The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2020 (E3 2020) would have been the 26th E3, during which hardware manufacturers, software developers, and publishers from the

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would have presented new and upcoming products. The event, organized by the

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(ESA), was to take place at the

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from June 9–11, 2020. However, due to concerns over the

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, the ESA announced it would cancel the event, marking the first time since the launch of E3 in 1995 that it was not held. In lieu of that, several publishers made plans to continue with presentations of game announcements during the planned E3 period, while others opted to use more traditional marketing throughout the year.

Format and changes

In the days prior to the event, major hardware and software vendors were to host press conferences at nearby venues, where they would introduce new hardware and games that would be on display at the exhibitor's hall during the actual event. Within the event period, attendees would have been able to view these products at the exhibitor's hall, often including playable game demos, attended special presentations offered by companies, and in some cases, had private meetings with companies on their products. The E3 period is often used by journalists from video game publications as well as social media influencers to provide initial comments on these new games. This also enables retailers to plan out what products to purchase for the remainder of the year, particularly for critical Christmas and holiday sales periods. E3 2020 was due to continue to offer public passes to the event, though the number offered was increased to 25,000 from 15,000 from the prior E3 event. The ESA stated that they planned to revise the format for E3 2020 to feature more interactivity for attendees as to reflect the changing audience for the show, and looking to make it a "fan, media and influencer festival". ESA stated the event would be "an exciting, high-energy show featuring new experiences, partners, exhibitor spaces, activations, and programming that will entertain new and veteran attendees alike". ESA president Stanley Pierre-Louis said they were inspired by the

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moment from

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as the type of event they can't plan for but thrive on, and wanted to create more opportunities for similar events in the future. Part of this would have been achieved by bringing more "celebrity gamers" to various facets of the exposition. Among ESA's creative partners had included

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as creative directors. However, in early March 2020, iam8bit announced they had pulled out as creative directors for the show.

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, who had presented at every E3 until E3 2019, stated they would not attend E3 in 2020 for a second year in a row, as the new vision of the show did not meet their goals, and instead they will present at a number of smaller events throughout the year.

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division had affirmed they would attend the show, where it was expected that more details of the 4th generation of the

consoles, including the

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with release planned in late 2020, would be announced.

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, who had organized and hosted the E3 Coliseum, a live-streamed event over the course of E3 with interviews with developers and publishers, since

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, said that he had decided not to participate this year nor be a part of E3, the first time in 25 years. Pierre-Louis stated that they had still planned to have digital programming like E3 Coliseum.

Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic

In wake of the

and the state of emergency declared by Los Angeles County in early March 2020, ESA stated then that they were assessing the situation but at the time were still planning on going ahead with the event. The ESA formally announced they had officially canceled the physical event on March 11, 2020, stating "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." In addition to providing full refunds for participants, the ESA was looking into options for virtual presentations for exhibitors to use during the planned week as an alternative event. On April 7, 2020, the ESA told ''

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'' that they had determined they would not be able to host a digital E3 event as the disruption caused by the pandemic made it difficult to assemble the event. Instead, the ESA would offer to manage individual partners' announcements via the E3 website.

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and other hardware details. Among the games Microsoft revealed on its May 7, 2020, event include: * ''The Ascent'' - Neon Giant * ''

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Sony

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had planned to hold a mainline

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presentation in June 2020 to showcase its planned offerings for the rest of 2020 as its means for alternate E3 announcements. However, complications related to the pandemic caused the event to be cancelled. Many reports indicated they would focus on the 35th anniversary of the ''

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'', which they later did in September 2020.

Electronic Arts

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, which has generally held its "EA Play" side event alongside E3 in a nearby Los Angeles location in the previous years but has not been part of E3 directly, instead held an "EA Play" online showcase on June 18, 2020. Among game announcements, EA stated their plan to continue to bring their games to the

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for more of their titles. New or update titles presented during the presentation included ''

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, which had already planned to run a streamed event at E3, held their showcase on July 11, 2020. The showcase continued the narrative around the company's fictional chief synergy officer Nina Struthers from previous years wrapped around the various announcements. Among the announcements included: * ''

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ran a "Ubisoft Forward" digital event on July 12, 2020, announcing several upcoming titles, including: *'' Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' *''

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planned to run an online presentation for its upcoming games on June 8, 2020, but the event was delayed and ultimately canceled due to the

George Floyd protests The George Floyd protests were a series of protests, riots, and demonstrations against police brutality that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020. The protests and civil unrest began in Minneapolis as Reactions to the mu ...

