The ESA has confirmed that IGN, PC Gamer, GamesRadar, GameSpot, Polygon, and Game Bonfire are all media partners for the event. The ESA won’t be the only one livestreaming the event either. ESPAT Media/Getty Images News/Getty Images “We are evolving this year’s E3 into a more inclusive event, but will still look to excite the fans with major reveals and insider opportunities that make this event the indispensable center stage for video games,” ESA President and CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis explained in a press release.ĭevelopers and publishers from around the video game industry use E3 to showcase new games each year. The name also means something slightly different this year: It stands for Electronic Entertainment Experience instead of Electronic Entertainment Expo. We can expect a flurry of announcements from video game publishers and events for fans during those days. In other words, the show will be spread across four days from Saturday to Tuesday. The ESA revealed that E3 2021 will run from June 12 until June 15. This is everything we know about the event so far, including dates, price, which major publishers are attending, and how it relates to Summer Game Fest.
While a year without an E3 felt quite odd, the Entertainment Software Association confirmed in April 2021 that E3 2021 would finally return in June.
Geoff Keighley’s unaffiliated Summer Game Fest took E3’s place and featured a variety of digital events from several video game publishers. E3 2019 was already rough due to the absence of PlayStation, but the iconic and long-running June video game expo had to take 2020 off because of the Covid-19 pandemic.