The video game industry is in a tough spot with layoffs and studio closures, but Summer Game Fest was a refreshingly hopeful event.
It's an awkward time to celebrate the video game industry -- not because there aren't fantastic games worth celebrating, but because the studios that make them are being shut down left and right, over 20,000 employees have been laid off, and some companies are convinced that they can replace people with AI. All of that was running through my head as I sat down in YouTube Theater on Friday afternoon to watch Summer Game Fest 2024 live.
: One of the most captivating mods for Counter-Strike: Source was Jailbreak. A group of players would be locked up in the jail cells with a warden and guards watching over them. Every so often, the warden would release everyone to play games, and the inmates would typically stage a revolt. is a multiplayer prison escape game and looks to have a ton of the same DNA. Plus, it's being made by one person! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRG8m0jBGEA • Neva: GRIS is one of the most beautiful and affecting games I've played in the last decade, but it was not exactly the most involved puzzle platformer of all time.
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