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Nintendo lays out E3 plans including Splatoon 2 and Smash tourneys

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Nintendo unveiled its plans for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game industry’s big trade show in June. The event includes a video game revelation and a tournament for the Splatoon 2 World Championship.

Nintendo is returning to the E3 from June 12 to June 14 with fan-favorite activities and new features to keep watchers around the world and attendees in Los Angeles engaged.

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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.