IGN Summer of Gaming

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Vanillaware is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka. An independent company, it was founded in 2002 under the name Puraguru by George Kamitani, a game developer who had previously worked at Capcom and Atlus, and directed ''Princess Crown'' (1997 ...

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Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX is a platform game developed and published by Sega for the Master System. It was released in Japan on November 1, 1986, followed by North America in December 1986, and Europe in 1987. It was later built into many Master System and Master System ...

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Beyond Blue Beyond Blue is an Australian mental health and wellbeing support organisation. They provide support programs to address issues related to depression, suicide, anxiety disorders and other related mental illnesses. The organisation works in par ...

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Third Kind Games Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (dis ...

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Borderlands 3 ''Borderlands 3'' is a 2019 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is a sequel to 2012's '' Borderlands 2'', and the fourth entry in the main ''Borderlands'' series. ''Borderla ...

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Gearbox Software Gearbox Software, L.L.C is an American video game developer, video game development company based in Frisco, Texas. It was established as a limited liability company in February 1999 by five developers formerly of Rebel Boat Rocker. Randy Pitch ...

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Zen Studios Zen Studios is a Hungarian video game developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software with headquarters in Budapest, Hungary and offices in the United States. It is known for its game franchises, ''Pinball FX'' and '' Zen Pinball'', ...

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Chivalry 2 ''Chivalry 2'' is a 2021 multiplayer hack and slash action video game developed by Torn Banner Studios and published by Tripwire Interactive. The sequel to '' Chivalry: Medieval Warfare'' (2012), the game was released on June 8, 2021, for Windows ...

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Torn Banner Studios Torn Banner Studios Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Toronto. History Torn Banner Studios was founded in 2010 by Steve Piggott of Team Chivalry, the development team of '' Age of Chivalry'', a 2007 mod for ''Half-Life 2''. Th ...

*'' CRSED: F.O.A.D.'' - Darkflow Software *'' Demon Turf'' - Fabraz *''

Dual Universe ''Dual Universe'' is a first person based space simulation sandbox massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the Paris-based game development studio, Novaquark. It is reported to combine elements of '' Eve Online'' and '' Sta ...

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Foreclosed Foreclosure is a legal process in which a lender attempts to recover the balance of a loan from a borrower who has stopped making payments to the lender by forcing the sale of the asset used as the collateral for the loan. Formally, a mort ...

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Guilty Gear Strive (stylized as GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-) is a 2021 fighting game developed and published by Arc System Works. It is the seventh mainline installment in the ''Guilty Gear'' series, and the 25th overall. The game was released for PlayStation 4, PlaySta ...

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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear ...

*'' Hardspace: Shipbreaker'' - Blackbird Studios *'' The Iron Oath'' - Curious Panda Games *'' Lucifer Within Us'' - Kitfox Games *'' Metal: Hellsinger'' - The Outsiders *''

Mortal Shell ''Mortal Shell'' is an action role-playing video game developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. The game was released on 18 August 2020, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. A remastered version titled ''Mortal Shell: En ...

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Phantasy Star Online 2 is a free-to-play online action role-playing game in the ''Phantasy Star'' series, developed and published by Sega. It was created as a successor to '' Phantasy Star Online'' and '' Phantasy Star Universe'', ''Phantasy Star Online 2'' featu ...

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Second Extinction ''Second Extinction'' was a cooperative first-person shooter developed and published by Systemic Reaction for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. In the game, mutated dinosaurs have taken over the Earth, and players must work together in figh ...

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Spellbreak ''Spellbreak'' was a free-to-play, class-based third-person shooter video game developed by Proletariat for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, released on September 3, 2020. On June 28, 2022, it was announced that '' ...

