This year E3 has been cancelled, but Geoff Keighley has his Summer Game Fest again which we now know about three events with two at the same time as they would be if E3 was happening.
I think we still get E3 just not in name and for us be it in the UK, Japan or Aus nothing changes, be watching them online still regardless who's banner a show comes under.
Current Events and times in the UK
May 17th Tuesday 2pm 505 Games 31st Tuesday 5pm Evercade Second Anniversary
June 2nd Thursday 11pm State of Play 3rd Friday 12pm SEGA (Japanese) 6th Monday 9pm Limited Run Games 7th Tuesday 5pm Sonic Central 8th Wednesday ??? Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Reveal 8th Wednesday 6pm Black Voices in Gaming 9th Thursday 4pm Upload VR 9th Thursday 7pm Summer Game Fest Showcase + Day of the Devs 9th Thursday 11pm Devolver 10th Friday 5pm IGN Expo 10th Friday 6pm Netflix Geeked Week: Games 10th Friday 7pm Epic 10th Friday 8pm Tribeca Games Spotlight 10th Friday 9pm Freedom Games 11th Saturday 4pm Guerrilla Collective 3 11th Saturday 5.30pm Wholesome Games 11th Saturday 5.30pm Future of Play 11th Saturday 7.30pm NetEase 11th Saturday 8pm Future Games Show 12th Sunday 6pm Bethesda and Xbox Showcase 12th Sunday 8.30pm PC Gaming Show 13th Monday 9pm Guerrilla Collective 3.5 13th Monday 11pm Capcom Showcase 14th Tuesday 5pm Assassin's Creed 15th Anniversary Celebration 14th Tuesday 6pm Xbox & Bethesda Extended 16th Thursday 6pm Overwatch 2 16th Thursday 11pm 10 Years of Dragon's Dogma 16th Thursday 11pm Final Fantasy VII Anniversary Event 17th Friday 6pm Prime Matter Anniversary Show 23rd Thursday 5pm Focus Showcase A Plague Tale Requiem
July 28th Thursday 8pm Annapurna
August 12th Friday 8pm THQ Nordic Showcase
I will update when we get more announcements, which Nintendo will be the main one for most of us.
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Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
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Nintendo will literally be the only one I care about, so many companies just don't get it when it comes to these directs and Geoff's Big Summer Games Jamboree doesn't fill me with confidence as that usually bores the socks off me.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Totally off topic but I've just been reminded of the time I hesitated answering the phone to someone I didn't wanna talk to only to see that they were in a car right next to me and could probably see my obvious "can I be bothered talking to them?" moment.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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I think I've got greedy. It was only the other day that I was bemoaning the quiet release schedule on Switch, and thinking that it was about time we had another Direct. I think we've just had one? And summer's coming up. Blimey. Maybe it's the eShop having a quiet time I'm really noticing. Maybe a Nindie Showcase in may to whet our whistles for the main event? Pleeeeeeeease?
Of course I don't care about anything else.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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I watched 505, who have published likes of Control and Death Stranding (PC) that them having a showcase for the first time must have something.
Well they had four games, and how they were shown was awful as well. It was certainly up there with Koch Media last year as one of the worst, it can only get better from here.
Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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Now you know how Cappa feels when we have a month like July which has two RPGs as the Nintendo games.
True, but I got the impression that a lot of people were underwhelmed by Switch Sports, not just me! The 6/10 from Nintendo Life may as well be them mailing human excrement to Nintendo directly.
The Cappuccino Kid Lumen Sage
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I can't decide if Nintendo have more bargaining power if they do an event and show the ESA that the E3 "thing" doesn't need E3, or if they don't do one so next year there is more incentive to try to entice them to do one.
Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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They'll do one eventually, but no pressing need to do one in June. We have a few games announced for the next couple months, Pokémon is nailed in for a date and generally does separate presentations. In a month or two, they can do one to give us dates for Bayonetta and maybe trail a few things for next year.
I'd like to be wrong, but I'm not getting excited.
Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
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