RIP — the ESA puts E3 down like Old Yeller | Kaser Focus

For my Gen Z and Alpha readers for whom older live-action Disney films may not be the required viewing it was for me: I’m very sorry to spoil one of the most meaningful and beloved animal films of all time, but it’s important. The Entertainment Software Association announced this week that it’s choosing not to revive E3, meaning the legendary conference is as dead as we’ve always joked it was. I’m not using the Old Yeller reference idly — a beloved creature, brought low by age and sickness, mercifully slain by those it once served? Yeah, I think you can see where my head’s at right now.

It’s been a very strange week. One of the first pieces of news we had was the bizarre conclusion of The Day Before’s saga. Four days after it launched, developer Fntastic suddenly declared the game to be a financial failure and said it was immediately closing. Players who were subjected to the game’s panoply of bugs and glitches are left scrambling to try and get refunds, while reportedly former Fntastic staff members are scrubbing their socials.