I don't think that will happen this year, they've had way more prep time for this digital event compared to 2020, the reaction to splitting the events was poor too, I suspect they'll try to do a big E3 hence why they're merging Bethesda with the Xbox conference according to rumours but anything that doesn't make it will just be moved to the traditional Gamescon/TGA's.

Changing Xbox Games Studios to Xbox Studios doesn't work, when it comes down to it people call it by the first letter of each word.

So it goes XGS, which sounds fine.. now XS reads Xbox series, doesn't work at all.

I just think that this year's E3 will be more like last year's May showcase than traditional E3 scale show. At least basing on the insider info and that they all say that we shouldn't expect a lot of things at E3. So, E3 not being this year's headline showcase for Xbox makes sense.

You just proved my point that Xbox Game Studios is not the best name they could have came up with. It's not officially named XGS anywhere. It's a short for "Xbox Game Studios" used on the web because the full name is way too long. Just "Xbox Studios" is a shorter, simpler name that doesn't need to be shortened at all

Man, that would suck so much if true, it doesn't make much sense, one insider says they've removed stuff because they want more gameplay but Starfield may only receive a short trailer? Could E3 be too early for this year? Covid perhaps setting back gameplay? It's well known that developers hate making gameplay demos for E3 because of how time consuming they are and ultimately only used for that single event.

Tbh I have found it a bit weird that E3 is bragging about all these publishers taking part but none so far have detailed their plans for E3 as they usually do, their participation could be tiny, makes me think E3 is returning too early this year.

Jeff Grubb was speaking about Elder Ring the other day and said it has been hurt massively by the pandemic and likely won't be at E3 at all for example, EA is holding their conference on July 22nd, Lol.

Yeah they should take their time, it is what it is I suppose, I think Microsoft would want the 1st Bethesda release under them to be as good as possible, Bethesda games tend to be buggy as hell and I feel like they'd no longer get a free pass for that.

Sounds awful, AT&T sucks.

Sounds to me like the studios will be sold off individually, some will go to Discovery, some may go elsewhere, AT&T may keep some, I suspect AT&T won't keep some for very long though, they seem utterly clueless on what direction they want to go in and change it on a whim, I hope Microsoft is keeping an eye on things, hopefully AT&T doesn't just straight up shut down some of these.

I'm thinking AT&T will keep Netherrealm since they seem to be the most consistent money makers, as for the other studios, I'm slightly worried, sucks.