Square Enix’s E3 2019 press conference takes place today, June 10. We’ll have a livestream of the entire event, so you can watch it alongside us. If you prefer quick text updates or can’t watch the video stream we’re liveblogging the whole thing right here.

The Tokyo-based company’s event kicks off on June 10 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET (5 AM BST / 2 PM AET on June 11), the same time slot that Sony’s press conference would typically occupy. With no Sony at E3 this year, Square Enix has swooped in to take that coveted opportunity to showcase its own games, some of which are among the most anticipated at E3. So be sure to come back to this page to see our reactions in real-time as we cover the conference. Once it ends, we’ll put together a full roundup of the hottest news out of the event.

We don’t know the full slate of what Square Enix will highlight, but there are two games in particular that would make it a big event. We’re likely to see more from Final Fantasy VII Remake, and the publisher has confirmed the official reveal of its mysterious Marvel’s Avengers game, which recently had some details leak. The company did also tease that this year’s presentation promises “another exciting lineup of titles.”

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Bethesda’s E3 2019 press conference is almost here. We’ll have a livestream of the entire event, so you can watch along here on GameSpot. However, If you’d rather get the news fast or can’t watch the full show, we’re liveblogging the whole thing for your convenience.

Bethesda’s event begins on June 9 at 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET (1:30 AM BST / 10 AM AET on June 11), so make sure to bookmark this page and come back when it starts to see our live reactions to the announcements. We’ll also be bringing you the breaking news as it happens and will have a full roundup of the most important information after it’s done.

While Bethesda won’t be talking about The Elder Scrolls 6 or Starfield, the company has its hands full with other ongoing projects out in the wild right now. We’ll probably see something new for the recently-released Rage 2, but there’s also Doom Eternal and Wolfenstein: Youngblood to be shown. There may be more announcements for Fallout 76 as well.

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E3 2019 is a hectic and exciting time of year for gamers, who are basically bombarded with news and trailers for upcoming games for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Basically, it’s a big hype fest about all the games and consoles you’ll want to spend money on in the future, so why not save yourself some cash where you can now?

Fortunately, there are plenty of sales running around E3 this year, which is a nice perk for those of us not actually attending the event in LA. We’ll keep this story updated as more deals become available, but here are all the best console and game deals we know about now.

PS4 Days of Play sale

PS4 limited-edition console – available for $300

One of the biggest sales going on during E3 is Sony’s annual Days of Play sale, which is running now through June 17. The sale includes the launch of a limited-edition, steel black PS4 slim console for $300, a PS4 Pro that’s marked down to $350, and PSVR bundles that start at $250 (a full $100 cheaper). Plus, you can grab a year of PS Plus for only $37.59 at Green Man Gaming and $40 elsewhere (instead of $60), and a huge batch of PS4 games are considerably cheaper as well. Some of the best deals include:

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey — $23
• Astro Bot Rescue Mission (PSVR) — $20
• Bloodborne — $10
• Days Gone — $40
• Detroit: Become Human — $8
• God of War — $20
• Horizon Zero Dawn – Complete Edition — $10
• Kingdom Hearts III — $25
• The Last Guardian — $10
• The Last of Us Remastered –– $10
• Marvel’s Spider-Man — $20
• Marvel’s Spider-Man – Digital Deluxe Edition — $30
• MLB The Show 19 — $40
• NBA 2K19 — $3
• Nioh — $10
• Nioh – The Complete Edition — $20
• Ratchet & Clank — $10
• Resident Evil 2 — $36
• Uncharted 4 — $10
• Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection — $10
• Until Dawn — $10

• PlayStation 4 Days of Play Limited-Edition Console (Steel Black) — $300
• PlayStation 4 Pro Console (Jet Black) — $350
• PlayStation Classic Console — $30
• PlayStation VR: Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Moss bundle — $210
• PlayStation VR: Blood & Truth and Everybody’s Golf bundle — $300
• PlayStation VR: Trover Saves the Universe and Five Nights at Freddy’s bundle — $250
• PlayStation VR: Borderlands 2 and Beat Saber bundle — $300
• PlayStation Dualshock 4 wireless controllers — $40

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Xbox One E3 2019 sale

Xbox One S Fortnite Battle Royale Special Edition Bundle – will be available for $250

Naturally, Microsoft kicked off a big Xbox sale on the same day as Sony’s Days of Play event, and the company is also debuting a new special-edition Xbox console. A gradient-purple, Fortnite-themed Xbox One S is available now, and while it will generally sell for $300, it’s $50 off for a short time. The console bundle includes a matching controller, Fortnite: Battle Royale, 2,000 V-Bucks, a Dark Vertex Fortnite cosmetic set download, and a free month of both Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass.

