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There's Now an E3 Press Conference For The PC, Hosted By Day9 [Up: More Devs]
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As of right now that is all we know about Bosskey the company.
Theonik
Member
I mean, personally I never understood the need for it and evidently many of the major players on the PC space don't either. From an exhibitor's standpoint it is about showcasing your products and PC, as a platform is not a single product to showcase, which is simultaneously a big part of the whole appeal. Which to me makes the whole gesture very odd.
I dunno, but my point is that regardless if feels really weird to me that a site like PC Gamer is hosting a hype event. But whatever, I guess.
mgs2master2
Banned
Everything has a conference. Where is the Neogaf conference at E3 sponsored by bandaras.gif?
TBH the whole reason for E3 has sort of become nebulous. But a reason for having a presentation is that a lot of eyeballs are present on E3 news, so if one wants to ride the wave of publicity for PC based games then E3 is the time to do it.
I mean, it isn't any different than having a site like Gamespot inviting developers onto their stage to show off their games.
Theonik
Member
I'm sure you can if you pay for it! In fact, the major conferences MS/Sony etc etc are not actually part of E3 but are organised entirely by the exhibitors!
I mean I kinda get what they are going for but it just sounds wrong to me.
This is something I am actually concerned about. I really think such a PC showing should represent the wealth of amazing content on the way from all sizes of developers, genres and niches. Whether PC gamer will do that is obviously to be seen, although it should be noted that the list of companies on board is not final, with "more announcements to come"
DriftedPlanet
Unconfirmed Member
Poetic.Injustice
Member
They need Valve there too.
Muscle Wizard
Banned
I will also be holding my own press conference about my ideas for video games while Kevin Durant dunks on me.
Magicka 2 comes out before this conference. On May 26th http://store.steampowered.com/app/238370/?snr=1_7_15__13
It might be a bit weird to show off a game that was released a month prior, but I guess if Tripwire do indeed end up showing more Killing Floor 2 stuff, which is playable now, then it could happen.
They're in the OP.
Banderdash
Member
So... are PC Gamer going to have an E3 booth too?
anexanhume
Member
I'm in. Let's get the weightlifting guy to host it.
Pollux
Member
As in any guesses as to what specifically they'll be showing?
ZoltanXerxes
Member
Nice!! Didn't expect this at all.
Gambit 1138
Banned
Disappointed at the absence of Disney/Lucasarts, Activision/Sierra, Valve, and Telltale games
At least Blizzard will be there
At least Blizzard will be there
ScepticMatt
Member
not sure if serious...
dragonfart28
Banned
We could be in for the best E3 ever.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
I hope they get contacted by more publishers after this announcement.
I thought there was talk of Valve being at this year's E3?
I'm not even excited for this game anymore and I threw then 75 bones back in the day. 30 FPS, delays, recent hiring of staff crucial to game development has really just snuffed out the flame I had for this game.
I'm not even excited for this game anymore and I threw then 75 bones back in the day. 30 FPS, delays, recent hiring of staff crucial to game development has really just snuffed out the flame I had for this game.
hitsugi
Member
It has been difficult to maintain hype for the game - I'll admit that. The updates (while somewhat "frequent") are very small and as you pointed out the recent hiring has led people to question how well things are being handled.
I still have faith in the team to get it done, and was fairly impressed with the demo they released last year (although it had less functionality than a different PC demo showcased even earlier).
This is one of those things where the project took off to unbelievable heights, and there is a lot of pressure to get it right despite it being out of the scope of anything they've ever worked on. I HOPE the game releases by winter, but we'll see. If there isn't significant progress demonstrated or at least discussed at E3, we'll know it's probably going into 2017.
ashecitism
Member
No, there wasn't. At least not yet.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
Also I think Valve doesn't want to take the responsibility of hosting an E3 conference because there would be pressure on them to announce something every year.
Compsiox
Banned
You know they'll show up at the end.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Paradox will be ten minutes of Magicka 2 and thirty of Pillars of Eternity: ExPack One.
with devolver, paradox and humble there i wouldn't worry about the small guys or variety suffering.
Xplatformer
Member
I've been going to E3 since 96' and this is the first time something like this has happened where PC game releases have been championed. Most of the time the platform is simply ASSUMED to be there without any fan fare.
Hopefully this will lead to more developers creating cross platform console only titles for the PC (Red Dead STILL ain't on PC...and yes, I understand why)
Perfect time for me to sell my PS4 and build my Windows 10 / Star Citizen box.
Star Citizen needs more props.
Hopefully this will lead to more developers creating cross platform console only titles for the PC (Red Dead STILL ain't on PC...and yes, I understand why)
Perfect time for me to sell my PS4 and build my Windows 10 / Star Citizen box.
Star Citizen needs more props.
More participants:
ArenaNet (Heart of Thorns)
CCP Games (no idea, Valkyrie maybe)
Creative Assembly (TW Warhammer)
Fullbright (Tacoma)
Frictional Games (SOMA)
Frontier (more Elite, I guess, or Coaster Park Tycoon)
Nexon (no idea, but with Splash Damage being there, maybe Dirty Bomb)
Pixel Titans (STRAFE)
SCS Games (American Truck Simulator, maybe?)
Splash Damage (Dirty Bomb)
http://www.pcgamer.com/more-developers-announced-for-the-pc-gaming-show-at-e3/
ArenaNet (Heart of Thorns)
CCP Games (no idea, Valkyrie maybe)
Creative Assembly (TW Warhammer)
Fullbright (Tacoma)
Frictional Games (SOMA)
Frontier (more Elite, I guess, or Coaster Park Tycoon)
Nexon (no idea, but with Splash Damage being there, maybe Dirty Bomb)
Pixel Titans (STRAFE)
SCS Games (American Truck Simulator, maybe?)
Splash Damage (Dirty Bomb)
http://www.pcgamer.com/more-developers-announced-for-the-pc-gaming-show-at-e3/
CA and Frictional? Well I just got way more hyped for this thing.
FunkyDealer
Banned
That's too late for me. I can handle Sonys because it's not as long, but another one the night after would be tough. I'll keep an eye out for what gets announced though.
This shaping up to something great. I just hope every attendant/game gets enough time.