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Star Renegades ''Star Renegades'' is a tactical roguelite game developed by Massive Damage and published in 2020 by Raw Fury. It combines influences from JRPGs and roguelite games. Gameplay ''Star Renegades'' combines influences from tactical role-playing ...

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Massive Damage ''Genji: Days of the Blade'', known in Japan as is an action-adventure video game developed by Game Republic and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the sequel to '' Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'' and the first ga ...

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Firefly Studios Firefly Studios Limited (also stylized as FireFly Studios) is a British video game developer based in London. Formed in August 1999 by Simon Bradbury, David Lester, and Eric Ouellette, the company focuses on historic real-time strategy games for ...

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Creative Assembly The Creative Assembly Limited (trade name: Creative Assembly) is a British video game developer based in Horsham, founded in 1987 by Tim Ansell. In its early years, the company worked on porting games to MS-DOS from Amiga and ZX Spectrum platfo ...

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inXile Entertainment inXile Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and a studio of Xbox Game Studios based in Tustin, California. Specializing in role-playing video games, inXile was founded in 2002 by Interplay co-founder Brian Fargo. The studio ...

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Microids Microids (formerly Microïds) is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris. Founded in 1985 by Elliot Grassiano, it attained early success with games published through Loriciel in France and other partners (including Activision ...

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Guerrilla Collective Live / PC Gaming Show / Future Games Show

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Rebellion Developments Rebellion Developments Limited is a British video game developer based in Oxford. Founded by Jason Kingsley (businessman), Jason and Chris Kingsley in December 1992, the company is best known for ''Sniper Elite'' and multiple games in the ''Lis ...

Raw Fury Raw Fury AB is a Swedish video game publisher, specialising in the publication of independent video game development, indie games, based in Stockholm. The company was founded in 2015 by Jonas Antonsson and Gordon Van Dyke. History The compan ...

Paradox Interactive Paradox Interactive AB is a video game publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company started out as the video game division of Target Games and then Paradox Entertainment (now Cabinet Entertainment) before being spun out into an independ ...

Larian Studios Larian Studios is a Belgian independent video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher founded in 1996 by Swen Vincke. Headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, Larian focuses on developing role-playing video games but has previously worked on e ...

Funcom Funcom Oslo AS (formerly Funcom N.V. and Funcom Productions AS) is a Norwegian video game developer and publisher that specializes in online games. It is best known for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) titles ''Conan Ex ...

Versus Evil Versus Evil LLC was an American video game publisher founded by former ZeniMax Online Studios marketing director Steve Escalante to focus on the independent video game market. Versus Evil was bought by another publisher, tinyBuild, in November 20 ...

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Coffee Stain Studios Coffee Stain Studios AB is a Swedish video game developer based in Skövde. Founded in 2010 by nine University of Skövde students, the company is best known for ''Goat Simulator,'' which was released in April 2014, and ''Satisfactory'', releas ...

11 Bit Studios 11 bit studios S.A. is a Polish video game developer and publisher based in Warsaw. The studio was founded in September 2010 by former members of CD Projekt and Metropolis Software. The studio is most known for developing '' Anomaly: Warzone E ...

, and Humble Publishing. The June 13 Guerrilla Collective presentation partnered with ''

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'' Future Games Show to also run their showcases the same day. Among the presentations in the PC Gaming Show included

Epic Games Store The Epic Games Store is a video game digital distribution service and storefront operated by Epic Games. It launched in December 2018 as a software client, for Microsoft Windows and macOS, and online storefront. Android and iOS versions of t ...

Frontier Developments Frontier Developments plc is a British video game developer founded by David Braben in January 1994 and based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England. Frontier develops management simulators '' Planet Coaster'' and '' Planet Zoo'', ...

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...

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Tripwire Interactive Tripwire Interactive LLC is an American video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in Roswell, Georgia. History Tripwire was co-founded by John Gibson and Alan Wilson with support by members of the international team that c ...

