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Iam8bit resigns as creative directors of E3
- Thread starter Toumari
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"The ESA is proud to announce the new Creative Director of #E32020, PewDiePie"
This smell like a Coronavirus statement from iam8bit!
They are pulling out because of the ESA not caring about the virus
They are pulling out because of the ESA not caring about the virus
I worked for iam8bit last year when they did the whole "Passport to Iron City" Alita experience in Brooklyn, all I can say is that John was one of the nicest and most passionate people I've meet, and I'm sure that he was really excited for a potential E3 collaboration, shame to see so many posters just dogpiling on the company itself. Sure, the leaked presentation slides sounded bad, but as with everything a lot of stuff changes up until the doors open, but we'll never know so nothing lost, nothing gained.
I might not even be going, first time in what would have been 16 years.
end if an era.
still should be some cool announcements tho
end if an era.
still should be some cool announcements tho
Same. This was going to be my first E3 I go to since i'm close to the venue, but now it just doesn't seem worth it at all.
ESA has responded to iam8bit resignation: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-05-iam8bit-resigns-as-e3-2020-creative-director
I can't even imagine how bad the COVID-19 situation will be by June. There's no way E3 was going to happen this summer anyway.
somebody has never been to one of their Fortnite events
Ah you can't just make it up, this is high level galaxy brain thing fucking it up
It seemed too perfect so I had to check myself
just incredible lol
Genuinely sorry to hear that.
I always wanted to attend an E3 too, especially during next gen hype cycle.
They do wonderful exhibits, I can see why they'd be pegged for the design of something like this, however the scale is the issue.
It's silly to say there's a best tweet ever
but this is the best tweet ever
bring in Boogie and this "content creator"
I'll enjoy the trainwreck.
The whole situation with E3 bums me out. E3 has been a thing for me almost forever. I'm old, so I remember when CES was the big show before E3 existed. Anyway, I'll seriously miss E3 if it ends up gone for good :(
What are the organizers doing behind the scenes that make all these gaming industry vets want to get as far away as possible.
It makes me wonder why Nintendo and Xbox are still on board.
It makes me wonder why Nintendo and Xbox are still on board.
It's a great way for MS to network with smaller studios. Their presence at E3 is not really "at E3" anyways. They have their own building and do business meetings outside any E3 locations, so they have technically already left E3. :)
Wow I think they should cancel E3 because they can't make a recovery after this joke.
The E3 era is long, dead, and yet unburied. Show some respect to its rotting corpse and return it to the earth.
Funny thing is, CES is gonna far outlive E3 and is still a reasonably entertaining show to attend.
Yeah I hope they can get their shit together and admit that they've made poor choices.
Whatever the ESA is doing for this years E3 must be really bad or really present a conflict of interest for these people and Keighley to just leave with subtle drops of their being a bigger reason for it. Corona Virus may just help them this year if they have to cancel gives them another year to fix whatever they are doing and just present it as some online event.
Since Geoff's announcement I've been wondering what they planned to do.
Aren't those the guy who can't even handle the specialty game releases they're involved with right? If you fail on such a small scale regularly who would think it's a good idea to involve them in the big leagues, especially when you're already in trouble like the ESA is?
Edit: Don't take this the wrong way, but in this case Corona virus might actually a blessing for the ESA to have a reason to scrap this event and save face before getting completely exposed on a worldwide stage.
Edit: Don't take this the wrong way, but in this case Corona virus might actually a blessing for the ESA to have a reason to scrap this event and save face before getting completely exposed on a worldwide stage.
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