E3 2014 is coming next week. Naturally, lots of industry folk, developers, and enthusiasts alike will be heading to the convention, but for those fans who can’t make it – there will be a lot of streams to view the action from home.
A reminder – Niche Gamer will be at E3 this year, but in more of a pilot type program as we only have Josh, one of our main writers, heading there. Please let us know if you guys want us to cover anything specific, but we will be trying to cover as much as we can!
First up, here are all of the press conferences that will kick off the E3 convention this year:
CD Projekt RED and GOG.com
When: June 5 at 11:00 a.m. PDT (local times)
Where: TheWitcher.com
CD Projekt RED and the GOG.com team will bring you “some very exciting news” about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and the future of GOG.com, including details on The Witcher 3‘s Collector’s Edition.
Electronic Arts
When: June 9 at 11:30 a.m. PDT (local times)
Where: EA.com, GameTrailers, IGN, Spike TV
Games that are being shown: Battlefield: Hardline, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Madden NFL 15, Mirror’s Edge, NHL 15, The Sims 4, Star Wars: Battlefront, a new game from Criterion Games, and more.
Microsoft
When: June 9 at 9:30 a.m. PDT (local times)
Where: GameTrailers, IGN, Spike TV, Xbox.com, Xbox LIVE
Games that are being shown: Fable Legends, Forza Horizon 2, Halo 5: Guardians, and Sunset Overdrive. Microsoft also said that it will be showing both “new IP and new sequels,” as well as a tease for at least one Japanese game.
Nintendo (Digital Event)
When: June 10 at 8:30 a.m. PDT (local times)
Where: Nintendo.com
Games that are being shown: the next The Legend of Zelda, NFC compatible games, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and Super Smash Bros.
We’ll hopefully find out about Pokken Fighters as well.
Sony
When: June 9 at 6:00 p.m. PDT (local times)
Where: GameTrailers, IGN, Movie Theaters, PlayStation Blog, Ustream
Games that are being shown: Destiny, Driveclub, The Order: 1886, and the new game from internal studio Pixelopus.
We’ll probably see games like The Last of Us Remastered, the next Uncharted, and more.
Lastly, the rumored/leaked game by From Software, Project Beast, is going to be fully revealed.
Square Enix
Square Enix is live-streaming content from their E3 booth via the Square Enix Presents YouTube channel.
Their schedule can be found below:
Tuesday, June 10
- 12:00 p.m. – E3 Begins
- 12:30 p.m. – Square Enix Music Presents: Nanaa Mihgo’s
- 1:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Letter from the Producer LIVE: E3 Edition (English)
- 2:30 p.m. – Square Enix Presents Interview: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call Special Guest: Producer Chiro Hazama (English and Japanese)
- 3:30 p.m. – Square Enix Presents Interview: Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Special Guest: Co-Director Tai Yasue (English)
- 4:00 p.m. – Square Enix Presents Interview: Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Special Guest: Co-Director Tai Yasue (Japanese)
- 4:30 p.m. – Square Enix Presents: E3 Trailer Lineup (English)
- 5:00 p.m. – Square Enix-Chan in E3 #1: Guests include Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call producer Chiro Hazama and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix co-director Tai Yasue (Japanese)
Wednesday, June 11
- 10:00 a.m. – Square Enix-Chan in E3 #2: Guests include Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn producer and director Naoki Yoshida (Japanese)
- 11:00 a.m. – To be announced
- 11:30 a.m. – Square Enix Music Presents: Yoko Shimomura
- 12:00 p.m. – To be announced
- 12:30 p.m. – Focus On: Hitman: Sniper – The Art of Mobile Assassination Featuring: Ollie Sykes and Patrick Naud (English)
- 1:00 p.m. – Square Enix Presents: E3 Trailer Line-Up
- 1:30 p.m. – LIVE from the Square Enix Booth!
- 2:00 p.m. – All Eyes On: Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 REmix (English)
- 3:00 p.m. – Square Enix Presents Interview: Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Special Guest: Co-Director Tai Yasue [Repeat] (English)
- 3:30 p.m. – To be announced
- 4:30 p.m. – Square Enix Music Presents: Piano Opera Final Fantasy Tokyo Recital
- 5:00 p.m. – Focus On: Nosgoth – Or How to Suck Less at Playing Nosgoth (English)
- 5:30 p.m. – Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy
Thursday, June 12
- 10:00 a.m. – Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XV (English and Japanese)
- 11:30 a.m. – Square Enix Music Presents: Nanaa Mihgo’s [Repeat]
- 12:00 p.m. – Square Enix Music Presents: Nanaa Mihgo’s [Repeat]
- 12:30 p.m. – Square Enix Music Presents: Yoko Shimomura [Repeat]
- 1:00 p.m. – Square Enix Presents: E3 Trailer Line-Up
- 1:30 p.m. – LIVE from the Square Enix Booth!
