E3 is one of the biggest trade events for the video game industry and it takes place annually. After skipping 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, in 2021 one might wonder “Is E3 canceled?”. No, E3 is not canceled and will be held this year!.
Nintendo will hold a new Nintendo Direct presentation at E3 2021 on June 15, where the company plans to reveal new details on upcoming Nintendo Switch games. Nintendo will then offer a longer look at its Switch lineup in a new Nintendo Treehouse Live immediately following the Direct livestream.
Nintendo says the presentation will focus exclusively on software, meaning that any rumors of a Switch Pro unveiling at this event have been made null and void. Nintendo at #E32021: 6/15, 9am PT! Tune in for a #NintendoDirect with roughly 40 minutes of info focused exclusively on #NintendoSwitch software, mostly releasing in 2021, followed by around 3 hours of gameplay in #NintendoTreehouseLive | E3 2021. https://t.co/TMjlZ5G37G pic.twitter.com/Hh1l6y0WVhJune 2, 2021
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Granted, Nick Baker, co-founder of XboxEra.com, claimed that the Switch Pro announcement would be set for this week. If that s the case, then conceivably Nintendo could announce the Switch Pro before E3, which runs from June 12 to June 15, and instead talk about software during its E3 event. Still, announcing a new piece of hardware and not mentioning it at a 40-minute press conference would be odd. So we feel it s safe to suspect that a Switch Pro announcement will not be happening anytime soon.
Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary Special live stream last night, which included the
Bravely team.
Back in 2019, Square Enix shook up its internal development divisions, previously known as the “Business Divisions,” to make the new Creative Business Units. Creative Business Unit II, which includes the team working on
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, was essentially made from a merger between previous Square Enix Business Divisions 6, 7, and 11. The more established Business Division 6, led by Yu Miyake, was the
Dragon Quest games’ primary division. Business Division 7 mostly made mobile and arcade games. Business Division 11 was more recently established for the
Octopath Traveler team, led by