More than 120 companies sign up for E3

By Ellie Gibson Published 10 February, 2010

Microsoft! Nintendo! Sony! Acti! EA! Etc.

The Entertainment Software Association has announced that more than 120 games companies have signed up for the E3 Expo 2010.

As you can see on the E3 website, everyone from Activision to Zeroplus will be in attendance. All the platform holders are confirmed, along with dozens of third-party publishers and developers.

"This year's event will premier cutting-edge technologies, immersive games, and innovations in consumer interfaces," promised ESA boss Michael D. Gallagher.

E3 2010 will take place from June 15th - 17th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Eurogamer will be there, bringing you all the news as it happens. We best fill out that registration form then.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • RobotRocker #1 2 years ago

    All singing! All Dancing! All dickwaving this and next years disappointments!

    The fanboy rage is always worth it though. Remember the FF13 on 360 announcement? Gooooooood times.

  • sfp_noodle #2 2 years ago

    i hope we see lots of new IP tht ISNT natal or arc related...

  • woodnotes #3 2 years ago

    Indeed Mickey, and add in to that Nintendo's inevitable response. Would be somewhat amusing though if Nintendo suddenly unveils something awesome for core gamers just as their competitors are chasing the casuals.
    Edited by 1 at 10/02/10 @ 18:28

  • insincere_dave #4 2 years ago

    The E3 people are as bad as Capcom at milking franchises, when will we finally see E4?

  • sneetch #5 2 years ago

    I would love to see that horse-change, woodnotes, it would be hilarious. :D

    "Here's our fantastic motion contro... wait, what?!"

  • Iain815 #6 2 years ago

    Half Life 2 Episode 3 better be fucking at it.

  • AphoticCosmos #7 2 years ago

    It only feels like yesterday that I was laughing at the terrible Nintendo 2009 conference.

    Hopefully this year they won't be quite as shit.

    Still, E3! \o/ Long may corporate execs look like idiots on stage!

  • Eraysor #8 2 years ago

    Totally agree about HL2: Episode 3. It's slipping into Duke Nukem Forever territory at the moment. I expect they've decided to can it and release HL3 on a new Source engine.

    I miss E3 2006. MASSIVE DAMAGE

  • the_dudefather #9 2 years ago

    Crabs!
    Cute puppies and finger attachments!
    Snapping your spine when looking at the bottom of your shoes!
    watching streams for hours when you can just check out relevant parts the next day in about 10 seconds

    all the fun of the show!

  • RobotRocker #10 2 years ago

    Nothing will ever beat Konami's 2008 confrence for utter badness. Try watch it on youtube, its brutal.

    Rumour has it that when EG's brave correspondents came back, they needed to be treated for PTSD

  • MiniAmin #11 2 years ago

    Polyphony will turn up in July.

  • Murton #12 2 years ago

    Polyphony will turn up in July.

    And Remedy in August. Remember that Alan Wake was announced a full year before GT5. Better luck next time though.

    I think the show is going to be stolen by Natal and The Wand, both in terms of MS vs Sony penile comparisons and also the third party climbing over each other to show off what they're planning for each. Oh, and 3D.

  • MiniAmin #13 2 years ago

    @ Murton

    Touché!

  • meserlian #14 2 years ago

    My money is on Nintendo Pii and Zelda for the show stealer.

  • cyacomini #15 2 years ago

    2D is the new 3D

    Ask SEGA :)

  • Tomo #16 2 years ago

    I do love the exclamation marks. Keep it up!

  • smelly #17 2 years ago

    *shock!*

    Microsoft/Sony And nintendo... ALL sign up for E3!

    Whoever next EA and activision? Oh.. right...

  • mkreku #18 2 years ago

    I wonder if the booth babes are back..? :/

  • feistycheese #19 2 years ago

    I might go just to do a 'Jarvis Cocker' when Kotelniks on stage.



  • smelly #20 2 years ago

    Someone negated my comment?

    So they were actually SHOCKED to hear ea/activision/sony/nintendo and microsoft would attend?!?

  • mcmonkeyplc #21 2 years ago

    LAWL! That's in the middle of the world cup! Games are relegated to tv status at this stage.

  • dingo75 #22 2 years ago

    I hope Ellie got signed up to cover the press conferences via live stream!
    Comedy gold. :)

  • M_of_the_sys #23 2 years ago

    Can't believe this is around the corner already. However, I do expect some news about things that won't be released until after E3 2011. Arc/Natal anyone?

  • Murton #24 2 years ago

    @ M_of_the_sys: that's always been the case for E3. Publishers and developers alike are announcing upcoming games far too early, Alan Wake at E3 2005 and will finally be released May of this year and GT5 announced at E3 2006 and will be released in Autumn sometime, hopefully. It's little wonder that we get "jokes" like the one MiniAmin posted when games are being announced five years before they are actually released and showcased every single year in between, or LA Noir announced in 2006 and then left unmentioned until a couple of weeks ago, it really is quite stupid when you think about it.

    Personally I'm hoping for an E3 that's quite relevant where the upcoming games announcements are for games that are actually coming up.