Only ten days remain until E3 2021 gets underway, and while we still don't really have any idea what Nintendo will be up to during the event, we can be sure there'll be a fair few game announcements worthy of our attention.
Building up to the big day, the ESA has released a new infographic showing off all the publishers and sponsors that are currently confirmed for the event. Nintendo and Xbox are listed as 'Pinnacle Sponsors', clearly being superior to the lowly 'Premier', 'Feature', and 'Elite' sponsors. Hang on, every single category sounds like it's the most important one?
Anyway, here we go:
Will Ubisoft be bringing its Just Dance panda for nostalgia's sake?
Our guide to all things E3 2021 should have you covered if you're wanting to know anything about the upcoming event. Make sure to jump on the fan registration form when it goes live tomorrow to get access to E3's free online portal full of exclusive content.
Comments 45
DAMN! No Team Cherry still
So there's pinnacle sponsors, elite sponsors and showcase sponsors but no normal sponsors. ;p
'Participating company'? Ooh that's some shade right there.
Nintendo and Xbox both pinnacle sponsors eh? Collaboration confirmed. The New Nintendo Switch Pro X Series is going to wipe the floor with the PS5. I can't wait.
@jump
Those would be the (potential) ads from non-gaming companies I'd imagine.
@Kiz3000
Including, but not limited to, Master Chief in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Is there an infographic or something that lists the times of all relevant presentations?
Sony is still alive ?
'Thank you, Norton Gaming, for participating.'
Makes it sound like they were a good sport for turning up lol.
Can someone invent a word for "lots of logos and icons with no info", because there's absolutely no Info on that "Infographic", and that kind of thing is really starting to annoy the munkies out of me, lately.
Nintendo as a "Pinnacle Sponsor" is indeed interesting. Let's see what they have for us!
Norton Gaming, as in Norton Anti-virus?
That's amusing to say the least, they get a participation award too.
Still waiting on that schedule. I would expect the Nintendo Direct to be on June 15th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time, but I want confirmation.
Imagine sucking so hard you are the only company at the bottom tier.
That all but confirms Nintendo's doing a Direct. But we knew that
I wonder how long before a Youtube video puts an after event tier list together.
OMG I JUST CAN'T WAIT!!!! I MISSED THIS SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAINE, CHOE CHOEEEEEE!!!
Ha, Norton Gaming are not going to be happy with that ranking
Do Verizon make games?
The whole list is just "These are the companies ordered by who paid us the most"
@RupeeClock My cousin's brother's mother's uncle who works there told me they're making a Megaman Battle Network clone. Cause, y'know, virus busting shenanigans.
@Yosher
Please, I wouldn't trust Norton Anti-virus to bust a Mettaur.
"Norton gaming"?
Boy if you fall for that... 🙄
No self-respecting PC gamer back in my day would've been caught dead with Norton, McAfee, or any other real-time 'antivirus'.
@BongoBongo I don’t think OtterBox does either but money is money
Wait, no Sony? Is that normal?
And is it odd that Nintendo is at the top of the list? I thought they've practically phoned it in at E3 the last few years? But I don't really keep track.
No point in Sony showing up. Can’t find a PS5 at normal price. List looks good though. 👌🏻
@3RedTriangles Not yet, Nintendo still hasn't announced their presentation time or details so...
Did I miss something here? Since when did Norton and Gaming become something? Talk about 2 words combined that don't make sense...
Intellivision Amico?
Finally! ^^
@Pod
Hey, less of the sarcasm, I'm looking forward to mine! Though I freely admit it a purchase I'll be making with rose-tinted goggles firmly held in place.
@Prizm its actually the opposite. nintendo has gotten more into e3 recently and sony straight up doesnt do anything for it anymore.
@RupeeClock Didn't say it would be a GOOD game.
Tier lists are all the rage now. It only makes sense that the ESA makes their own.
@Yosher
I've actually had a lot of problems directly caused by Norton being a bad product in the past, ranging from not being defend against a basic HOSTS file hijacking, to eating up all available disk space through bad data management for its updates.
@RupeeClock Wow that sounds really bad, had no idea they were that terrible.
@Prizm Nintendo always buys huge booth space, even if their online presentation is lacking. They spend a lot on the physical show renting a lot of floor. Sony took their ball and went home years ago. Their last E3 was the one where they awkwardly shuffled press around a weird church set, embarrassingly badly mic'ed the Gustavo Santaolalla performance, and had Shawn Layden even more awkwardly in the commentators booth during the set transitions filling time. After that, Shaun quit, Jim took over, and they cancelled basically all of their trade show events, including the one they started/owned. They're too "important" for lowly trade shows with other companies.....or even by themselves. We thought it was because PS4 was winding down and would return to launch PS5, but, no, they didn't return for that either.
I only assume there was some breakdown with ESA & Sony's relationship, and Sony decided their sheer market dominance meant they don't need to spend money on marketing to the faithful. Sony bailing out was when E3 started circling the drain and seeming desperate. Sony just randomly drops "State of Play" videos on Twitter and calls it a day now. They don't really even use their own PS Blog. They're even more Nintendo than Nintendo.
@BongoBongo Considering the digital distribution, burgeoning streaming industry, youtubers, and online play of games requires internet access at the consumer end, and tremendous internet backbones on the games company sides, and there's only, like, 3 companies in the US that run the telecom backend for it, I'd say they're more than a little involved in gaming, even if we don't think of them when we think of games. I was surprised at first, too, mainly because I think of the telecoms hating gaming, it's a massive drain on their infrastructure, and they used to be downright hostile to gamers, but they apparently see enough money in it to promote it these days. Plus, we KNOW ISP/cableco owned streaming services are going to be a thing....
I don't really think this is newsworthy, I'm pretty sure Nintendo would've been a pinnacle sponsor for E3 2018 too and that direct was mostly just smash. Still excited, but keeping my expectations in check.
@Yosher
They're experiences from more than a decade ago now, but they became largely irrelevant longer than that with better competition in the computer security sector.
@Prizm Sony left E3 after the laughable 2018 one where they spent a bunch of time wrangling people from a gimmicky tent to the actual auditorium with some guys talking to fill in the dead air. Now all we get are these State of Plays where we can't see the one announcer guy that wasn't Shawn Layden get angrier in real time.
Okay... Seeing nintendo and Xbox hand in hand.
Giving birth to Nintendo Series Switch box
@ZeldaFanboy78 ah, ty, now i know when DONT watch it.
Funny how Nintendo is the pinnacle sponsor for E3 yet Sony is nowhere to be found.
This is an outrage! I can't believe Nintendo settled for Pinnacle Sponsor when they could have been a Double Platinum Ultra Pinnacle+ Sponsor. They may as well cancel E3.
@SpringDivorce
I must admit that I'm honestly looking forward to seeing what they're doing it with it.
It's something a bit out of the ordinary, which I always welcome.
@Pod
Honestly? I think it'll end up a £250.00 foot spa with a couple of updated games I'll play every now and again (Cloudy Mountain, Night Stalker, Astrosmash from the first batch), but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...