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Geoff Keighley predicts a more traditional not-E3 this year, with fewer showcases from third partiesPublishers learned their lesson from last year, he says
Publishers learned their lesson from last year, he says
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“There were a lot of shows last year where everyone was disappointed when they weren’t really press conferences, right?”, Keighley said. “Like Take-Two, Capcom, Square Enix and things like that.”
Take-Two, on the other hand, announced ahead of time they wouldn’t even be showing any games at their strange panel event, while Capcom’s line-up feltlike a “partial” listof what they’d normally would show if they were part of a larger press conference. Key among Capcom’s four already-announced games wasResident Evil Village, which was released a monthbeforethe presentation. Additional DLC was also revealed, but nothing was shown, and still hasn’t emerged nearly a year later. Maybe we’ll see a proper announcement at Summer Game Fest Live this year, perhaps?
In all, fewer showcases to keep track of is probably a good thing in the grand scheme of things, but that’s still no guarantee that the ones remaining will have anything properly exciting to show. According to Keighley, more than 15 guests and publishers will make an appearance at this year’s Summer Game Fest Live, but we’ll likely have to wait until the night of June 9th itself before we find out who they are.
Summer Game Fest returnsfrom June 9th-12ththis year, and you’ll be able to watch it inIMAX cinemasas well as your regular monitors. Check out our full, updatedschedule of every show coming upduring this summer’s Not-E3 for more.
