Yesterday saw the confirmation that Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest will return next month in a much-condensed version. The man behind many of gaming's biggest events will host a kick-off show on 10th June 2021 before handing it over to publishers who wish to do things on their own terms. Just two days after the digital event we've just mentioned, E3 2021 begins. It certainly looks like June will be once again packed with livestreams and online showcases then, but how excited are you this time around?
The Push Square editorial team discussed this very topic yesterday in Slack, and it feels like hype is at an all-time low for what is traditionally the biggest month of the year for game announcements. With reveals and information split across so many events, we think it has become tougher to judge whether a livestream is actually worth tuning into or not. Of course, it's our job to cover these sorts of things so we'll be there for every single one of them. But it's always more fun when you're actually excited about the content in question, right?
Then there's the question of Sony. The hardware manufacturer has always hosted large-scale events during the month of June — no matter whether that was attached to E3 or not. Will it continue this tradition? Opinion is split across Push Square Towers. Some are convinced Sony will make a big appearance while others think the Japanese giant is done with playing by the rules.
So, where are your excitement levels at right now with these events less than a month away? Do you think E3 2021, Summer Game Fest, and everything in between will have enough announcements to satisfy you or will this be one big disappointment? Place your votes in our polls and expand on your thoughts in the comments below.
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Sony's intial reveal for PS5 games was amazing, I'll be happy if they can make a presentation as good as that.
The only ones I'm eager to see are from the big three: Xbox, Nintendo, and especially PlayStation. Things like the Ubisoft, EA, and Summer Game Fest events are much less interesting to me.
As for whether or not Sony will host their big event, definite yes. I'm predicting late June or early July. I hope they've been saving some really big megatons. I just hope it's more like their June event than the average State of Play format.
Let's goooooo! I have two days off work for E3+Ratchet
New Sonic game with Adventure style.
Release date for this year 2021 Horizon Zero Dawn Forbidden West, that’s all I want and need, after June Ratchet and Clank.
Hope they release some news on god of war. My ps5 isn’t used half as much as my Xbox sx surprisingly since I was more about my PS4 last gen
I expect everything to be underwhelming.
Can’t remember the last time one of these events was any good. That being said, I’ll tune in as usual.
It's hard to get excited in the current climate. I suppose the sooner they come out, the sooner they go on sale so, yey...
I'm glad Playstation has largely shifted over towards the Nintendo Direct style of presentation. They're still not quite as well presented as Nintendo does them, but it's nice to be able to watch a 30 minute to an hour commercial. It's much less tedious than what my old E3 ritual was: waiting through a bunch of boring presentations until I got to see what Sony and Nintendo had to show.
Nothing like a proper Sony showcase. They need something to show us the line up for autumn, so fingers crossed!
I don't remember last year's events, but I'm not one that usually gets hyped for these types of things anyway. I do what I usually do and watch the stuff that interests me after the event.
Right now no, but that will change if Sony plan on doing an event similar to last year.
I think that Sony will have some sort of show. The question is how big, and will they ignore the elephant in the room that so many people who want a PS5 can't get one? Or will they acknowledge that fact while asking people to be patient, that they're "doing their best in these hard times", ect, ect.
Its hard to get excited for games on a system that so many of us can't get our hands on.
I have been disappointed too many times by too many events to get hyped.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi i miss your old avatar it was strange and iconic
I don’t really get excited by announcements anymore. Maybe just because I rarely buy games earlier than a couple of years after release...
I'm happy the show is around the corner but any hype will depend on the content and release dates.
Geoff Keighley's shows usually disappointing for me, maybe because I expect E3 event with big AAA announcement like old times. Also the second question needs "I don't know" option.
Beside, I already got my hand full of games like returnal right now, ratchet ps5 next month, and re8 in the month after that.
I really hope we get some worthwhile announcements because I have very little to be hyped about at the moment and that makes me sad
Yes, Sony should make a presentation this summer. A great part of my lack of hype for the showcases is because Sony didn´t announce anything yet. I hope we can see more of the Unreal Engine 5 and it partnership with PlayStation 5.
Yes.i know that a announcement about games i want will come.word up son
Due to covid I expect nothing from the events this year. Don't think that Sony has anything to show apart from maybe a new Horizon trailer and a small new FF16 trailer.
I'm desperate to see more about Deathloop.
We need that m.2 SSD slot unlocked, Sony, please!
The only thing I'd be interested in is a big reveal of something from Sony, but I doubt they have anything to show at the moment.
I'm excited but I don't have and won't a PS5 for a while so it's a bit muted.
I'll be watching them, but I can't say I'm very excited. In fact, I keep forgetting E3's coming up until something online reminds me.
Here comes Starfield!
I'm guessing Sony will mostly showcase the same games as last year since most of those haven't released.
I'd like to see more about Hogwarts Legacy! No idea when this is gonna happen, though.
I just want release dates. So far most upcoming games for PS5 don't have one so not much to get excited about when it's just a bunch of people talking and not much else.
I find it difficult to get excited about stuff releasing on a console I can't get.
E3 Season hasn't been amazing for at least a few years. It's hard to get your hopes up year after year.
Wondering how many of the 25 Sony exclusives (half of which are new IP's) we'll get to see ...
@AgentGuapo Agreed. And on that note, wouldn't mind getting a YouTube app update to support 8K ...
I'm always excited for these big shows and even though I tend to dislike EA, Ubisoft and the likes presentations, there's usually at least one thing in them that I like. Just gotta sit through EA's boring sports games...I mean why even give them screentime? You know the mindless zombies that buy them don't need to be advertised to...
I recently bought an Xbox so i can look forward to some announcements for the green team now too. Game Pass is pretty cool.
Was excited but right now I'm tempering expectations. Nintendo at E3 doesn't guarantee a Direct, Xbox hasn't had a strong E3 since 2015, Sony is only confirmed to have some presence at Kickoff Live, etc.
There's been a real problem recently of the live streams only being in a low-bitrate 1080p, this really doesn't show games off at their best and literally takes the shine off the announcements. I feel I'm only there in the moment for the hype... which is sometimes enough. (It just wouldn't have been the same reading a headline about FFVII remake, Shenmue 3 and The Last Guardian finally dropping as an extreme example)
While I accept it's certainly not all about graphical fidelity we still lose something. I always go back immediately and watch the 4K videos on the PlayStation channel after to actually see if they looked any good.
Until they figure out how to have the live stream show off the games at their best i'm less inclined to watch live.
Mehhh... I willjust tune in here after to get the lowdown as willi on nintendolife. No filler, celebs, wannabe celebs etc
Is there option for "Meh, i'll read news coverage whenever I check the gaming news sites when I'm at work"
Even if I just saw some more FFXVI and Horizon FW I'd be happy to be honest. Would be an added bonus for a brand new IP to take my eye too.
I'm expecting big stuff from Sony and I think Microsoft will show a lot of stuff that won't release until 2023 at earliest, but it will be nice to see. I think this E3 is most important for Nintendo. I know the cult expects every game on their wishlist to be shown and have release dates for later this year but... yea. I don't even have faith that Botw 2 will release this year and without hardware that can run it at least at 1080p60 natively, I'll probably skip anything they show. But yea Sony will hit us with some surprises, for better or worse, idk.
I tend to get excited for them, but most of the time they disappoint.
Hope Sony do show up and reveal something worth buying a PS5 for 'cos at the moment, I'm just not fussed.
Summer time HYPE GO! I'm looking forward to announcements from these publishers, listed in alphabetical order.
2K
Bandai Namco
Capcom
Electronic Arts
PlayStation
SEGA
Square-Enix
Ubisoft
Warner Bros. Games
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