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The magic carpet is supposed to show how great flying cars will be in the future, but it’s unclear how this air-mobile vehicle will reduce pollution.Gif: Kyle Barr / GizmodoCES is no stranger to some supremely extravagant booths, but this year’s convention might take the cake (in one case, quite literally). The Consumer Technology Association, the group that runs the event every year, was hoping to have 130,000 attendees strolling around Vegas in search of the latest and greatest the tech world has to offer. Being there…

The ball has dropped and we’ve officially made it to a new year. Heading into 2024, the video game industry finds itself in an especially interesting position. We’re coming off a historic year for gaming that was filled with massive releases and devastating layoffs in equal part. Game companies are left balancing their cultural successes and their business failures right now. But how will those scales tip this year? The short of it is that we’re heading into perhaps the most mysterious year for gaming in a very long…

2023 was a roller coaster for the video games industry. On the software side, it was a historic year for new releases. We got everything from big success stories like Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to memorable indies in Venba and Chants of Sennaar. But from the business side, 2023 was a lot more tumultuous. While some notable studio acquisitions and game announcements happened, thousands of developers were laid off, entire studios were shut down or hacked, and the provider of one of…

After gasps and fits and a death rattle that lasted nearly four years, the Electronic Entertainment Expo—or E3, the video game industry’s largest trade show—is now dead and gone forever.The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which hosted the event, made the announcement Tuesday morning, confirming something most of us saw coming, but still hoped would not. It truly is the end of an era, though one that might have been inevitable.E3 was a loud, raucous carnival, where everything competed for your attention, and the…

E3 had been on life support over the past few years, but the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is finally retiring the long-running expo for good. Earlier in 2023, we saw ReedPop and the ESA end their partnership, further diminishing the prospects of E3’s potential return. And with Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest and The Game Awards meeting the industry’s demand for content showcase between the two of them, that comeback was pretty much a lost cause. Well, we’re now bearing witness to the final blow. As reported…

On Tuesday, the Entertainment Software Association announced that E3, once the biggest video game showcase on the planet, is officially dead.'Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police' | AI Unlocked“After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye,” said the Entertainment Software Association in a statement on the E3 website. “Thanks for the memories.”E3’s website contains that announcement followed by GGWP, gamer-speak for “Good Game, Well Played” to the community it served…

It’s really hard not to have some degree of reverence for E3. For those who grew up with games being streamed and broadcast, it was the big show. It was the place where the biggest reveals of the year happened. And now, it is dead. That’s dramatic, I know. But in all seriousness, the ESA has officially declared E3 done. After more than two decades, the show will cease to exist, following several canceled or online-only years, and a broken partnership with PAX organizer ReedPop. (Disclosure: I used to work under ReedPop,…

It’s official: E3 is dead. For over two decades, the Electronic Entertainment Expo was the video game industry’s most important event. For enthusiastic gamers, it was Christmas and the Super Bowl rolled into one trailer-full event. It served a more important role on the business side, as it was a key way for smaller developers to get their games seen and make deals with publishers. Now, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced it’s formally retiring the once powerful event for good. It is, quite…

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, is officially dead. "After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the memories," the Entertainment Software Association, E3's organizer, wrote on X. The industry trade group wrote closed out the statement with "GGWP" or "good game, well played."E3's troubles have been well documented in recent years, with the pandemic arguably exacerbating the video game expo's demise. There hadn't been an in-person E3…

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the organizer of the E3 video game industry expo, confirmed that E3 is dead and that it has no plans to bring the show back. “After more than two decades of serving as a central showcase for the video game industry, ESA has decided to end E3,” The ESA explained on X. “ESA remains focused on advocating for ESA member companies and the industry workforce who fuel positive cultural and economic impact every day.” The ESA E3, which stands for Electronic Entertainment Expo,…