Edit 2: 1st June 2020 (Added stream times)
Edit 3: 2nd June 2020 (PS5 event delayed)
Edit 4: 9th June 2020 (PS5, PC Gaming Show and Guerrilla Collective dated)
Edit 5: 2nd July 2020 (Added, Devolver Digital and Microsoft + Links to old events + Simplified everything. Eg. Removed small unimportant conferences.)
Events happening instead of E3
Past Events
Sony
PS5: The Future of Gaming
EA
EA Play
JULY 11th
Devolver Digital
Devolver Digital Direct Showcase
- PT (West Coast USA) - Saturday July 11th (Noon)
- ET (East Coast USA) - Saturday July 11th 3pm
- BST - (London/UK) Saturday July 11th 8pm
- AEST (East Coast Australia) - Sunday July 12th 5am
Ubisoft Forward
- PT (West Coast USA) - Sunday July 12th 12pm (Noon)
- ET (East Coast USA) - Sunday July 12th 3pm
- BST - (London/UK) Sunday July 12th 8pm
- AEST (East Coast Australia) - Monday July 13th 5am
Summer Games Fest Demo Event
"The event will try to make it feel like E3/PAX/Gamescom at home and feature more than 60 demos for brand new games that will be downloadable on your Xbox One for an entire week."
JULY 23rd
Xbox/Microsoft
Xbox Series X First Party Games Showcase
July 23rd
(July 24th AEST)
Edit March 11th 2020: Officially been cancelled here are statements from ESA and other big companies.
Edit: June 1st 2020: Content spoiler'd everything above is more upto date.
Spoiler
ESA/E3
After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry – our fans, our employees, our exhibitors, and our longtime E3 partners – we have made the difficult decision to cancel E3 2020, scheduled for June 9-11 in Los Angeles.
Following increased and overwhelming concerns about the COVID-19 virus, we felt this was the best way to proceed during such an unprecedented global situation. We are very disappointed that we are unable to hold this event for our fans and supporters. But we know it’s the right decision based on the information we have today.
Our team will be reaching out directly to exhibitors and attendees with information about providing full refunds.
We are also exploring options with our members to coordinate an online experience to showcase industry announcements and news in June 2020. Updates will be shared on E3Expo.com.
We thank everyone who shared their views on reimagining E3 this year. We look forward to bringing you E3 2021 as a reimagined event that brings fans, media, and the industry together in a showcase that celebrates the global video game industry.
Nintendo
“Nintendo supports the ESA’s decision to cancel this year’s E3 to help protect the health and safety of everyone in our industry—our fans, our employees, our exhibitors and our longtime E3 partners. We would like to express our concern and support for all those affected by the COVID-19 outbreak during this challenging time.”
“We’ll continue to be flexible and redirect our efforts to other ways of keeping our fans up to date about our activities and products. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, large industry events may be untenable for the foreseeable future. But we are considering various ways to engage with our fans and will have more to share as the year continues.”
Microsoft/Phil Spencer
E3 has always been an important moment for Team Xbox. Given this decision, this year we'll celebrate the next generation of gaming with the
@Xbox
community and all who love to play via an Xbox digital event. Details on timing and more in the coming weeks
Ubisoft
The health and well-being of teams, players and partners is our top priority, so while we’re disappointed, we fully support the ESA’s decision to cancel E3 2020. E3 is and will continue to be a moment where we come together as a community and share our love of games.
We’re exploring other options for a digital experience that will allow us to share all the exciting news we have planned, stay tuned for more.
EA
"We've continued to follow the coronavirus developments around the world very closely. Clearly the situation is evolving by the day, and we've been reviewing how it will change our plans for EA PLAY 2020. We will share more soon."
Square Enix
Our 2020 lineup, and the next-generation that lies beyond, is stronger than ever for Square Enix. Where E3 has always been an incredible moment in time to showcase our upcoming games, we’re exploring other options to share our games with you. More to come, stay tuned. Thank You.
Assuming E3 2020 goes ahead in some fashion I'll edit this post with links to conferences and start times.Bethesda
Nothing at this time
Sony/Playstation - Skipping
Microsoft - Digital Event confirmed via Phil Spencer (Confirmed Date TBA)
Nintendo - "We are considering various ways to engage with our fans and will have more to share as the year continues." (TBA)
EA - "...we've been reviewing how it will change our plans for EA PLAY 2020. We will share more soon." (TBA)
Ubisoft - "We're exploring other options for a digital experience that will allow us to share all the exciting news we have planned, stay tuned for more." (TBA)
Bethesda - Nothing at this time (???)
Square Enix - Nothing at this time (???)
Original Topic pre-cancellation.
Now the virus very well could stop the whole conference which is fancinating since its been a huge part of gaming for 25 years.
What we may see is a huge switch to digital (eg nintendo direct) over the face to face conference (stages, audiences). We also may see the show floor just not happening anymore which leaves the question what will replace it?
Also if e3 2020 doesn't go ahead will companies come back next year? It's probably better for news to come out slowly throughout the year than all at once at e3. As much as I love e3 it's probably not the best way of doing things since games get lost in everything and too much information isn't always good.
Nintendos done things well with having 4+ directs a year keeping people interested year round plus we then don't get companies feeling like they need to announce stuff to early just to fill e3.
My biggest hope is companies start making demos again and releasing them to show off their games instead of forcing us to show floors. I always felt jealous living in Australia and never being able to attend e3.
One of the games I remember the most from e3 last year was roller champions since they released a beta of it to try. This is exactly what I think needs to happen more moving forward.
I also think it would stop companies making trash games because the demos would show off how bad they are.
More so it would include the whole world in e3 and actually bring the community together.
There's no denying that online is the future but if e3 will change into an online brand or if it will be retired is something we will just have to wait and see.
I'm excited to see the future of e3 and the gaming industry