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The E3 trade event has seen many ups and downs over the years, but 2019 could be its most troubled so far. Not only is Sony not going to be there but neither are EA.

EA at least will have livestreams of new games planned for the same week, and there’ll no doubt be a Nintendo Direct as usual, but while Microsoft and Ubisoft are assumed to be planning their usual press conferences the only one that’s been confirmed so far is… Bethesda.



Many considered Bethesda’s conference last year to be the best of the bunch, but as a sign of how quickly a company’s fortunes can change they’ve subsequently found themselves suffering a string of PR disasters stemming from the release of Fallout 76 last Christmas.


Save the date! #BE3 is coming on Sunday, June 9th (5:30 PM PT so that'll be past midnight and into the 10th UK time). More details are coming soon. Can't attend? We will be streaming the whole thing live! #E3 https://t.co/YDmj6zvYB2 pic.twitter.com/nvAvHh9OOn — Bethesda UK (@Bethesda_UK) March 18, 2019

Given that, and a relatively slim release schedule after Rage 2 launches in May, there was some question as to whether they’d even do an event this year, but they’ve now confirmed that everything is on for Sunday, 9 June (or rather Monday 10th at 1.30am for the UK).

The only game Bethesda has confirmed is a detailed look at Doom Eternal, but there’ll almost certainly be more on co-op spin-off Wolfenstein: Youngblood and VR title Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot.

Presumably Fallout 76 will also be featured, and perhaps new titles from Dishonored developer Arkane or The Evil Within developer Shinji Mikami. There are also increasingly loud rumours of a remake for Fallout 3 and/or New Vegas.

The big question is whether we’ll see anything new on next gen games Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI. Last year’s event implied you wouldn’t, but an early glimpse might be just the thing to renew the faith of fans burned by Fallout 76.

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