Gaming Gazette
Posts
June Wrap Up: Not-E3, Gaming Announcement Season, & Dev/Publisher Events

June Wrap Up: Not-E3, Gaming Announcement Season, & Dev/Publisher Events

July 01, 2025

^_Disclaimer^{_{: The Gaming Gazette delivers weekly updates on all things gaming. Discover new developments, comprehensive reviews, and educational/entertainment content across all our socials.}} ^{_{This is not financial advice. Please do your own research before investing in any assets mentioned. Thank you!}}

TLDR:

June Recap: Announcements/Events (RIP E3 🥲)
Web3 Gaming Made Promises It Couldn’t Keep
In Case You Missed It: Highlights/Headlines

End of Month Recap

Real gamers remember E3. You know, that massive gaming trade show where industry insiders gathered in LA every June to drop the biggest announcements in gaming history? Well E3 is gone (RIP 😔) but June has become even more packed with gaming events than ever before!

From Steam Next Fest’s week-long early access demo showcase, to bangers like the Xbox Games Showcase, The PC Gaming Show, the Southeast Asian Games Showcase (SEAGS), Summer Games Fest, PS5 State of Play and MUCH more, June delivered non-stop world premiers, hands-on demos, and industry reveals that reached more gamers than traditional trade shows ever could.

Web3 Gaming Made Promises It Couldn’t Keep

The brave souls who explored web3 gaming’s play-to-earn world during its early days (roughly anytime before 2021) soon realized the space was far from ready for the attention it had gotten.

It’s been almost 4 years later and we still have such a long way to go. I came across an article written by Payton which accurately relays the sentiment of the current sentiment of the entire web3 gaming space.

(full article below 👇)