. The following games were announced or covered during the three shows: *'' 30XX'' - Batterystaple Games *'' A Juggler's Tale'' - Kaleidoscube *'' Aeolis Tournament'' - Beyond Fun Studio *'' Airborne Kingdom'' - The Wandering Band *'' Alaloth - Champions of The Four KingdomsGamera Interactive'' *'' Almighty: Kill Your Gods'' - Runwild Entertainment *'' The Almost Gone'' - Happy Volcano *'' Ambition: A Minuet of Power'' - Joy Manufacturing Co. *'' Among Trees'' - FJRD Interactive *'' Anno: Mutationem'' - Beijing ThinkingStars Technology Development *'' ArcheAge'' - XL Games *''

Baldur's Gate III ''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a 2023 role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios. It is the third main installment of the ''Baldur's Gate'' series, based on the tabletop fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''. A partial ...

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Headup Games Headup GmbH (also known as Headup Games) is a German video game publisher based in Düren. The company was founded in January 2009 by Dieter Schoeller, who serves as its managing director and owns the company under Microcuts Holding. The compan ...

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Cris Tales ''Cris Tales'' (stylized as ''CrisTales'') is a role-playing video game developed by Colombian indie game studios Dreams Uncorporated and Syck, and published by Modus Games. It was released for Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, P ...

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Paradox Development Studio Paradox Development Studio (PDS) is a Swedish video game developer founded in 1995. It is closely associated with its parent company and video game publisher, Paradox Interactive. It is best known for its grand strategy wargame series ''Europa U ...

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Serenity Forge Serenity Forge LLC is an American video game developer and publisher based in Boulder, Colorado. The studio was founded in 2014 by Zhenghua "Z" Yang. History Upon graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business ...

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Disco Elysium ''Disco Elysium'' is a 2019 role-playing video game developed and published by ZA/UM. The game was written and designed by a team led by Estonian novelist Robert Kurvitz and executive producer Kaur Kender, featuring an art style based on oil pain ...

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The Molasses Flood The Molasses Flood LLC was an American video game developer based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by industry veterans in 2014, the company was acquired by CD Projekt in 2021 and was absorbed into CD Projekt Red in 2025. The Molasses Flood ...

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Dustborn ''Dustborn'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Red Thread Games and published by Quantic Dream on August 20, 2024. Gameplay The game is primarily built around player versus environment (PvE) combat involving the player using the ...

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Dwarf Fortress ''Dwarf Fortress'' (previously titled ''Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress'') is a construction and management simulation and roguelike indie video game created by Bay 12 Games. Available as freeware and in development si ...

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Elite Dangerous ''Elite Dangerous'' is an online game, online space flight simulation game developed and published by Frontier Developments. The player commands a spaceship and explores a realistic 1:1 Scale (ratio), scale, open-world representation of the Mi ...

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Romero Games Romero Games Ltd. is an Irish independent video game development studio that was established on 11 August 2015 by husband-and-wife team John Romero and Brenda Romero and is located in Galway, Ireland. This is the ninth game studio Romero has es ...

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Escape from Tarkov ''Escape from Tarkov'' is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region in northwestern Russia, where a war is taking place b ...

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ACE Team ACE Team is a Chilean video game developer based in Santiago. Founded in the late 1990s by brothers Andres, Carlos and Edmundo Bordeu, the company started out by developing total conversions before turning to commercial game development. All o ...

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The Falconeer ''The Falconeer'' is a 2020 aerial combat video game developed by Tomas Sala and published by Wired Productions. It was released on November 10, 2020 for Windows, Xbox One and as a launch title for Xbox Series X/S. A version for Amazon Luna was m ...

'' - Tomas Sela *'' Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout'' - Mediatonic *'' Fights in Tight Spaces'' - Ground Shatter *'' Floppy Knights'' - Rose City Games *''

The Forgotten City ''The Forgotten City'' is a mystery adventure role-playing game developed by Australian developer Modern Storyteller and published by Dear Villagers with additional support from Film Victoria. It is a full game adaptation of the critically ac ...

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Frostpunk ''Frostpunk'' is a 2018 City-building game, city-building survival video game developed and published by 11 Bit Studios. Players take on the role of a leader in an alternate history set in the late 19th century, in which they must build and mai ...

