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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is one of the largest annual gaming events in the world, thrown by the Entertainment Software Association every summer in Los Angeles. This year, the show will be all-digital for the first time ever. It’ll feature new announcements from Nintendo, Microsoft, Bethesda, and more of the biggest names in gaming. Stay tuned all week for news, interviews, and hands-on impressions of all the biggest games from the show.

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The future of E3 is in question again as ESA reportedly seeks a 2025 reinvention

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ESA denies E3 2024 and 2025 have been canceled, despite LA tourism board’s claims

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As E3 2021 draws near, let's take a look at what to expect from the event, including this year's participating companies, schedule, and more.
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E3 2021 is officially a free, all-digital event featuring Nintendo, Microsoft, more

E3 2021 is going all-digital for its 2021 edition and it has some big partners attached.
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GDC's original March event was canceled due to the coronavirus, but it will be moved to August. It will be shorter version of the originally scheduled event.
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E3 2020 gaming expo officially canceled due to coronavirus

E3's organizers, the Electronic Software Association, decided to cancel the three-day trade show for this year.
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Digital Trends Live: Florida’s autonomous vehicle law, E3 updates, and more

On today’s episode of Digital Trends Live, we discuss the biggest tech news of the day, including Florida allowing fully autonomous vehicles on the road, Atari’s new gaming system, more from E3, the future of high-speed rail, and our weekly Tech Briefs segment.
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Digital Trends Live: Pixel 4 images, Samsung’s Wall TV, Uber’s skyports

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Digital Trends Live: Facebook’s Study, Uber’s fast-food drones, deepfake Zuck

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Digital Trends Live: E3 updates, Uber Elevate Summit, Beyond Burger, and more

On this episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler and DT Producer Adrien Warner dig into the trending tech stories of the day, including highlights from E3, the Uber Elevate Summit, more Portal devices are on the way, the Beyond Burger hits stores, and a very special goodbye to the Mars Rover.
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Digital Trends Live: Project Scarlett, E3 preview, Google Pixel 4, and more

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Madden NFL 20 is available now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. EA has made some major changes to the formula this year. Longshot has been replaced with a new career mode, New Superstar abilities affect play, Ultimate Team got a makeover, and a breezy new online mode landed post-launch.
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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ E3 build used a hefty PC, but can your system keep up?

CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 was shown at behind-closed-doors demonstrations during E3 2018, and the PC the studio used to play the game had some hefty specifications. Here's what the rig included. Can your PC handle the game at these settings, or are you going to need to upgrade?
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‘Ghost of Tsushima’ looks like a playable Kurosawa film

‘Ghost of Tsushima’ is a PS4-exclusive samurai action/adventure game from Infamous developer Sucker Punch Productions that captures the look and feel of classic samurai media, like the films of Akira Kurosawa, more accurately than any video game we’ve ever seen from our hands-off impressions at E3.
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Twitch streamer Pokimane on playing ‘Fortnite’ full-time, building a community

'Fortnite Battle Royale' is one of the biggest games in the world, and developer Epic Games recently celebrated the title's success with the Pro-Am tournament. Before the big event, we spoke with Pokimane about her experience with the game and what it's like to be a pro gamer.
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Twitch streamer Valkyrae talks ‘Fortnite,’ provides tips at E3 2018

The Fornite Pro-Am was one of the biggest events at E3 2018. Prior to the tournament, we spoke with Twitch streamer Valkyrae about the popular title, and how it feels to compete against some of the biggest names in gaming. She also offered some tips for first-time gamers looking to leave their mark.
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‘Beyond Good & Evil 2’ is the space pirate opera of our dreams

‘Beyond Good & Evil 2’ is one of the most anticipated games of the last decade, and we finally saw real gameplay at E3. We hope it can live up to its monumental promise.
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Why is Bethesda making ‘Rage 2?’ We dove back into ‘Rage’ to find out

Id Software’s Rage saw the famous first-person shooter studio go in a decidedly more serious direction than its past game, and it didn’t always pay off. Rage 2, developed by Id and Avalanche Studios, arrives next spring, and looks to right some of the wrongs seen in the original game.
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These are the E3 2018 games that could come to next-generation consoles

The majority of games revealed or shown during E3 2018 are planned to launch on current-generation consoles or PC, but there are a few we suspect could actually launch on future platforms. Here are the eight games we suspect could come to next-generation systems, even if they also appear on Xbox One or PS4.
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Nintendo: ‘Metroid Prime 4’ progressing well, not ready to be shown yet

Metroid Prime 4 was announced by Nintendo at E3 2017, but the game was absent from this year's presentation. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé has confirmed that the game is still progressing well, but it's unclear when we'll finally see it in action or learn story details.
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These games were revealed at E3 2018, and you can play them right now

E3 2018 dumped a load of titles on gamers this year, but what exactly can you play right now? We gathered a list of available titles spanning all four platforms including Unraveled Two, the Octo Expansion for Splatoon 2, and new titles served up through PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass.
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There were plenty of great announcements and trailers during E3 2018, but there were also quite a few mistakes made by a variety of companies. These are the biggest mistakes of E3 2018, including moments from the Xbox, EA, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Nintendo, and Square Enix conferences.
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From ‘Tunic’ to ‘Killer Queen Black,’ here are the best indie games from E3 2018

Most people tune into E3 for the latest news on hotly anticipated AAA games, but E3 is also a big stage for independent developers. E3 was packed with exciting indies that should offer something for everyone, but these are the ones we're looking forward to the most for a variety of reasons.

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