After Three Days of Trailers and Tiny Violins, Gamers Realize Summer Games Fest Was Just a Giant Ad for Things They Already Bought
The annual Summer Games Fest has finally come to a close, and the internet is buzzing with a collective epiphany that is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. Meme historians are already calling this year's event a masterpiece of "corporate irony." After weeks of hype, millions of viewers tuned in to see the "biggest gaming announcements of the year," only to find a parade of DLCs for games that launched three years ago, a suspiciously glitchy remaster of an already remastered title, and a twenty-minute segment where a very earnest developer talked about "immersion" while showing a fourth-person perspective of a horse that still loads in after the grass. The climax? A trailer for a live-service hero shooter that, according to leaked financials, is set to fail within six months. The funniest part? The only thing truly trending on social media is a deepfake of Geoff Keighley shushing the audience, accompanied by the sound of a single, exhausted tear hitting a keyboard. Summer Games Fest 2024 has officially become the internet's favorite example of getting hyped for a menu, not a meal.