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Genesis Noir ''Genesis Noir'' is an adventure game developed by Feral Cat Den and published by Fellow Traveller Games. The game follows the main character, No Man, as he visits different parts of the universe while trying to save his love. The game was releas ...

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Gloomwood ''Gloomwood'' is a first-person stealth survival horror video game developed by Dillon Rogers and David Szymanski and published by New Blood Interactive. Players control an unnamed doctor who makes his way through the Victorian-esque titular city ...

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New Blood Interactive New Blood Interactive is a video game publisher founded by Aaron Alexander, Kreyg DeZago, and Dave Oshry in 2014. The company originally developed virtual reality games before turning to publishing, first releasing Nick Clinkscales's ''Super Ga ...

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Team17 Team 17 Digital Limited (Team17) is a British video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish dev ...

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Marvelous Interactive (MMV) was a multinational corporation that produced animation, music, video games and television series. MMV is known for its involvement in the ''Story of Seasons'' series. They merged with AQ Interactive in 2011 and became Marvelous AQL; ...

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Haven Haven or The Haven may refer to: * Harbor or haven, a sheltered body of water where ships can be docked Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Haven (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter), from the novel series * Haven (comics), from the ''X-Men ...

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Humankind Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are great apes characterized by their hairlessness, bipedalism, and high intelligen ...

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Amplitude Studios Amplitude Studios SASU is a French video game developer based in Paris. The studio was founded in January 2011 by former Ubisoft employees Romain de Waubert de Genlis and Mathieu Girard. Sega Sammy Holdings acquired it in June 2016 and became p ...

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Hundred Days The Hundred Days ( ), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII o ...

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Icarus In Greek mythology, Icarus (; , ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of King Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, Minos suspected that Icarus and Daedalu ...

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Ikenfell ''Ikenfell'' ( ) is a role-playing video game developed by Happy Ray Games and published by Humble Games. It was released for Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 8, 2020. The tactical combat system involves p ...

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Lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

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Hello Games Hello Games Ltd is a British video game company based in Guildford, Surrey. The company was founded by Sean Murray, Grant Duncan, Ryan Doyle and David Ream in February 2008 (incorporated on 4 August 2008) and has developed the '' Joe Danger'' ...

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Last Oasis A last is a mechanical form shaped like a human foot. It is used by shoemakers and cordwainers in the manufacture and repair of shoes. Lasts come in many styles and sizes, depending on the exact job they are designed for. Common variations inc ...

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Wales Interactive Wales Interactive Limited is a Welsh independent video game developer and publisher established in 2011 and based in Penarth, Wales. The studio, best known for '' Sker Ritual'', '' Maid of Sker'', '' The Bunker'', '' Five Dates'' and '' The Compl ...

*'' Main Assembly'' - Bad Yolk Games *'' Metal: Hellsinger'' -

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New World The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...

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Sold-Out Software Mastertronic Group Limited was a software publisher formed as a result of a merger between The Producers and Sold Out Sales & Marketing in 2004. Frank Herman, one of the founders of the original Mastertronic and former chairman of Sega Europe, ...

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Nuts Nut often refers to: * Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed * Nut (food), a dry and edible fruit or seed, including but not limited to true nuts * Nut (hardware), fastener used with a bolt Nut, NUT or Nuts may also refer to: A ...

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Ooblets ''Ooblets'' is a life simulation video game by Glumberland. It was released via early access on July 15, 2020, for Windows and Xbox One. The game launched on September 1, 2022, for Nintendo Switch, Windows, and Xbox One. Gameplay The game comb ...

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The Outlast Trials ''The Outlast Trials'' is a 2024 first-person psychological survival horror video game developed and published by Red Barrels. It serves as a prequel to both '' Outlast'' (2013) and '' Outlast 2'' (2017) and revolves around test-subjects who ar ...

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Red Barrels ''Outlast'' is a 2013 First-person (video games), first-person Psychological horror, psychological survival horror video game developed and published by Canadian independent studio Red Barrels. It revolves around Freelancer, freelance investigat ...

