Ubisoft will be hosting its own E3-like presentation today in the form of Ubisoft Forward. The all-digital event will have new game announcements, gameplay showcases, updates, and more.
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After E3 2020 cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ESA spoke about E3 2021 back in March. The expo may still go ahead next year, but will be very different from previous iterations.
The upcoming E3-style Ubisoft Forward games showcase will herald a giveaway, with Watch Dogs 2 incoming as a freebie during the event. The giveaway will be for a Uplay copy of the title.
The Guerrilla Collective, a digital gaming festival announced as a replacement for E3 2020, has been moved from the previously scheduled June 6 through June 8 window to June 13 to June 15.
As the annual E3 conference has been cancelled because of coronavirus, videogame publishers are finding other ways to announce new games, and Ubisoft will do so on July 12 with Ubisoft Forward.
A group of videogame publishers of varying sizes has come together to organize the Guerrilla Collective, an online event where developers can share the latest news about their games.
CD Projekt RED is preparing to host an event of some kind related to Cyberpunk 2077 in June where "stuff will be shown". The event is dubbed Night City Wire and could be connected to Summer Game Fest.
Electronic Arts is hosting it's usual EA Play event in June this year, planning to have "world premieres, news and more," during it. As expected, the presentation will be fully digital.
Geoff Keighley today announced his new project to be Summer Game Fest, a digital festival that has partnerships with major publishers like Microsoft, Sony, EA, Bethesda, and many more.
The ESA has revealed that that the online experience that was meant to replace the live E3 show is no longer taking place, and the organization is helping companies host individual events.
Entertainment Software Association is planning to bring back E3 in 2021 as a "reimagined" event that will take place in June. Nothing about the previously revealed online-only event has been detailed.
While some gaming companies are already prepping their own presentations as replacements for E3, Bethesda won't be going this route. The company will be skipping out on hosting a digital showcase.
This past week, Bill Gates stepped down from Microsoft's board of directors, the company transformed Build 2020 and its E3 presentation into virtual events, and so much more. Catch up below.
If E3 2020 had gone on as planned this year, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment was reportedly going to show up with its own live presentation, showcasing new Harry Potter and Batman projects.
With E3 2020 now being canceled, Microsoft and Ubisoft are taking their live stage presentations digital. The companies plan to host online events to announce their wares and upcoming projects.
Confirming previous reports, the Entertainment Software Association has officially canceled the E3 2020 event. An online event is being prepared as a replacement, also slated for June.
Multiple sources from the gaming industry are stating that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) of 2020 has been canceled. Entertainment Software Association has not confirmed the news yet.
Sony has announced that for the second year in a row, PlayStation will not be making an appearance at E3. The company will be focusing on attending "hundreds of consumer events across the globe."