- 2:00 p.m. – Focus On: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call Fated Battle!: Naoki Yoshida vs. Ichiro Hazama (English)
- 3:00 p.m. – Square Enix Music Presents: Piano Opera Final Fantasy Tokyo Recital (English) [Repeat]
- 3:30 p.m. – To be announced
- 4:00 p.m. – Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy [Repeat]
Ubisoft
When: June 9 at 2:30 p.m. PDT (local times)
Where: GameTrailers, IGN
Games that are being shown: Assassin’s Creed: Unity, The Crew, The Division, Far Cry 4, and Valiant Hearts: The Great War.
Next we have all of the live streams that will be going on during the entirety of the convention:
GameTrailers
GameTrailers and Spike TV’s live stream schedule can be viewed below:
Monday, June 9
- All Access Live Pre-Show presented by GEICO: Driveclub and Jack Tretton Live!
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT (8:45 a.m. – 9 a.m. PDT)
Our coverage kicks off when Sony’s Scott Rohde drops by to give us the first look at the E3 demo of Driveclub for PlayStation 4. Plus, meet our special correspondent for the day: Industry veteran Jack Tretton, who will answer questions from the community and provide his insight on what’s in store for E3 2014. And we check in with Michael Pachter to get his thoughts on what to expect from the day ahead. - All Access Live: Homefront 2, Phil Spencer, Shadow of Mordor
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT (9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. PDT)
We kick things into gear with the first-ever gameplay demo of Homefront 2 from Crytek, the exclusive first look at the E3 demo of Shadow of Mordor from Monolith and WBIE, plus another surprise game demo! Geoff Keighley chats with Xbox’s Phil Spencer at the Galen Center to preview what Xbox has planned for its annual E3 briefing. Then Jack Tretton, Adam Sessler and Tina Amini from Kotaku run down what to expect from XBox at E3, and we go live to the Xbox “Green Carpet” as developers arrive for the press conference. - Xbox: Game On
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT (9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. PDT)
Live from the Galen Center, Phil Spencer and Xbox reveal the next step in the Halo journey, world premiere Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 2, and more. - All Access Live: Phil Spencer, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Halo, Crystal Dynamics Game Announcement, and More
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. – 12:00 PDT)
Immediately following the briefing, Geoff has the exclusive first interview with Phil Spencer about everything that was announced on stage and his new vision for Xbox. Plus, tune in for the world premiere of Sunset Overdrive multiplayer with Marcus Smith from Insomniac Games. Glen Schofield and Michael Condry drop by to discuss Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, we get the latest on Halo E3 news from Frank O’Connor of 343 Industries, the team behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt drops by, and Crystal Dynamics visits All Access to make a new game announcement exclusively on Spike — with the first footage too! Also, GT’s own Kyle Bosman visits to report on the social sentiment coming out of the Xbox press conference. - EA World Premiere 2014
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT)
Live from the Shine Exposition Center, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson reveals Battlefield: Hardline and world premieres nearly a half-dozen new games, including updates on Mirror’s Edge, Dragon Age: Inquisition, a new project from Criterion Games, and much more. - All Access Live: Alien: Isolation, Oculus Rift Founder, Batttlefield Hardline, Dragon Age and More Surprises
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. PDT)
Immediately following the EA briefing, Karl Magnus from DICE joins us to discuss the studio’s announcements at the press conference. Oculus Rift founder Palmer Lucky drops by to discuss the latest on VR and world premieres a new VR demo for the first time anywhere. We also premiere a new demo for Dragon Age: Inquisition beyond what was shown in the press conference with BioWare’s Aaryn Flynn. In addition, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg comes by to answer our questions, we get the first look at the Battlecry E3 demo from Bethesda, and don’t miss a special surprise executive interview you definitely don’t want to miss. - All Access Live: Hideo Kojima, Project Morpheus, Evil Within, and More
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EDT (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. PDT)
Geoff gets a live in studio visit from his friend Hideo Kojima, plus Richard Marks from Sony Computer Entertainment America’s Magic Lab comes by to give an update on Project Morpheus and showcase brand new content. Also, don’t miss the first E3 demos of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, The Evil Within with Bethesda’s Pete Hines, plus EA’s Andrew Wilson and Patrick Soderlund drop by to answer all the burning questions about EA’s press conference. Then don’t miss our Ubisoft press conference panel with special guests Kevin Pereira and Stephen Totilo from Kotaku. - Ubisoft E3 Press Conference
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. EDT (3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. PDT)
Join host Aisha Tyler for the latest world premieres from Ubisoft, including Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Far Cry 4, The Division, The Crew, and other upcoming projects. - All Access Live: Yves Guillemot, Jade Raymond, The Portal Board Game, The Crew and More!
