin America and Southeast Asia Games. I believe that the industry is caused by such, experimental gaps and the SGF gives the glare of such practice.

Seven years of the SGF, the Los Angeles Convention Center, which covers an electronic entertaining exposition, and I appreciate the cavernous halls. E3 was interesting to be interesting and I feel privileged about this, but it was also a spiritual show. E3 was continuous for Independent Developers And it is full of corporate landslides, and Sony decided to stop participating in 2019, it felt as a whole video gaming industry as expensive, touching. In recent years, the E3 was unaffiliated events that took place by Devolver Digital, located in a parking lot, filled with the best parts, air strips, food trucks and incredible, most incredible, incredible, close and incredible Indie games. Actually felt as much as SGF.

I It wrote about the phenomenon In 2018, in a story that in question the video gaming industry needs E3. Perhaps because I am witchcraft, but mainly because of the pandemic, E3 was closed in 2020, it never appeared as a person’s show. The Entertainment Program Association held a virtual session in 2021, but was later officially officially in later and E3 declared dead dead In December 2023. Meanwhile, there is a video game market continued to growA mature Indie segment, mobile game and stiffly managed Crunch-layoff periods At the level of AAA.

Now the ESA returned with a new video game showcase curerInteractive Innovation Conference on Las Vegas in April 2026. The largest names of the industry include MicrosoftSony, Nintendo, Epic Games, Electronic Art, Disney, Amazon and Take-two interactive and show are preparing to become “place for visualists in future industries” According to the ESA President Stanley Pierre-Louis. E3 2.0 arrived and it seems like it is in AAA as usual. Why is the Summer Game FEST has its own version of the AAA thoughtful leader peak this year Game Business Live.

This time ESA was silent – even When I asked directly – Some of the most influential industrial companies, some initiatives, capital and incoming initiatives, women, POC and LGBT + employees return to active existential threats. And During the proud monthnot less.

It is all about to say that this year I stopped for the holiday on the summer game. It begins with all live show June 6th on Friday and we have a full-time table Here. We will publish the interviews and news, developers and news from SGF to the SGF over the weekend and outside Engadget’s Game Center.

News

Playtonic Layoffs

Playtonic, behind the studio YOOKA-LAYEEIncluding production, art, game design, narrative design and UI / UI, a number of employees not disclosed between many departments. In a shared message in X, the studiers of the studio, “This is a period of deep change in how the games are created and financing games, not a difficult moment. Playtonic’s last game, YOOKA-REPLAYLEEThis year will appear. Playtonic is a small, private company (with minority investment), in accordance with the built-in playbospice of many AAA studios operating with the time and periods of the withdrawal crunch and wrapped in bulk work plans.

EA boxes Black panther

Electronic art, in 2023, the third person revealed the Black Panther game as part of a broader shame in the studio, but it seems, it seems, it seems, things changed. EA has canceled the Black Panther project and closed the founding studio, Cliffhanger games. EA motive, the team behind the star Dead spatial revivestill working Iron man gameas much as we know.

Roll7 returns steam

I can dig at any time Rollerdrome or Ollioli WorldI will do that. After a year before steaming Rollerdrome and Ollioli World The flow returned to the store to fulfill all of your state needs. Both games come from a studio in London, located in November 2021 in London close Removed in May 2024 Rollerdrome and Olli olli world from the steam in the process.

Playdate season 2 is alive and good

We still convinced a playdate? No matter what your answer is, PlayDate Season 2 adds two new games, adding two new games to the system working with the crankcase until July 3 every week. Inhabitant of an engadget Playdate Specialist Cheyenne MacDonald reviews the initial party Fulcrum Defender from the bottom games, You! You! Dino! DOM2D and FEE and Blippo +As a video game, a fever disguise. Review Igor Bonifacic when you’re in this head space Educational interview With the co-founder Jay Ma with the submunities.

Ex-ubisoft cartridges face sexual harassment in France

The third Past Ubisoft management was attempted to have sexually harassed sexual assault in the French court in the French court in the French court, insulting and a defendant’s work. The court case is Serg Hascoët, Tommy Francois and Guillaume Patruk regularly engaged in misbehavior and causes poisonous culture in Ubisoft Public settlement in the studio in 2020plus Arrests in 2023.

Switch 2 comes

Nintendon’s key is officially coming out this week on June 2, 5. As we can, we will have a new console survey, but in this time, you will find all the information you need in connection with the order in our handy guide.