After being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, E3 is back for 2021 in an all-digital format, kicking off on June 12th. And with Microsoft and Nintendo finally having announced the dates and times for their big showcase presentations, the event schedule is starting to fall into place.
If you want to attend the virtual event as a fan, you can now register to attend on E3’s website so that you can get access to the E3 portal and app. But if you want to follow along with the press conferences and announcements, we’ve put together a rough timeline of events with everything that we’re aware of. (Note that the exact times of some presentations haven’t been announced yet.)
When is E3?
E3 technically takes place from Saturday, June 12th, to Tuesday, June 15th, but you can expect some big announcements a couple days before E3 at Summer Game Fest’s Kickoff Live event.
Thursday, June 10th
Saturday, June 12th
- 11AM ET: Guerrilla Collective (note that this is the second Guerrilla Collective show — the first takes place on June 5th)
- 1PM ET: E3 broadcast pre-show
- 3PM ET: Ubisoft Forward
- TBA time: Gearbox press conference, Devolver Digital show
Sunday, June 13th
Monday, June 14th
- 11AM ET: E3 broadcast pre-show
- TBA time: “Press conferences from several indie developers” and “presentations from Take-Two Interactive, Mythical Games, Freedom Games, Razer and Capcom.” Verizon and Intellivision will also be “featured,” the ESA says.
Tuesday, June 15th
- 11AM ET: E3 broadcast pre-show
- 12PM ET: Nintendo’s Nintendo Direct, which will have “roughly” 40 minutes of information about upcoming games, followed by a Treehouse Live with about three hours of gameplay demoed.
- TBA time: “Focused events” from Bandai Namco, Yooreka Games, and GameSpot
- The day will close out with the Official E3 2021 Awards Show
How can I watch E3?
E3 will be airing its broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. For the presentations hosted by individual companies, you may be able to find official streams on their social platforms.
Update June 3rd, 11:18AM ET: Added Square Enix Presents.
