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E3 will livestream video to its broadest audience ever

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) said it will livestream video to its broadest audience ever when the online-only event takes place June 12 to June 15.

The Entertainment Software Association, which puts on the big game trade show every year, said that it has a massive global list of committed video distribution sources so that E3 2021 can reach a broader audience. Now, we just have to figure out if the game companies have many games to show, as many of the big titles have been delayed because of the pandemic. We’ll find out if the center of the industry will hold together as we go through what is hopefully the last online-only summer.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.