E3 2021 (Streaker Prower and GabrielTheLoudTamer's Version)

The Electronic Entertainment Experience 2021 (E3 2021) was the 26th and final E3, during which hardware manufacturers, software developers, and publishers from the video game industry presented new and upcoming products. The event, organized by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), ran as a virtual, online-only event with free access to all, from June 12–15, 2021.
Virtual events included keynote sessions from major publishers broadcast from a live stage in Los Angeles, an awards show, and a preview night, as well as helping companies to hold online private meetings with media and businesses. Because of the online-only nature, the event had been rebranded for the year as the Electronic Entertainment Experience rather than the standard Electronic Entertainment Expo. Greg Miller, Jacki Jing, and Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez served as hosts of the virtual events.
E3 2021 followed the cancelled E3 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and after the ESA could not work out a replacement event in time. The ESA had intended to hold an in person event in 2021 during its normal June dates, as stated to partners in April 2020, but had to alter their plans due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. E3 2021 was free for everyone to attend. While the 2021 event was entirely online, ESA planned to return to an in-person event by 2022, though these plans were scrapped and the in-person event was cancelled in January 2022, and E3 2022 was cancelled altogether on March 31, 2022, including the digital event. In July 2022, it was confirmed that E3 2023 would mark a return to the in-person event. However, the lack of interest and attendance of major publishers caused the event to be cancelled as well, leading to the announcement of the event's official discontinuation in December 2023.
Companies that participated at the event included Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Electronic Arts, Bethesda Softworks, Capcom, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, Atari, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Koch Media, THQ Nordic, Square Enix, Sega, Gearbox Software, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Turtle Beach, and Xseed Games. Konami had planned to participate but announced later they would not be ready to present at E3 as they were deep into development on several projects which they would reveal at a later time.
==Press conferences==
===Electronic Arts===
Electronic Arts ran a separate event, rather than participating at E3 2021. The EA Play 2021 event was held on June 11 at 11:00am, and covered Apex Legends. Battlefield 2042, Battlefield: Portal, the Dead Space remake, FIFA 22, Grid Legends, Knockout City, Lost in Random, Madden NFL 22 and The Sims 4.
===Ubisoft===
Ubisoft livestreamed its Ubisoft Forward E3 video event on June 12, 2021, at 12 p.m. PDT. Games covered during the event included Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction, Rocksmith+, Riders Republic, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Just Dance 2022, Far Cry 6, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, The Price is Right Decades: 50th Anniversary Edition, Despicable Me: The Rise of Gru and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
===Gearbox Software===
Gearbox Software held its E3 spotlight on June 12, 2021, at 2 p.m. PDT., providing more info on Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Godfall, Homeworld 3, Tribes of Midgard and a look at the Borderlands film.
===Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment/Atari===
Warner Bros. Games and Atari joint press conference on June 12, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. PDT. Among games featured included Back 4 Blood, Gotham Knights, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, Rise of the Sheep Raider: A Looney Tunes Game, Atari Recharged, Wallace and Gromit: A Very Grand Adventure, Lego Universes, DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power, an untitled Mortal Kombat 11 sequel, Hogwarts Legacy, Multiversus, Cyberpunk 2077, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Superman: The Man of Steel, and The Matrix Rebooted.
===Microsoft/Bethesda===
Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks held a joint press conference on June 13, 2021, at 10 a.m. PDT. Games presented included Starfield, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Back 4 Blood, Contraband, Sea of Thieves, Battlefield 2042, 12 Minutes, Psychonauts 2, Fallout 76, The Elder Scrolls Online, Party Animals, Hades, Somerville, Halo Infinite, Diablo II Resurrected, A Plague's Tale: Requiem, Far Cry 6, Slime Rancher 2, Atomic Heart, Replaced, Grounded, Among Us, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, The Ascent, The Outer Worlds 2, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 5 and Redfall.