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People Can Fly People Can Fly is a Polish video game developer based in Warsaw. The studio was founded in February 2002 by Adrian Chmielarz, previously the co-founder of Metropolis Software, together with acquaintances Michał Kosieradzki and Andrzej Pozna� ...

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Fellow Traveller A fellow traveller (also fellow traveler) is a person who is intellectually sympathetic to the ideology of a political organization, and who co-operates in the organization's politics, without being a formal member. In the early history of the Sov ...

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Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...

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Per Aspera ''Per Aspera'' is a city-building game developed by Tlön Industries and published by Raw Fury for Windows on December 3, 2020. The player takes the role of AMI, an artificial intelligence with the objective of terraforming Mars for human coloni ...

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Persona 4 Golden is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise, and was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in July 2008, North Ame ...

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Atlus is a Japanese video game developer, video game publisher, publisher, Arcade game, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for the ''Megami Tensei'', ''Persona (series), Persona'' ...

*'' Popup Dungeon'' - Triple.B.Titles *'' Potionomics'' - Voracious Games *'' Princess Farmer'' - Samboee Games *''

Prison Architect ''Prison Architect'' is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was made available as a crowdfunded paid alpha pre-order on September 25, 2012 with updates that were ...

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Project Wingman ''Project Wingman'' is a combat flight-action video game developed by Sector D2 and published by Humble Games. It was released on 1 December 2020 on Microsoft Windows with optional VR support for the whole game. It was later released on 28 Octob ...

'' - Sector D2 *'' Pull Stay'' - Nito Souji *'' Pushy and Pully in Blockland'' - Resistance Studio *'' Quantum Error'' - Big Panther Media *'' Raji: An Ancient Epic'' - Nodding Heads Games *'' Read Only Memories: Neurodiver'' -

Midboss MidBoss is an American video game and media production company that was founded by members of the GaymerX team as they expanded beyond GaymerX into other ventures, specifically '' Gaming in Color'' and '' 2064: Read Only Memories''. On March 2 ...

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Gunfire Games Gunfire Games, LLC is an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. The studio was founded by David Adams in July 2014, bringing with him the core team of Crytek USA just before that studio's closure. The company was acquired by THQ N ...

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*'' Ring of Pain'' - Simon Boxer *'' Rogue Company'' - First Watch Games *''

Röki ''Röki'' is an adventure video game developed by British studio Polygon Treehouse and published by United Label Games. It follows Tove, a young girl, traveling into the ancient wilderness to rescue her younger brother Lars from Röki, a pitch-bl ...

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*'' Shadows of Doubt'' - ColePowered Games *'' Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One'' -

Frogwares Frogwares is a Ukrainian video game development studio headquartered in Kyiv with subsidiary offices in Dublin, Ireland. The studio and its subsidiaries develop adventure games for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch as ...

*'' Skate Story'' - Sam Eng *'' SkateBird'' - Glass Bottom Games *'' Skater XL'' - Easy Day Studios *''

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Slay the Spire ''Slay the Spire'' is a 2019 roguelike deck-building game developed by the American indie studio Mega Crit. It was published by Mega Crit for its initial PC release and by Humble Bundle on home consoles and mobile. The game was released in early ...

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*'' Source of Madness'' - Carry Castle *'' Space Crew'' -

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'' - Chibig *'' Surviving the Aftermath'' -

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*''Suzerain (video game), Suzerain'' - Torpor Games *''Swimsanity!'' - Decoy Games *''System Shock (2023 video game), System Shock'' -

*''Torchlight 3'' - Echtra Inc. *''Trash Sailors'' - fluckyMachine *''Twin Mirror'' -

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*''Unbound: Worlds Apart'' - Alien Pixel Studios *''UnDungeon'' - Laughing Machines *''Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy'' - Ludomotion *''Unfortunate Spacemen'' -

*''Uragun'' - Kool2Play *''Valheim'' - Iron Gate AB *'' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2'' - Hardsuit Labs *''Vigil: The Longest Night'' - Glass Heart Games *''Waking (video game), Waking'' - tinyBuild *''

