This year, E3 goes to all digitally for the first time, but that has said that although the physical shows will return in the future, they could adopt more digital elements.
In a recent interview with Gamesindustry.BIZ, the president of ESA, Stanley Pierre-Louis, said this year’s show is totally online will provide the organization opportunities to learn what it works and what could potentially be transmitted to future events.
“This will give us the opportunity to present the members of the industry, the media and fans the opportunity to participate fully,” said Pierre-Louis, “and I think it provides a real unique opportunity to learn this year what we can Apply for future events that will probably be a mixture of physicists and digital “.
Of course, nothing is found in stone, and Pierre-Louis could not give any solid details about how that could try to balance the physical and digital elements, saying that the exact way of the future of E3 is “to be determined.” He added: “We hope to learn from this year’s event what it transfers well. I can not talk to the E3 of the future because we really want to focus on E3 2021 and make sure that this is a great experience for the exhibitors, the media and the fanatics alike “.
Perhaps it is unsurpassed, given the uncertainty of last year, which is considering making digital aspects a more permanent part of E3 that is directed forward. It is only recently that Blizzard Entertainment, for example, announced that Blizzcon 2021 will not continue in its usual way and that instead, another BlizzConline-style event will be held at the beginning of 2022, with “smaller meetings” that It is expected to be part of that.
A busy summer
We are now preparing for the beginning of E3 2021, which is established on June 12 to June 15. Through the four-day transmission, game fans will be able to see a combination of conferences, panels and press interviews. The ESA has also created an application and an online portal, with elements designed to encourage viewers to interact with the show beyond simply observing the LiveStreams.
Now a calendar has been published for E3 2021 and we have presentations and announcements of a wide range of publishers that we expect from Ubisoft and Nintendo to Square Enix and Microsoft. The remarkable absence of this year is Sony, which has confirmed that it does not plan to present it in the show.
E3 is not the only online game event that is being carried out in the coming weeks and months, however,. The Geoff Keighley summer game festival goes off on June 10 with Steam Next Fest Hot on his heels later in the month. EA has confirmed that it will maintain your traditional EA PLAY event, this year on the slightly back date of July 22 and, shortly after, a GameScom 2021 will be held in August.