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Check out which online gaming conferences will replace E3 2020

E3 2020 was canceled, but there will still be live broadcasts of the main announcements of the games this year; check out our list of 10 must-see online conferences (and a bonus)

THE E3, or Electronic Entertainment Expo, the biggest annual event related to the world of games. At the conferences, divided into a daily agenda with developers and console manufacturers, we have the main information of what to expect for the remainder of this year, and also of the following year.

Following the wave of cancellations of live events due to the pandemic, some companies and groups have chosen to do online events with transmission to the whole world. J that the E3 2020 was canceled in March (it was supposed to happen between the 9th and 11th of June), the leaders of the gamer market volunteered to keep their schedule of releases and announcements, holding their own conferences or joining in larger festivals.

Below we list the main transmissions that you can’t miss, that happen since this week.

IGN Summer of Gaming

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Perhaps as close as we can get to the atmosphere of what would be the E3 2020, with several participating brands, the American website IGN organized a global digital event that will feature live broadcasts with discussions, remote interviews with developers, and real-time demonstrations with the first impressions of the biggest releases of the year.

IGN Summer of Gaming, which was due to start on June 5, has been postponed for three days “in respect and in support of those who rightly demand justice and change in the United States and worldwide“. There will be participation of industry giants, among them: 2K, Amazon, Blizzard, CD Projekt Red, EA, Facebook (Oculus), Google Stadia, Sega, Square Enix, THQ Nordic and Ubisoft.

Cyberpunk 2077 – Night City Wire

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  • WHEN: June 25th, no schedule.
  • WHERE: Social networks like Twitter and Facebook

Postponed by two weeks (it was supposed to happen on June 11th) due to the movement Black Lives Matter, The Night City Wire be dedicated to Cyberpunk 2077 and bring news about this one of the most anticipated games since it was revealed over 7 years ago. The curious thing is that the game itself, which is a futuristic first-person RPG, has already been postponed more than once. It should first be launched in May 2020, but will not arrive in stores until 17 September.

Not much is known about the content of the event, other than what has already been revealed since the return of the project by the developer CD Projekt Red, in 2018. It is believed that there will be more gameplay images and small details of the story, revealed gradually in videos published in YouTube dedicated to the game. There are bets from the fan community that we finally have a free playable demo, since a hands on went to "June".

An event like this could happen in limited spaces, in person, as in kiosks of the E3 2020, but since everything has been done remotely how else can players have to test the game on their own? And expectations are also high for surprises, since last year in the company itself E3 it was revealed that no one less than Keanu Reeves be one of the main characters in the story. What will we have in 2020?

EA Play Live

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According to the official description, the AND THE Play Live an event that says “about connecting players around the world and bringing them closer to the game franchises they love. During this year's digital event, we’ll showcase our games via live streaming (…) and more.

Already a tradition is the developer Electronic Arts perform this adjacent event called EA Play next to E3, so even with the cancellation of E3 2020 it seems that few plans have been changed outside, of course, that this time everything will be exclusively online. Annual titles must be announced FIFA 21 and Madden NFL 21, along with potential updates from other successful franchises such as the Sims and Battlefield.

PlayStation 5

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  • WHEN: June 11, at 5 pm (Brasilia time).
  • WHERE: Official site

Another expected event, which unfortunately still has no new date to happen, the revelation of the PlayStation 5 through the Sony. In an official statement, the company says that it does not think “now be a moment of celebration”And, for the time being they wish“step back and allow more important voices to be heard“. As an update to the description of the trailer released on May 29, the event should have “coming soon”A new date to happen.

Bearing in mind that the PS5 to be launched in 2020, it is expected that with the console reveal (we only have images of the control for now) there will still be a list / demonstration of exclusive titles available with the launch. To the fans' sadness, if the schedule is followed like the old plan, the online conference will have just over an hour in duration.

