The International Game Developers Association, or IGDA, will host a roundtable during GDC 2018. While presenting the session they've cited 'burgeoning legislation against loot boxes' as an example of the censorship that developers are facing today.
"INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series connecting indie game fans all over the world, highlighted more than 150 games during its Saturday broadcast introducing world premieres, new trailers, and updates during its 10th-ever digital showcase." - INDIE Live Expo.
A schedule for all of the currently announced game conferences in June 2024, including the Summer Game Fest 2024 date and times.
For the first time in a long time I have a hard time feeling excited for these events. Maybe it's because of all these massive lay offs and closures there hasn't exactly been good news since the start of the year.
Maybe come next week I'll get a little more excited but I dunno I just can't get too excited right now
Cancelling e3 and introducing some ridiculous events..
Times have changed.. to the worse
Back then it was very exciting, great looking trailers, on stage live gameplay where yes things can and have went wrong but that's how we knew it was a real games being played instead of curated footage extra doctored up that didn't even represent the actual game half the time. Games would release 6 months to a year max not 3 years later.
I miss past E3's even the goofiness like Giant enemy crab or Riiiidge Raceeer. Xbox and Kinect glitching Nintendo's craziness. Again it was real, these days there so protective, clean, doctored sets, where nothing can absolutely go wrong. Too strict and professional with heavy PR babble with buzzwords that mean nothing. Being professional is not bad but when it's fake and corporate heavy where you're made to buy into the words rather than the game, that's how you know it's not real.
Now SFG is just sizzle reeling all the games at once. Plus past SGF events haven't been that great either. Maybe that's not Geoffs fault but the pubs and devs are simply never ready to show anything and have to wait. This gen we've been waiting and waiting for these games.
Plus lay offs as I Mentioned. I dunno Geoff needs to do what made E3 great back then, get funding support and do live stage gameplay he has the support and so why not? Pubs and devs need to do their own thing at the event again. No more doctored bull crap with PR diarrhea trying to sell the game show us with a controller in your hand instead of making empty promises.
Rant over.
Lightning
I will never forget the pre-e3 one year where Kojima was teasing MGS Rising.. and Peace Walker.
Such an incredible period where studios enjoyed what they were doing and teasing their work weeks before the event.
Nowadays is half baked games, cross gen titles, useless mid gen upgrades. There is no hype anymore.
Last great show I remember is the PS EXPERIENCE maybe 3 or 4 years ago in December
They aren't geoffs games he's not makin it. Though you're half right, he has the stage and events and controls the pace, how the games are shown and presented. If I was him I would have devs have real gameplay with a stage like how E3 used to be.
No more of this curated pre done footage that we've had in the past 4 years.
Actually before that they've been doing that format for awhile. Cyber Punk being the biggest culprit of that format because you can easily deceive and lie to ppl.
Yeah Geoff is half to blame
Is it just me or is there little to no buzz or marketing leading up to this compared to previous SGF?
Because they've been consistently boring for the last couple of years. Hard to get worked up for it now
Hopefully early next week at this point they are signed to SGF so they'll be there.
I also said in another post it's rumored to be a State Of Play now. The only AAA's I can see being announced now is Ghost 2 and Bends New game.
I can't see Santa Monica's New IP or ND New IP being announced. I can see GG being there announcing leggo Horizon, Zero Dawn remake or remaster, maybe the LS horizon game.
After the way they rudely hurried people off the stage at The Game Awards, I won't bother watching any of the streams for this. I'll just checkout out a few game trailers on Youtube after they're uploaded there.
The VP of Marketing at Boosteroid revealed that the company is in talks with major publishers to secure exclusive games on the service.
So they're adding Skull and Bones to their service? That doesn't seem exciting at all lol.
Censorship? Lootboxes is gambling.
From the IGDA excerpt:
"Game developers and allies will get updates on the latest assaults on their self-expression and business rights"
Getting little kids addicted to gambling is an "assault on the self-expression " of a publisher???
Lol, seriously?!!
Hosted by "Daniel Greenberg, CEO of Media Rez and part of the International Game Developers Association’s Anti-Censorship and Social Issues committee."
Media Rez ( website here : http://mediarez.com/index.h... is based in Washington DC , and they are self described as " a full-service software and game development studio in the heart of Washington, DC.
We bring together top professionals from the fields of research, game design, software engineering, computer graphics, animation and music. Our goal is to harness the power of interactivity to support behavior change in health and learning. All our titles are created in conjunction with leading researchers and tested for effectiveness."
Does anyone know of any software/games these people have made??? I couldn't find any myself.
Aren't the IGDA the same ones involved in the award fixing for profit back during gamergate?
This and the ESRB's lame attempts to inform the public about in-game gambling , it's almost as if it's intentional and that the only changes being made are to protect organisations from being held accountable.
I hope some game journalists investigate this further.
Censorship on gambling is wrong what the heck you clowns lol omfg gov intervention is required at this point.
The battle: gov and gamers v publishers, devs, and ESRB
Crap 4th shinobi war smell all over this and we'll who win this.
Aaaaahahahaha.. you dopes and your “gambling” bullshit.
Gambling is gambling and there is a reason why its so heavily regulated. I see one clown in these comments that is defending loot boxes somehow but I cant understand how. Lootboxes are predatory. If they want to sell skins and items, sure, why the hell not. People buy them! Why is that so hard to get behind? Do away with lootboxes and stick with normal digital item sales - they will still make boatloads of money.