Last week laid the groundwork for what promises to be at the very least a confusing E3, with a number of familiar faces jumping ship in favor of the uncertain waters below. However, the news of who would and would not be attending the show this July got a bit hazy with regards to talk of developer id Software, with conflicting reports painting the Doom masterminds as both planning to attend and turning their backs on the annual event.Rather than seek the wisdom of the office Magic 8-Ball, we turned to id co-owner and CEO Todd Hollenshead, who conceded uncertainty with regards to the company's E3 plans. Admitted the exec in an email: "Actually, we haven't determined in what capacity we'll be attending E3 (if any), so everyone is wrong." Interestingly, his response echoed that of our own prognosticating orb, which replied simply "Reply hazy, try again."
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They're probably realizing the time, effort and loss of potential development hours isn't worth the hassle. I can understand if magazines were still the main medium, but the internet is instantaneous and reaches so many more.
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The problem is that E3 no longer represented the original intentions, BUT the original intentions is outclassed. By reverting back to the original intentions, E3 no longer had value, but in it's previous form, it had no positive value to the organizers either.
In short, E3 had died, and replaced with a totally different beast. A beast best served by something other that E3. (like PAX, for instance)
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For anyone who is willing to play, there is the old version of Quake redone for XP- DarkPlaces Quake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DarkPlaces
People still play, surprisingly. Respond to me sometime (any post) if you would like to play. I'll email you my Xfire.
I was more of a quake player but then I changed to Hexen then to Half-life and so on.
Man,I would love to see a new Hexen,that game was badass.
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E3 wasn't worth it for a lot of devs. You paid way too much for the press time received. It really only benefited the big players. It's almost like CES - you have to pay for a big booth, pay for the location, etc. It's just not worth it for devs based on the return.
DangerMouse was spot on - with the rise of the net and dedicated gaming sites, devs can reach their audience. Press events are going to benefit players like Nintendo since they target the masses. Sure, dedicated gamers pay attention to E3, but they read their websites every single day.
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I thought I read somewhere that it was going to be in July sometime. That's rather later than the typical May show they hold in L.A.
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Or at least do another castle wolfenstein game.
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2214.html