After missing out last year, E3 has confirmed it is planning to make a comeback in 2021.
The Official Electronic Entertainment Expo revealed the news to fans on Twitter, stating it has "been hard at work on this year’s event" and will reveal more information about the full picture at a later date.
A report from Video Games Chronicle, however, has seemingly spilled the beans on what the event may entail. The publication has reportedly seen documents handed to publishers, in which The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has proposed three days of live streamed coverage, running between 10am EST - 10pm EST. The ESA is reportedly seeking a six figure sum from publishers to secure a slot during the dates.
The pencilled dates run between June 15-17, with a preview night running on June 14. There are even plans for media previews to take place the week prior and digital demos to be put forward to the general public.
Last year saw E3 replaced with Summer Game Fest, hosted by industry presenter Geoff Keighley. According to VGC, Keighley plans to continue with the same style of setup for this year. It'll be interesting to see how the two events coincide, and which of them publishers will choose to be their platform for making announcements.
Are you excited at the prospect of E3 returning? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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1mil$ for a digital slot and few youtube views? GTFO 😂
It will be cheaper for Microsoft to host an offline Xbox event in one of its theatres. But then again this sum is next to nothing for them.
I'd be shocked if MS, Sony or Nintendo bothered.
MS has 'Inside Xbox', Sony has 'State of Play' and Nintendo has 'Nintendo Direct'.
Obviously for a physical event, E3 made sense, but for digital? Redundant.
Q) Are you excited at the prospect of E3 returning?
A) Very much so. Having a singular event to learn and react to a wealth of gaming news is far nicer than the drips on info we got throughout last year, so E3's return would be much appreciated.
I think it was Maximillian Dood who coined the term, Gamer's Christmas, and I personally feel E3 fits that well. Nintendo Directs (particularly as of late), Inside Xbox and whatever Sony does don't seem to compare to the wealth of info and reveals E3 can do; particularly in being able to learn about games across all the systems. Having E3 with it's specific date for reveals and new info also allows me to plan out my purchases (and Birthday/Christmas presents) with far greater ease.
I agree that a 3 day orgy of information is the best way to go vs the 4 month drip feed from last year. However asking for $1M (been pointed out it's just$100K...more tolerable for the big guys but really don't see why you would pay them that cash to air your video you need to produce...on YouTube? Make the video and release it on the same YouTube for $100K less?) to be included in your time slot on the internet is dumb...you know people can just release their own information during those dates and not pay you for nothing right? I believe Keighley has stated his summer fest will be over a shorter time frame as well. I'm ok with Xbox and the rest just doing their own presentations. I really just care about the Xbox ecosystem so no need watching shows with information not relevant to me.
@Senua Six figures rather than six zeros, so $k not $m. Still not an insignificant amount for smaller publishers though...
As others have said, I can't see Xbox, Sony or Nintendo bothering if it's all digital. Nintendo seem to have ditched the Direct approach, for First Party games at least, with the Partner Direct and Indie Showcase videos the only stuff they've put out in the last year or so.
E3 is still a thing?!
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