The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has traditionally been one of the largest events in the world of gaming, but it is not taking place this year!!
Although there won't be an E3 2023, there are some great major press conferences/showcase events coming up for fans to enjoy.
Kicking it all off we see the return of the Summer Game Fest which will feature exciting new trailers, and gameplay reveals with news and announcements from across the video game industry.
If that isn’t enough to scratch your gaming itch, the following events are planned for this year too:
As always with these events, there are a lot of rumours and information about what news can be expected. Thanks to RoterShanks over at Mydealz - Here’s a short summary of what we know so far:
Summer Game Fest Showcase:
Time: Thursday, 08/06 at 21:00
Host: Geoff Keighley
Expect to see trailers and new announcements for AAA games
Planned reveals:
Gameplay from Mortal Kombat 1
More impressions of Alan Wake II (Remedy Games)
First trailer for "The Witcher" season 3 (Henry Cavill will be on hand for this)
Possible reveals:
Information on Cyberpunk 2077 DLC (Idris Elba)
Updates on Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon and/or the Elden Ring DLC (Fromsoftware)
Presentation of this year's Call of Dutys (Activision)
Fresh gameplay of Death Stranding 2 (Hideo Kojima)
Console manufacturers not expected to be represented:
Sony: Just had the Playstation Showcase.
Microsoft: Xbox Showcase on 11 June
Nintendo: Not a partner of the Summer Game Fest
You can watch last year's Summer Game Fest Showcase here
The Future Games Show:
Time: Saturday, 10/06 at 19:00.
Organised by Gamesradar
Hosted by Yuri Lowenthal (voice of Playstation Spider-Man) and Laura Bailey (voice of Playstation Mary Jane)
The exact content is unknown so far, but it is advertised with various world premieres and exclusive trailers.
You can watch last year's The Future Games Show here
Xbox Games Showcase & Starfield Direct:
Time: Sunday, 11th June at 19:00
Not much is known so far
News about Fable was hinted at on Twitter
Already announced games that may have new things coming: Everwild, Perfect Dark, The Outer World's 2, Avowed, Contraband or Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.
Microsoft makes the following promises:
No movie trailers
No 12-month limit
No full CGI trailers for first-party games
Featured games will be shown again in more detail during the Xbox Games Showcase Extended
You can watch last year's Xbox Games Showcase here
Ubisoft Forward:
Time: Monday, 12/06 at 19:00.
Confirmed games include:
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
The Crew Motorfest
Ubisoft working on a Star Wars game that could be announced
The oft-delayed Skull and Bones could also be revealed
You can check out the Ubisoft Forward of 2021 here
Capcom Showcase:
Time: Tuesday, 13th June at 00:00
Running time: approx. 36 minutes
Nothing known so far
Dragons Dogma II might be shown (was announced at the Playstation Showcase).
You can watch last year's Capcom Showcase here
What are you waiting for?
Although there won't be an E3 2023, there are some great major press conferences/showcase events coming up for fans to enjoy.
Kicking it all off we see the return of the Summer Game Fest which will feature exciting new trailers, and gameplay reveals with news and announcements from across the video game industry.
