After a number of leaks last week regarding The ESA’s plans for E3 this year, the organizers have finally confirmed E3 2021 and started revealing the first official details about the event. E3 2021?rebranded as the “Electronic Entertainment Experience,” at least for this year?is happening June 12-15 as an all-digital event. This is the first official confirmation we’ve seen of the physical event being canceled, even though it was pretty much a foregone conclusion.

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Confirmed exhibitors so far include Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, Konami, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, Warner Bros. Games, and Koch Media. Notably absent from that list are Sony, Activision Blizzard, Square Enix, EA, Bandai Namco, and more. While some of these publishers could end up being late sign ons, it’s unlikely that Sony will participate in E3 2021. The company first stepped away from E3 in 2019, and again announced its intentions not to participate in E3 2020 before the show was ultimately canceled.
Reports have also indicated that confirmed exhibitors may just be showing some support for The ESA and E3 while saving their biggest reveals and announcements for their own independent ...