Square Enix blinks first in its game of E3 chicken with Nintendo

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Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix no longer wants to risk the chance that you’d rather see what’s going on with Nintendo.

Earlier this week, Nintendo and Square Enix both revealed they would hold media events for the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade event on June 16 at 9 a.m. Pacific time. This struck many as an odd choice considering Nintendo has held that slot for years. Well, it looks like Square Enix has come around to that line of reasoning as well, because it has rescheduled its presentation to 10 a.m. Pacific time that day.

Check out the tweet announcement from the company:

So, this means we now have the full schedule, and it’s possible to watch every event as it happens live … unless Nintendo goes longer than an hour.

Here’s the full schedule for media presentations:

Sunday, June 14

  • Bethesda at 7 p.m. Pacific

Monday, June 15

  • Microsoft at 9:30 a.m. Pacific
  • EA at 1 p.m. Pacific
  • Ubisoft at 3 p.m. Pacific
  • Sony at 6 p.m. Pacific

Tuesday, June 16

  • Nintendo at 9 a.m. Pacific
  • Square Enix at 10 a.m. Pacific
  • PC gaming at 5 p.m. Pacific