'' - InXile Entertainment *''Wave Break'' - Funktronic Labs *''Weird West'' - WolfEye Studios *''Welcome to Elk'' - Triple Topping *''Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest'' - Different Tales *''West of Dead'' - Upstream Arcade *''Windjammers 2'' - Dotemu *''Wolfstride'' - OTA IMON Studios

Summer Game Fest

Games journalist

arranged with numerous developers to run a four-month Summer Game Fest from May to August 2020, helping developers and publisher to host live streams and other events in lieu of the cancellation of E3 and Gamescom. Alongside the Summer Game Fest, Keighley promoted the third Steam Game Festival, following after The Game Awards 2019 and from the previously canceled 2020 Game Developers Conference, which ran from June 16 through June 22, 2020. Over 900 games had demos available on

for players to try, alongside a slate of interviews with developers throughout the period. A similar event for Xbox One games occurred from July 21 to 27, 2020, as part of the Summer Game Fest. Among games and other announcements made during the Summer Game Fest include: * ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2'', a remastered version of ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (video game), Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'' and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, its sequel for modern systems. * Unreal Engine 5, the next iteration of Epic Games' game engine to be released in mid-2021. * '' Star Wars: Squadrons'', a new game from Motive Studios and

featuring team-play combat using the spacecraft of the ''Star Wars'' universe like X-wing fighters and TIE fighters. * ''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time'', a sequel to the original trilogy of ''Crash Bandicoot'' games on the original PlayStation (console), PlayStation console, being developed by Toys for Bob and Activision. * ''Cuphead'' releasing for the PlayStation 4.

New Game+ Expo

An online video game presentation that was organized by Suda51 and Sean Chiplock that showcased many upcoming games for the remainder of 2020 and early 2021. The games that were announced during the presentation were: * '' 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim'' - ATLUS * ''Billion Road'' - Bandai Namco Entertainment * ''Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2'' - INTI CREATES CO., LTD. * ''Bright Memory: Infinite'' - FYQD Studio * ''Café Enchanté'' - Idea Factory * ''Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche'' - WayForward * ''Catherine: Full Body'' - ATLUS * ''Collar X Malice'' - Idea Factory * ''Collar X Malice Unlimited'' - Idea Factory * ''Cosmic Defenders'' - Fiery Squirrel * ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition'' - Toydea Inc., Spike Chunsoft * ''Death end re;Quest 2'' - Idea Factory, Compile Heart * ''Evolutis'' - Poke Life Studio * ''Fairy Tail'' - Gust Corporation, GUST * ''Fallen Legion: Revenants'' - YummyYummyTummy, Inc. * ''Fight Crab'' - Nussoft * ''Giraffe and Annika'' - atelier mimina * ''

'' - Arc System Works Co., Ltd. * ''Idol Manager'' - GlitchPitch * ''Legends of Ethernal'' - Lucid Dreams Studio * ''Mad Rat Dead'' - Nippon Ichi Software * ''Mighty Switch Force! Collection'' - WayForward * ''NEOGEO Pocket Color Selection'' - Code Mystics * ''Neptunia Virtual Stars'' - Idea Factory, Compile Heart * ''Piofiore: Fated Memories'' - Idea Factory * ''Pretty Princess Party'' - Nippon Columbia * ''Disgaea, Prinny 1•2: Exploded and Reloaded'' - Nippon Ichi Software * ''Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne'' - Chime Corporation * ''Robotics;Notes Double Pack'' - MAGES. Inc. * ''Samurai Shodown'' Season Pass 2 - SNK CORPORATION * ''Samurai Shodown NEOGEO Collection'' - Digital Eclipse * ''Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate'' - Spike Chunsoft * ''TASOMACHI, Tasogare ni Nemuru Machi'' - Orbital Express * ''Tin & Kuna'' - Black River Studios * ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III'' - Nihon Falcom * ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV'' - Nihon Falcom * ''Vitamin Connection'' - WayForward * ''void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium'' - Nippon Ichi Software * ''Volta-X'' - GungHo America * ''Ys IX: Monstrum Nox'' - Nihon Falcom

References

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