We had planned to talk about Diablo III and some other stuff, but then “other stuff” happened. So we reached out to another EGM Partner Site, HipHopGamer to get his side of the story. What began as a clarification turned into an entire podcast that talks about journalism in the industry, how HHG is perceived, and how Adam Sessler could knock Geoff Keighley out. Yep, no question is off limits.
Who says a dud game can't have a video game comeback?
Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky have to be up there. We're lucky and cursed, equally, to have games that can be updated now. For folks old enough to remember the Sega/SNES into PS1 and even 2 eras, if a game came out that was half baked (*cough*Angel of Darkness*cough*) that was it, no redemption. At the same time, having the option for updates shouldn't be an excuse for half assing games.
I remember when the Nintendo Seal of Approval meant something.
All those games had to release without bugs.
Don't expect a repeat of last year's on-stage weirdness.
One of the more memorable moments in the 2022 Game Awards came courtesy of a kid who crashed FromSoftware's acceptance of the Game of the Year award for Elden Ring. Don't expect something similar to happen in 2023, though
well they did Wishlist for the next GTA last year ... and we final got the official announcement this year .... so ...
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any "Bill Clinton wants to play Half-Life 3"-stage-crashers this year, plz?
The stage crashes made a boring sales pitch fun. But yeah, there is a security concern.
Well it's more that stealing the thunder from From Soft last year, the GTA guy was at the start of summer game show so people forgot about him as the show gone on, but the bill Clinton guy stayed talked about the most
They need to..... because of what Lord Spencer will announce.... will make everyone throw a fit
Last year is was a kid making a joke
At summers games fest it was 2 worthless pathetic adults crashing the middle to be assholes and copy a child for attention
While Summer Games Fest 2023 is still ongoing, with a couple more showcases to come, the games fest man himself, Geoff Keighley has confirmed that the show will return next year in June, for Summer Games Fest 2024.
“After a record-setting 2023, we are excited to share some news.” Keighley began in his announcement on Twitter. “Summer Games Fest will return in June 2024, including our live showcase event hosted by Geoff Keighley, and Summer Games Fest Play Days hosted by iam8bit. Stay tuned for more details in the coming months.”
Considering the format and lack of need to keep a whole convention center and visitors for 5+ days, it was a resounding success. Helped that it was piggy-backed on by all the major gaming sites. Really, this is likely the future of E3 now. I don't mind it.
Me neither. I do understand why they put the date of Spidey 2 and FF7 Rebirth stuff at the GameFest, but I kind of wish the Playstation stuff was at the Playstation conference.
I agree. The only thing I'd say I miss from it is the 'hands on' that journalists use to have with the games. I know some companies invited journo's/game enthusiasts to play some games in advance, so they could give some insight into gameplay once they had been announced, but that explosion of hands on thoughts I kinda miss. Other than that, it was decent. Devolver Digital had a very entertaining showcase and I do hope some other showcases take weirder/more interesting approaches in future.
It’s better than nothing, but it’s nowhere near as epic as old-school E3 with all the theatrics and huge stage presentations.
Hell, 75% what was shown at SGF sucked ass, besides MK1 and FF7 Rebirth, but I’m just glad someone’s trying to fill in the gap.
n4g.com should have the hiphop gamer show on here.
what ever happened to the hiphopgamershow? Its never on here anymore. I thought that it was mildly entertaining. I def think that its better than a ton of the crap that gets approved
This comes up each time something mentioning HHG appears. He wasn't disliked for his skin colour, or cause he liked gaming. Yes, many will say he had some points to make. However, the main issue was the quality. You'd have to be extremely drunk to consider 'some' of the stuff he said.
Nothing to do with being a troll, or any of -insert the countless reasons you seem to produce-.