too bad about E3 lol

Gamecock's founder sounded like he lived up to the company's namesake.

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The thing about creativity ís true in all cases. By the time big companies have swallowed indie game developers it's down the drain with creativity, only clones will be supported by the big publishers, since those 'sort of' proven they can make them some money.

Anyone who disagrees with this doesn't know how publishers handle 'creative ideas', and I'm speaking out of experience right here. Most big publishers are terrified about new and creative ideas! You know why? Because there's no way they can estimate whether or not such a game would sell. The big publishers are only out to make money not to sell a creative product, come on don't be ignorant.

E for all it exists proof is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_for_all It is the rebirth of the old E3, sorta no one mentions it come on

*sigh* Indie game developers always go on about the lack of creativity in this and the lack of quality that, and claim they have the cure. Their games are enjoyed by a few, ignored by many, and then they get picked up by some major publisher. The new games has a wider release, more people hate it, and the developers blame it on "lack of creative control", which may be true in some cases, but not all. If, however, said game is a success, a sequel is made and becomes a known and established franchise. Newer games take lessons from said game and adjust game designs to keep up with the competition. New indie game developers complain about the lack of whatever, and the process starts over again. To bad some of those companies "sold out", otherwise the gaming world would be free of corporations poisoning us with over hyped crap, and we would be free to swim about in a sea of underfunded titles with untested game play mechanics, it would be like being a beta tester, but WE pay THEM (welcome to Soviet Russia)! But who cares about the process, they're attention whores.

game what??...

I went to gamecock's website and their games might be fun in an XBOX Live sorta way -- who knows until they come out.

I really dont see how you people can call them "attention whores." So every game company that stages an event to have fun and make a point is an attention whore. wtf ever. some people are just clueless and the point is lost. Its this kind of disregard of small developers and their teams that lead to tragic loss of creativity and original ideas. Like what happened to Clover Studios.

Of course we knew it was dead before it even started this year.

I agree that the old E3 is dead and THATS sad....but the thing about publishers not taking risk with new and innovative gameplay THATS just something that will allways be there..........

Agreed. Gamecock is just attention whoring.

Gamecock are the new attention whores of the industry.

I'm pretty sure they made Stubbs the zombie, which was awesome though short.

im not brown nosing anyone, but i firmly believe its small companys like gamecock that bring innovation to the industry, and it just aggrivates me when people post uneducated comments like "who are they, who cares, or I don't know who they are so their games must suck". Obviously these guys are known enough to warrent an event such as this.

Take a little time out of your busy lives to get to know a small developer or two. And no, I certainly do not play EA games, except Burnout or Need for speed games. And yea, maybe my comment on being a gamer was a little bit much, but so many gamers take for granted how many smaller development teams have made a major hit and went on to make the hits we love.

I agree that the game industry has to be putting out more creative and innovative games. But in my oppinion, theres nothing wrong with a game series such as the Metal Gear Solid games or Final Fantasy. As long as they grow the game from the previous one to make it a different expierience.

Give us the old E3 back

Let all the businessmen and corporate types have their "new" E3. Tell me when they bring back the "old E3" or something like it for the true gamers!

Screw E3 being disappointing, that's been aparant since last week... wait, people were saying this ever since last year.

But forget about E3; why is GameSpot so dead? There was game news I had to see on MSNBC that didn't even get posted. Something about a man and wife... or was it boyfriend of girlfriend(?), anyhow, they they were so into playing games they neglected their kids to the point they were near death (all starving and malnourished with not even enough muscle to support their necks)... and GameSpot hasn't even posted anything about this yet, that really makes me frown on GameSpot for taking it too easy after E3.

I do agree that the true E3 is kind of dead now. I mean, last year, E3 was huge, but this year, I barely even noticed it. As for the comment about sequels, annuals, etc, I kind of agree with that as well. If you notice, practically ever single big "epic" game that was shown at E3 was a shooter except for Super Mario Galaxy and MP:Corruption.