If that isn’t enough to scratch your gaming itch, the following events are planned for this year too:
- 08.06. – Summer Game Fest Showcase (YouTube | Twitch)
- 08.06. – Day of the Devs (YouTube | Twitch)
- 09.06. – Devolver Direct (YouTube | Twitch)
- 09.06. – Access Ability Showcase (YouTube)
- 09.06. – Tribeca Games Spotlight (YouTube)
- 10.06. – Future of Play Direct (YouTube | Twitch)
- 10.06. – Wholesome Direct (YouTube | Twitch)
- 10.06. – The Future Games Show (YouTube)
- 10.06. – OTK Games Expo (Twitch)
- 11.06. – Xbox Games Showcase & Starfield Direct (YouTube | Twitch)
- 11.06. – PC Gaming Show (YouTube | Twitch)
- 12.06. – Ubisoft Forward (YouTube | Twitch)
- 13.06. – Capcom Showcase (YouTube | Twitch)
- 13.06. – Xbox Games Showcase Extended (YouTube | Twitch)
- 16.06. – RGG Summit Summer 2023 (tba)
As always with these events, there are a lot of rumours and information about what news can be expected. Thanks to RoterShanks over at Mydealz - Here’s a short summary of what we know so far:
Summer Game Fest Showcase:
Time: Thursday, 08/06 at 21:00
Host: Geoff Keighley
Expect to see trailers and new announcements for AAA games
Planned reveals:
Gameplay from Mortal Kombat 1
More impressions of Alan Wake II (Remedy Games)
First trailer for "The Witcher" season 3 (Henry Cavill will be on hand for this)
Possible reveals:
Information on Cyberpunk 2077 DLC (Idris Elba)
Updates on Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon and/or the Elden Ring DLC (Fromsoftware)
Presentation of this year's Call of Dutys (Activision)
Fresh gameplay of Death Stranding 2 (Hideo Kojima)
Console manufacturers not expected to be represented:
Sony: Just had the Playstation Showcase.
Microsoft: Xbox Showcase on 11 June
Nintendo: Not a partner of the Summer Game Fest
You can watch last year's Summer Game Fest Showcase here
The Future Games Show:
Time: Saturday, 10/06 at 19:00.
Organised by Gamesradar
Hosted by Yuri Lowenthal (voice of Playstation Spider-Man) and Laura Bailey (voice of Playstation Mary Jane)
The exact content is unknown so far, but it is advertised with various world premieres and exclusive trailers.
You can watch last year's The Future Games Show here
Xbox Games Showcase & Starfield Direct:
Time: Sunday, 11th June at 19:00
Not much is known so far
News about Fable was hinted at on Twitter
Already announced games that may have new things coming: Everwild, Perfect Dark, The Outer World's 2, Avowed, Contraband or Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.
Microsoft makes the following promises:
No movie trailers
No 12-month limit
No full CGI trailers for first-party games
Featured games will be shown again in more detail during the Xbox Games Showcase Extended
You can watch last year's Xbox Games Showcase here
Ubisoft Forward:
Time: Monday, 12/06 at 19:00.
Confirmed games include:
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
The Crew Motorfest
Ubisoft working on a Star Wars game that could be announced
The oft-delayed Skull and Bones could also be revealed
You can check out the Ubisoft Forward of 2021 here
Capcom Showcase:
Time: Tuesday, 13th June at 00:00
Running time: approx. 36 minutes
Nothing known so far
Dragons Dogma II might be shown (was announced at the Playstation Showcase).
You can watch last year's Capcom Showcase here
What are you waiting for?
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Actually i do like the gold d-pad on second look (edited)
Bethesda, now a wholly owned division of MS, is a prime example. The content of Fallout 3, for instance, could never ever be allowed in a Beth game in 2023. Even if overt 'messaging' is somewhat played down (unlikely- see Redfail), the content will be kept purposely bland, 'safe' and certainly free from 'male gaze' imagery.
One could compensate with great and new gameplay- but the underworld will freeze over before MS delivers on the technical side (Forza aside). At least Sony has great game coders.
Starfield is the 'great hope' but Beth has had nothing but rotten releases for years now.
I think the only game on my radar this year is Spider-Man 2.
As a passionate video gamer I hope every studio (and every video gamer) are learning lessons. My number 1 lesson is I use my wallet for where passion and time has been spent on a game, NOT to enrich shareholders. Stop buying early access, subscriptions, season passes, loot boxes, reskinned games (Yes - you Ubisoft, EA, Activision).
I miss my younger years, having experienced some truly amazing games (GTA IV, Half life, The Witcher, Mass Effect, Original COH, Old Tom Clancy games etc. It appears we will never see the calibre / quality of these games ever again - despite having the most powerful machines of all time to run it.
