I still don’t miss E3

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It is the summer festival week, so I have been mentally concluded in a complex network of siege, meetings, timetables and hidden invitations, and I can already smell the flexible air that accompanies video game agreements of all sizes. I, the smell of pixels.

This will be the third SGF and I look forward to it, as usual. I can focus the event on independent projects, varied creators and publishers on a smaller scale, especially with offers such as Day of the Devs, healthy, healthy games, women -led games, Latin America and Southeast Asia games. I believe that innovation in this industry stems from these areas that are not related to experimental, and SGF has provided a continuous field of these types of experiences to shine.

I appreciate the SGF more after spending seven years walking in cavernous halls for the Los Angeles Conference Center, which covers the electronic entertainment gallery. E3 was itself exciting and I was proud because I attended it several times, but it was also a kind of show without a soul. E3 was not unwanted for independent creators and filled with a booty device for companies, and by the time Sony decided to stop attending in 2019, it seemed to be an expensive distortion in the video game industry as a whole. The best parts of E3 in its last years were the irregular events hosted by Devolver Digital, which took place in a parking lot for Airstream trailers, dining trucks and wonderful independent games. I felt a lot like SGF, in fact.

I wrote about this phenomenon in 2018, in a story that wondered whether the video game industry needed E3 at all. Perhaps because I am charming but mostly because of the epidemic, the E3 was closed in 2020 and never appeared as a personal show. The Entertainment Programs Association hosted one virtual session in 2021, but nothing after that, the Mit E3 was officially announced in December 2023. Meanwhile, the video game market continued to grow, driven by a mature independent piece, mobile sessions, and harsh courses at the AAA level.

Now, ESA returned with a new video game called IICON, interactive innovation conference, heading to Las Vegas in April 2026. The largest industry names, including Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Disney, Amazon, The-THEWO Inactive, and offers Associated with “A” Pierre Lewis. E3 2.0 has arrived, and it appears to focus on AAA as it has always been. For what deserves, Summer Game Fest has its own version of the AAA summit for thought this year with Game Business Live.

Meanwhile, the European Space Agency remained silent – even when asked directly – because some of the most influential companies in this field diversify them and stock and inclusion initiatives, while women, POC and LGBT+ active existential threats bear. and During the month of prideNo less.

All this means, it has been neglected at the summer festival this year. Everything starts with a neighborhood show on Friday, June 6, and we have a thicker from the full schedule here. We will publish the practical inspections, developer interviews and news directly from SGF during the weekend and beyond, so keep ahead of the Engadget Games Center.

News

Demobilization

Playtonic, studio behind Yuka LilyIt has been lay off an unknown number of employees through multiple departments, including production, art, game design, narration design and UI/UX. In a common message on X, studio leaders said: “This is not just a difficult moment, it is a period of deep change in how to create and finance games. The scene changes, and with it, so we must.” Another Playtonic game, Yooka-RESPlayleeIt is scheduled to come out this year. Although Playtonic is a small private ownership company (with a minority investment of Tencent), the timing of workers’ discharge is suitable for the playing book in force for many AAA studios, which work with periods of baked crisis and cosmetic in their business plans.

EA boxes Black tiger

The Arts Electronic Arts revealed its plans to manufacture the Black Panther game from the third people in 2023 as part of a wider miracle batch in the studio, but apparently, things changed. EA canceled the Black Panther project and closed the studio that was building, Cliffhanger games. EA’s motive, the team behind the stars Dead Remake, still works on the iron man game, as much as we know.

Roll7 returns to Steam

At any time I can gas Rueerdrome or Olympic worldI will do that. After it was deleted from Steam more than a year ago, Rueerdrome and Olympic world Return to the store interface to meet all your needs in case of flow. Both games come from Roll7, a London -based studio purchased in November 2021 and closed in May 2024, and removed Rueerdrome and The first world From steam in this process.

Playdate Season 2 Live is good

Have you convinced you to get the playing manager yet? Whatever your answer, Playdate Season 2 is present at the present time, as it adds two new matches to the Karnak system every week until July 3. Legal defender From the sub -group games, holes! holes! Dino! From dom2d and Fáyer, and Blippo+Dream of fever denies as a video player. While you are in this head space, check the iGOR BONIFACIC ENLIGININGENING interview with the co -founder of Jay MA.

Obisiovat heads face the sexual trial of harassment in France

Three of the former Ubisoft executives in the French court on June 2, and many employees in the sexual harassment studio, bullying, and in the case of the defendant, have accused them of sexual assault. The lawsuit claims that Serge Haskuit, Tommy Francois and Guillaume Patrurup participated regularly in misconduct and enhancing a toxic culture in Ubisoft, and followed an audience account in the studio in 2020, as well as arrests in 2023.

The switch 2 is coming

Switch 2 officially comes out of Nintendo this week, on June 5. We will have a review of the new control unit as quickly as possible, but in the meantime you can find all the information you need regarding pre -order in our useful guide.