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT (4:00 – 5:00 p.m. PDT)
Immediately following the Ubisoft press briefing, CEO Yves Guillemot and Ubisoft Toronto Managing Director Jade Raymond visit with Geoff to discuss all the announcements and answer your questions. Plus, don’t miss interviews about The Crew, a first look at the new Dark Souls II DLC, a demo of the indie darling Below from Capy Games, Fantasia: Music Evolved with Harmonix, and yes, we’re even world premiering your first look at the Portal board game from Valve and Cryptozoic. Plus a surprise game demo we can’t announce just yet. - All Access Live: Alienware Alpha Steambox World Premiere, Lego Batman 3, and More Surprise Demos
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EDT (5:00 p.m. – 6 p.m. PDT)
Alienware comes by to reveal its new Alpha Gaming Console powered by Steam for the first time with a live demo on our stage. Plus, don’t miss demos of Lords of the Fallen, Lego Batman 3, and two other surprise E3 games we can’t tell you about just yet. Plus, we lead into the Sony press conference with analysis from Jack Tretton, USA Today’s Mike Snider, and Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo. - PlayStation Press Conference
9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. EDT (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. PDT)
Live from Los Angeles, PlayStation returns to the stage where it dropped the mic in 2013. Find out what’s next for the PlayStation 4, including The Order: 1886 and much much more.
IGN
IGN’s live stream schedule can be viewed below:
Monday, June 9
- 9:00 a.m. – IGN’s Microsoft Pre-Show
- 9:30 a.m. – Microsoft Press Conference
- 12:00 p.m. – EA Press Conference
- 2:30 p.m. – IGN’s Ubisoft Pre-Show
- 3:00 p.m. – Ubisoft Press Conference
- 5:30 p.m. – IGN’s Sony Pre-Show
- 6:00 p.m. – Sony Press Conference
Tuesday, June 10
- 8:30 a.m. – IGN’s Nintendo Pre-Show
- 12:00 p.m. – Sunset Overdrive
- 12:20 p.m. – Fable Legends
- 12:40 p.m. – Killer Instinct Season 2
- 1:00 p.m. – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- 1:20 p.m. – Destiny
- 1:40 p.m. – PlayStation Game
- 2:00 p.m. – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- 2:20 p.m. – Nintendo Game
- 2:40 p.m. – Batman: Arkham Knight
- 3:00 p.m. – Dragon Age: Inquisition
- 3:20 p.m. – PlayStation Game
- 4:20 p.m. – Battlefield: Hardline
- 4:40 p.m. – Homefront: The Revolution
- 5:00 p.m. – The Division
- 5:20 p.m. – Civilization: Beyond Earth
- 6:00 p.m. – PlayStation Game
- 6:20 p.m. – PlayStation Game
- 6:40 p.m. – PlayStation Game
Wednesday, June 11
- 11:00 a.m. – PlayStation Game
- 11:20 a.m. – PlayStation Game
- 11:40 a.m. – EA Sports Game
- 12:00 p.m. – Metro: Redux
- 12:20 p.m. – Shadow of Mordor
- 12:50 p.m. – BattleCry
- 2:10 p.m. – Nintendo Game
- 2:40 p.m. – Mortal Kombat X
- 3:00 p.m. – Assassin’s Creed Unity
- 3:20 p.m. – Secret E3 Game
- 3:40 p.m. – Secret E3 Game
- 4:10 p.m. – Nintendo Game
- 4:40 p.m. – Madden NFL 15
- 5:00 p.m. – Project Spark
- 5:20 p.m. – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
- 5:40 p.m. – Far Cry 4
- 6:00 p.m. – The Crew
- 6:20 p.m. – Secret Ubisoft Game
- 6:40 p.m. – Secret E3 Game
Thursday, June 12
- 11:00 a.m. – Nintendo Game
- 11:20 a.m. – Lego Batman 3
- 11:40 a.m. – Secret Crytek Game
- 12:00 p.m. – Secret E3 Game
- 12:20 p.m. – Secret E3 Game
- 12:40 p.m. – EVE: Valykrie
- 2:10 p.m. – Nintendo Game
- 2:40 p.m. – Secret E3 Game
- 3:00 p.m. – Tales of Xilia 2
- 3:20 p.m. – ID@Xbox Showcase
- 3:40 p.m. – Secret E3 Game
- 4:00 p.m. – Lords of the Fallen
- 4:20 p.m. – Arena of Fate
- 4:40 p.m. – Hotline Miami 2
- 5:00 p.m. – PlanetSide 2 PS4
- 5:20 p.m. – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Twitch
Twitch’s live stream schedule can be viewed below:
Monday, June 9
- 9:30 a.m. – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing
- 11:00 a.m. – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing Post show
- 11:30 p.m. – Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton Games/Devolver Digital)
- 12:00 p.m. – EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Preview
