DECRYPTION – While layoffs, project cancellations and sudden studio closures are increasing, the major conferences of video game players which begin Friday evening promise to be unspectacular.
The big E3 show may no longer exist, but the tradition born in the 1990s remains firmly anchored in the video game industry. The beginning of June ritually rhymes with a succession of conferences from players in the sector intended for the general public. Like a gigantic unwrapping of gift packages, everyone reveals their next video games in spectacular trailers, which will be released in a few months… or years. Microsoft Xbox and Ubisoft conferences, Future of Play, PC Gaming Show, Days of the Dev… a litany of presentations brought together under the banner of Summer Game Fest will follow one another from Friday to Sunday evening on YouTube. Objective: to make consumers dream, but also to demonstrate each person’s strengths.
However, this 2024 edition promises to be unspectacular. “ Of course, there will be new announcements, but our show will mainly focus on updates to games already on the market. It’s been a pretty quiet year for big…
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