I could expand on this, but its HUKD so I'll probably made a YouTube video or reddit essay post or something.... (edited)
im coooming
build your own ship
hire a crew
(just like in startrek) divert power to power up shields and lasers
commit piracy
OH MAN DAY 1 PURCHASE
might even buy an XBOX. so impressed
my second though was.... OMg modders will add in the enterprise D, the millennium falcon and the tardis. with picard, cheweie and the doctor
I am so ready for this (edited)
And on a similar bent, the AAA industry is just messed up in general. Fewer big publishers than ever putting more and more eggs into fewer baskets, and then panicking when a game doesn't make all the money in the world. (edited)
I must say, Avowed didn't look great - but then it's Obsidian so I do have full confidence in them but the visuals didn't wow me.
Really intrigued by Clockwork Revolution. The steampunk style, Bioshock vibes, time manipulation. Looks very interesting.
Starfield - I mean...that's how you do a deep dive right? Just an incredible level of detail on there. Space isn't even REALLY my jam but I'm not going to be playing much else come September.
Exciting time to be a gamer, regardless of platform! (edited)
Really looking forward to the xbox showcase. This is an open goal for xbox to really get ahead of the narrative, especially after Redfall. All they need to do is nail the show and as xbox has said, we will see actual in play graphics and games released within 12 months.
1st time i watched a full show yesterday, because its at decent UK times. Xbox show on a sunday afternoon for us, so again, good time. Looking forward to it.
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Microsoft's "No 12-month limit" kinda suggests other than Starfield and Motorsport (with it's own show on the 13th) they don't really have much now so will just show us what's coming in future years. If Motorsport doesn't cut it, or MS don't bother trying to play catch up with GT7 and offer VR there's always the improved Codemasters F1 '23 and their new WRC '23 licence due soon. Le Mans Ultimate was announced this weekend at the race, due in December, possibly coming to consoles which would be good to see rFactor 2 simulator effectively on console, along with their licences for BTCC and IndyCar, or NASCAR for driving in circles, although Motorsport Games having these licences scares many. Fortunately Assetto Corsa 2 is due in Spring '24 and GTR Revival will maybe appear next year too. It's developer suggested EA still have what they did so far for the cancelled Project Cars 4 so maybe that'll be a GRiD game instead? The Crew Motorfest didn't look very good from the leaks but will probably keep Horizon players entertained, not sure what Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown will end up like.
Maybe I'm getting old but the majority of games now look utterly dreadful, I'm no fan of wizards /swords/ghouls/zombies/vampires/fantasy/anime/cartoon/superhero/role-play/pay-to-play/children's games which seem to make up 95% of everything in gaming now as their fans must be the ones who get their parent's credit card details, but fortunately there's GTA 6, Mafia 4, Max Payne 1+2 remake, Payday 3, Counter Strike 2, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Over, ARMA 4, Six Days in Fallujah, Ready or Not, Project 007, Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones, Stalker 2, UFC5, Undisputed, Skate 4 and Cities Skylines 2 on the horizon, and talk of a Quantum Break sequel. Not really expecting too much from Robocop, no idea what Everywhere will be or whether former Forza staff now as Maverick Games and Lighthouse Games will do something decent.
I think that they had time to react to the PlayStation showcase and change things up for the better. The "no full CGI 1st party trailers" is big - suggesting that while there of course will be things further out, the featured games won't be *too* far away or at least are at a state where gameplay/in-engine stuff can be showed off
EDIT: infact, they are all wrong all are an hour ahead (+1 BST), all listed as CET times. (edited)
I was so OUT of Starfield, but that deep dive was phenomenal. 30fps lock on XSX is such a bummer though... come on, drop the quality down from 4k, most only have 1080p TVs.
If the 30fps is an actual LOCK, not a target and it has rock solid frame timings, you’ll get used to it. I’d much prefer that than a jittery experience with an inconsistent framerate.
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