Do you hear that noise? That buzzing in the air, like a swarm of hype-drunk wasps, ready to tear limb from limb? That’s the sound of E3.
The video game industry is about to descend on Los Angeles for its biggest news week of the year. Starting this Monday, June 9, it will be nothing but game announcements, hype reels, trailers, awkward on-stage demos and nightmarish photos of crowded show booths, all the way through to the weekend.
Kotaku will be in the thick of it doing what we do best: Running around on the show floor, playing game demos, and interviewing the people making the most interesting games, all while our home team brings you all the breaking news you can handle.
As usual, E3 is preceded by a mess of press conferences, most of which take place on Monday. The press conferences are typically where the biggest news of E3 is announced, and we’ll have them all* streaming right here at Kotaku.
For your planning consideration, we’ve put together a schedule of those press conferences. Since E3 is in Los Angeles, all times are listed in Pacific Time, so add or subtract the appropriate number of hours for your respective timezones.
Two notes: First, some of the invitations for these press conferences don’t mention hard stop times, so we’ve listed the closest approximations. Second (*), we’re not quite clear on the deal with embedding Nintendo’s online event, so it could be that we’re unable to post it here. If that’s the case, we’ll be sure to tell you where you can watch it before it airs.
Here goes:
Monday, June 9
Microsoft
9.30am – 11am PDT (Tuesday, June 10, 2.30am – 4am AEST)
Electronic Arts
Noon – 2pm PDT (Tuesday, June 10, 5am – 7am AEST)
Ubisoft
3pm – 4pm PDT (Tuesday, June 10, 8am – 9am AEST)
Sony
6pm – 7.30/8pm PDT (Tuesday, June 10, 11am – 12.30/1pm AEST)
Tuesday, June 10
Nintendo (Online Video Event)
9am – 10/10.30am PDT (Wednesday, June 11, 2am – 3/3.30am AEST)
Like last year, publisher Square Enix will be streaming various things all week from the show floor. Microsoft will also be streaming things on their Twitch channel (more info here), Nintendo will be broadcasting game demos from their booth on Tuesday through Thursday as well as a Super Smash Bros. tournament on Tuesday, and Sony will have a similar kind of stream on the PlayStation Blog and on Ustream.
Let’s do this thing. Don’t forget to stay hydrated.
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5 responses to “A Complete Schedule Of E3 2014 Press Conferences”
Bethesda? Where arrrre yoooou…
Thanks for the Australian Times.
Thanks for the times! Guess ill be getting up early tuesday morning.
2 days off work… check!
Stocked up on redbull and cheetos… Check!
A more complete list.
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Tuesday 9/6 AEST
2:30am — Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing
4:00am — Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing Post show
4:30am — Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton Games/Devolver Digital)
5:00am — EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Preview
6:00am — EA Special Event
7:00am — EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Post show
7:30am — Bethesda (Unannounced title)
8:00am — Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing
9:00am — Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing Post show
9:30am — Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED)
10:00am — Dying Light (Techland)
11:30am — Final thoughts
12:00pm — PlayStation E3 2014 Press Conference
Wednesday 10/6 AEST:
2:00am — Nintendo Digital Event
3:00am — Deep Silver (Unannounced title)
3:15am — Deep Silver (Unannounced title)
3:30am — Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)
4:00am — Ubisoft (Unannounced title)
4:20am — The Division (Ubisoft)
4:40am — Farcry 4 (Ubisoft)
5:00am — Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
5:20am — Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
5:40am — Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
6:00am — DRIVECLUB (SCEA)
6:20am — Evil Within (Bethesda)
6:40am — Lords of the Fallen (NAMCO)
7:00am — Destiny (Activision/BUNGIE)
7:20am — The Order: 1886 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
7:40am — Nintendo (Unannounced title)
8:00am — Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
9:00am — Super Smash Bros. Invitational (Nintendo)
Thurdsay 11/6 AEST:
3:00am — Alienware
3:30am — Twitch Time
4:00am — Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games/Microsoft Studios)
4:20am — Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
4:40am — Killer Instinct: Season Two (Iron Galaxy/Microsoft Studios)
5:00am — Square Enix (Unannounced title)
5:20am — Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade (Square Enix)
5:40am — H1Z1 (Sony Online Entertainment)
6:00am — EA (Unannounced title)
6:20am — Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
6:40am — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
7:10am — Nintendo (Unannounced title)
7:30am — Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title)
7:50am — Crytek (Unannounced title)
8:00am — Sony Computer Entertainment (Unannounced PS4/PS3 title)
8:15am — Sony Computer Entertainment (Unannounced PS4/PS Vita Digital title)
8:30am — Hohokum (Honeyslug, SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment)
8:45am — Helldivers (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment)
9:00am — Alien Isolation (The Creative Assembly/SEGA)
9:20am — Civilisation: Beyond Earth (2K)
9:40am — Diablo III: Reaper of Souls — Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4 (Blizzard)
9:00am — Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
Friday 11/6 AEST:
3:00am – Tetris w/creator Alexey Pajitnov
3:15am – Zombies Monsters Robots (Ying Pei Games)
3:30am – Guinness World Records – certificate presentation
4:00am – Fable Legends (Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Studios)
4:20am – Microsoft Studios (TBD)
4:40am – Project Spark (Team Dakota/Microsoft Studios)
5:00pm – Nintendo (Unannounced title)
5:20am – Square Enix (Unannounced title)
5:40am – PlanetSide 2 PS4 Edition (Sony Online Entertainment)
6:00am – 505 Games (TBD)
6:20am – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title)
6:40am – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Gearbox/2K)
7:00am – Ubisoft (Unannounced title)
7:20am – The Crew (Ubisoft)
7:40am – Nintendo (Unannounced title)
8:00am – Tecmo Koei (Unannounced title)
8:20am – Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (Disney Interactive)
8:40am – SEGA Sonic BOOM! (SEGA)
9:00am – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
“7:30am — Bethesda (Unannounced title)”
1/2 Hr slot too… 🙂