===Square Enix===
Square Enix held a press event on June 13, 2021, at 12:15 p.m. PDT. Games announced included Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, remasters of Final Fantasy I through Final Fantasy VI, Legend of Mana, Marvel's Avengers, Babylon's Fall, Life Is Strange Remastered Collection, Life Is Strange: True Colors, and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.
===PC Gaming Show===
PC Gamer presented its PC Gaming Show event on June 13, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. PDT. Among games featured included:
*Arboria
*Chernobylite
*Citizen Sleeper
*Dodgeball Academia
*Dying Light 2: Stay Human
*Far: Changing Tides
*Gigabash
*Gloomwood
*Icarus
*Ixion
*Lakeburg Legacies
*Lemnis Gate
*Mechajammer
*Naraka: Bladepoint
*Next Space Rebels
*Orcs Must Die 3
*Project Warlock 2
*Rawmen
*Sacrifire
*Silt
*Songs of Conquest
*Soulstice
*They Always Run
*Tinykin
*Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
*WarTales
===Bandai Namco Entertainment===
Bandai Namco Entertainment held a press event on June 13, 2021, at 5:15 p.m. PDT. Games featured the event included The Loud House Game, One Piece Odyssey, Super Robot Wars 30, Dragon Ball: The Breakers, Pac-Man World Re-Pac, Digimon Survive, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes, Ben 10: Power Trip, Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections, Tales of Arise, Elden Ring, and Gunpla Battle Nexus Online.
===Sega/THQ Nordic===
Sega and THQ Nordic held a joint press conference on June 14, 2021, at 10 a.m. PDT, which provided info on Chuck E. Cheese's Pizzeria Simulator, Sonic Adventure: Episode I - The Chaos Saga, Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game, My Friend Peppa Pig, Two Point Hospital, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, PJ Masks: Heroes Of The Night, Lost Judgement, Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps, Destroy All Humans 2! Reprobed, a preview for an untitled Sonic The Hedgehog cartoon for Paramount+, Sonic Origins, Outcast 2: A New Beginning, Sonic Racing, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Nickelodeon All Star Brawl, Nights: Balan's Wonderworld, an untitled Persona 3 remake, MX vs ATV Legends, PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls, Transformers: Devastation - Definitive Edition, My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure, Jagged Alliance 3, ports of Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royale, Blaze and the Monster Machines Axle City Racers, Expeditions Rome, Brave Saga 1+2 Collection, Shin Megami Tensei V, Craig of the Creak: Beyond the Creak, SuperPower 3, Sonic Dash, ELEX 2, Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, Transformers: Reactivate, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, Sonic Frontiers, Nicktoons Legends XD: Galactic Stargate, NBA2K22, and a trailer for the movie Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
=== Sony ===
Sony's E3 presentation was given on June 14, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. PDT. Games presented included TBA.
===Capcom===
Capcom's E3 presentation was given on June 14, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. PDT. Games presented included Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil RE:Verse, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, Monster Hunter Rise, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and Street Fighter V.
===Nintendo===
Nintendo held a Nintendo Direct for E3 on the final day of the convention, June 15, 2021, at 9 a.m. PDT, followed by a three-hour-long Nintendo Treehouse Live show about titles discussed in the Nintendo Direct. Games included Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Life Is Strange, Life Is Strange: True Colors, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Worms Rumble, Astria Ascending, Two Point Campus, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, Mario Party Superstars, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Metroid Dread, Just Dance 2022, Cruis'n Blast, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Mario Golf: Super Rush, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, WarioWare: Get It Together!, Shin Megami Tensei V, Danganronpa Decadance, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, and the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Nintendo also announced a limited edition Game & Watch for the Zelda series for its 35th anniversary that included the original Zelda game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and Link's Awakening.
===Best of E3 Awards===
Editors from IGN, GameSpot, PC Gamer, and GamesRadar+ collectively decided on the Best of E3 Awards on June 15, 2021. Among their picks, Forza Horizon 5 was named as the Most Anticipated Game overall, with the Microsoft and Bethesda event as the Best Presentation.
==Featured games==
This is a list of notable titles that appeared by their developers or publishers at E3 2021.