Xbox 20/20

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  • WHEN: July, 12h (Braslia) if it keeps its original schedule.
  • WHERE: YouTube, Twitch and social networks

THE Microsoft, another console manufacturer that took a step forward from the cancellation of E3 2020, created a series of conferences called Xbox 20/20. Anyone who is already used to seeing trailers in sequence from Xbox at E3, is familiar with the pace of presentation of the company about what we will have with the launch of the next console, the Xbox Series X.

If you follow what happened in the first edition of Xbox 20/20, on May 7, the online conference will be about half an hour long. The difference is that in the new transmission the focus should be exclusive games developed by Xbox Game Studios, showing "revelations of new gameplay snippets, ideas of what development teams are working on while optimizing on the Xbox Series X, and announcements of new games. In previous news, we know that there will be at least 15 new titles arriving at the launch of the console, which will be at the end of the year.

Indie Live Expo

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  • WHEN: June 6, from 8 am to 11 am (Braslia).
  • WHERE: YouTube, Twitch, social networks

THE INDIE Live Expo 2020 It will be an event of independent games especially (but not exclusively) from the Japanese territory, which is where the main broadcast will be. Among the names of participating creators are the designer ZUN (from Touhou Project), Toby Fox (from UNDERTALE and DELTARUNE), SWERY (CEO of White Owls Inc.) and Kazuya Nino (head of TYPE-MOON BB). In the programming there is still a special session with the presentation of the soundtracks of UNDERTALE and Touhou Project by drummer Dainashi.

Guerrilla Collective

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  • WHEN: Between 6 and 8 June, every day at 12 noon (Braslia).
  • WHERE: Twitch

THE Guerrilla Collective an online festival that has exclusive advertisements, trailers and games revealed both from the indie side and from the big game developers “AAA”. The stadiums and publishers most prominent participants are Rebellion, Raw Fury, Sega, 11 Bit Studios, Head Up and Funcom.

PC Gaming Show

Check out which online gaming conferences will replace E3 2020
  • WHEN: June 13th, 14h (Braslia) if it keeps its original schedule.
  • WHERE: Twitch, YouTube

Bringing news from partners Epic Games, Intel, Tripwire Interactive and Humble Bundle, The PC Gaming Show promises to show “more than 30 titles”In your online broadcast. There will also be 30 different presenters, from independent creators, members of hardware companies and famous game franchises.

Upload VR Showcase

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  • WHEN: June 16, 1 pm (Brasilia).
  • WHERE: YouTube

Another rescheduled event, which should happen now on the 6th, the Upload VR Showcase basically what the title indicates: there will be a collection of exclusive virtual reality titles. According to them, the format should be like that of Nintendo Direct, that is, a modest introduction of a presenter to help guide a sequence of trailers that usually show gameplay launches in this case, will be “more than 20 titles“.

Ubisoft Forward

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  • WHEN: July 12th, 16h (Braslia).
  • WHERE: Twitch

Like EA, Ubisoft hold your own digital event called Ubisoft Forward following what would probably already be revealed during E3 2020. News is expected about the already announced Assassins Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs: Legion, as well as Gods and Monsters and Rainbow Six Quarantine.

Gamescom 2020

Check out which online gaming conferences will replace E3 2020
  • WHEN: Between 27th and 30th of August, with no official schedule.
  • WHERE: Official website and respective live broadcasts from the developers (to be announced)

A bonus on that list, the Gamescom 2020 another major annual event that happens independently of E3 2020 substitutes. This time, instead of taking place in person in Germany, the agreement will be held over four days, in August. Announcements of launches and announcements of major launches should happen at Gamescom 2020, as usual, so it is worth staying connected (a) in the programming.

The event will be guided by Geoff Keighley, presenter of the traditional The Game Awards, starting from what is called “Opening Night Live”. If we consider that we are 5 hours behind the German time zone, the first day of the event should take place in the late afternoon of Brazil.

For which of these online conferences, E3 2020, are you more anxious? Tell us comments!

SOURCES: PC Gamer, Game Rant, Forbes, Games Radar, Game Crate,