- 1:00 p.m. – EA Special Event
- 2:00 p.m. – EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Post show
- 2:30 p.m. – Bethesda (Unannounced title)
- 3:00 p.m. – Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing
- 4:00 p.m. – Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing Post show
- 4:30 p.m. – Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED)
- 5:00 p.m. – Dying Light (Techland)
- 5:30 p.m. – Final thoughts
- 6:00 p.m. – PlayStation E3 2014 Press Conference
Tuesday, June 10
- 9:00 a.m. – Nintendo Digital Event
- 10:00 a.m. – Deep Silver (Unannounced title)
- 10:15 a.m. – Deep Silver (Unannounced title)
- 10:30 a.m. – Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)
- 11:00 a.m. – Ubisoft (Unannounced title)
- 11:20 a.m. – The Division (Ubisoft)
- 11:40 a.m. – Farcry 4 (Ubisoft)
- 12:00 p.m. – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
- 12:20 p.m. – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
- 12:40 p.m. – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
- 1:00 p.m. – DRIVECLUB (SCEA)
- 1:20 p.m. – Evil Within (Bethesda)
- 1:40 p.m. – Lords of the Fallen (NAMCO)
- 2:00 p.m. – Destiny (Activision/BUNGIE)
- 2:20 p.m. – The Order: 1886 (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- 2:40 p.m. – Nintendo (Unannounced title)
- 3:00 p.m. – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
- 4:00 p.m. – Super Smash Bros. Invitational (Nintendo)
Wednesday, June 11
- 10:00 a.m. – Alienware
- 10:30 a.m. – Twitch Time
- 11:00 a.m. – Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games/Microsoft Studios)
- 11:20 a.m. – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
- 11:40 a.m. – Killer Instinct: Season Two (Iron Galaxy/Microsoft Studios)
- 12:00 p.m. – Square Enix (Unannounced title)
- 12:20 p.m. – Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade (Square Enix)
- 12:40 p.m. – H1Z1 (Sony Online Entertainment)
- 1:00 p.m. – EA (Unannounced title)
- 1:20 p.m. – Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- 1:40 p.m. – Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- 2:10 p.m. – Nintendo (Unannounced title)
- 2:30 p.m. – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title)
- 2:50 p.m. – Crytek (Unannounced title)
- 3:00 p.m. – Sony Computer Entertainment (Unannounced PS4/PS3 title)
- 3:15 p.m. – Sony Computer Entertainment (Unannounced PS4/PS Vita Digital title)
- 3:30 p.m. – Hohokum (Honeyslug, SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment)
- 3:45 p.m. – Helldivers (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment)
- 4:00 p.m. – Alien Isolation (The Creative Assembly/SEGA)
- 4:20 p.m. – Civilization: Beyond Earth (2K)
- 4:40 p.m. – Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4 (Blizzard)
- 5:00 p.m. – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
Thursday, June 12
- 10:00 a.m. – Tetris w/creator Alexey Pajitnov
- 10:15 a.m. – Zombies Monsters Robots (Ying Pei Games)
- 10:30 a.m. – Guinness World Records – certificate presentation
- 11:00 a.m. – Fable Legends (Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Studios)
- 11:20 a.m. – Microsoft Studios (TBD)
- 11:40 a.m. – Project Spark (Team Dakota/Microsoft Studios)
- 12:00 p.m. – Nintendo (Unannounced title)
- 12:20 p.m. – Square Enix (Unannounced title)
- 12:40 p.m. – PlanetSide 2 PS4 Edition (Sony Online Entertainment)
- 1:00 p.m. – 505 Games (TBD)
- 1:20 p.m. – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title)
- 1:40 p.m. – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Gearbox/2K)
- 2:00 p.m. – Ubisoft (Unannounced title)
- 2:20 p.m. – The Crew (Ubisoft)
- 2:40 p.m. – Nintendo (Unannounced title)
- 3:00 p.m. – Tecmo Koei (Unannounced title)
- 3:20 p.m. – Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (Disney Interactive)
- 3:40 p.m. – SEGA Sonic BOOM! (SEGA)
- 4:00 p.m. – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
Are you guys going to be streaming at home? If so, what are you interested in particular?
Also, please let us know if this format works for you guys for future conventions.