The Xbox One S Fortnite Battle Royale Special Edition Bundle is available at multiple retailers, with the discount reflected in the price.

• Get it at Amazon — $250
• Get it at Best Buy — $250
• Get it at GameStop — $250
• Get it at Newegg — $250
• Get it at Microsoft Store — $250

You can also save $100 on a new Xbox One X and get $50 off other Xbox One S bundles. The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is $50 off as well. Black, white, special-edition, and limited-edition Xbox wireless controllers are $10 off. And of course, there’s a big batch of Xbox One games marked down for the occasion.

• Anthem — $30
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Spectre Rising Edition — $30
• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – $50
• The Crew 2 — $18
• Deep Rock Galactic — $20.09
• Forza Horizon 4 — $30
• Forza Motorsport 7 – Ultimate Edition — $45
• Gears of War 4 — $9.89
• Kingdom Hearts III — $36
• Metro Exodus — $36
• Monster Hunter World — $20
• Mortal Kombat 11 — $49.79
• NBA 2K19 — $3
• Resident Evil 2 — $36
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice — $48
• Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 — $39
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Deluxe Edition — $12
• Watch Dogs 2 — $15
• World War Z — $28

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To save even more money, you can take advantage of a gift card deal at Newegg, which is offering a $100 Xbox gift card for only $88.88 for a short time. Once you receive the email with the digital code, you can redeem the gift card on any of the above deals at the online Microsoft Store. It’s only an extra $11, but when it’s that easy, who’s complaining?

Green Man Gaming E3 sale

Wolfenstein Youngblood – pre-order for $22.49

Digital game retailer Green Man Gaming is offering gamers 25% off PC games across the site. Even better: The 25% off voucher will also apply to any new games announced during E3 that become available at GMG. You can keep track of all the newly announced PC games on GMG’s E3 2019 page. To claim the 25% off, enter code “E3” at checkout.

See some of the current PC game deals at GMG below (prices reflect full coupon discount).

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall — $37.49
• A Plague Tale: Innocence — $33.74
• F1 2019 Anniversary Edition — $45
• Octopath Traveler — $45
• Steel Division 2 — $30
• Warhammer: Chaosbane — $37.49
• Wolfenstein Youngblood — $22.49

A few other sales are going on at GMG right now that are worth checking out, including a Bethesda sale on games like Doom, Fallout 4, and The Evil Within 2; a VR PC sale; and a Borderlands franchise sale. Plus, don’t forget you can get a 12-month PS Plus subscription for $37.59.

See all PC deals at Green Man Gaming »

GOG summer sale

The summer sale at GOG.com overlaps conveniently with E3, and it includes over 2,000 DRM-free PC games up to 90% off. Running now through June 17 at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET, you can grab games like Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition for only $27, No Man’s Sky for $30, and Pathfinder: Kingmaker Explorer Edition for $26.79. You can check out some of the game deals below, but there are thousands of games marked down, including daily flash deals, so you’re better off heading to GOG to see everything available.

• Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition — $5
• Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition — $5
• Bioshock Infinite – Complete Edition — $13.79
• Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition — $27
• Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition — $18
• Hollow Knight — $9
• Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden — $21
• Neverwinter Nights – Enhanced Digital Deluxe Edition — $15.62
• No Man’s Sky — $30
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Explorer Edition — $26.79
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Obsidian Edition — $30
• Planescape: Torment – Enhanced Edition — $5
• Star Wars: Battlefront II — $3.49
• Surviving Mars – First Colony Edition — $22.09
• Thronebreaker: The WitcherTales — $15
• What Remains of Edith Finch — $8

Ubisoft E3 sale

Watch Dogs 2 – available for $6

Ubisoft has its E3 press conference on Monday, June 10, at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET, but the French game publisher is also throwing a sale on games, DLC, and merchandise. Notable deals include Watch Dogs 2 for $12, The Crew 2 for $18, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for $34.79, and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands for $16. Note that all of these will be available to redeem on Uplay.

• Assassin’s Creed Origins — $18
• Assassin’s Creed Syndicate — $12
• The Crew 2 — $18
• Far Cry 4 — $12
• Far Cry 5 — $19.80
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle — $34.79
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole — $6
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands — $26
• Trials Rising — $12.49
• Watch Dogs — $6
• Watch Dogs 2 — $12

Plus, if you’ve saved up at least 100 Ubisoft Club units, you can get an additional 20% off any purchase from the Ubisoft Store.

See all E3 deals at Ubisoft »

Epic Mega Sale

This sale is actually coming to an end, but the final week of Epic’s first storewide sale overlaps with E3, and if you haven’t take a time to check out all the deals that are currently available, you definitely should. PC games are marked down up to 75% across the store, and all games over $15 are discounted by $10. That $10 off deal includes pre-orders on upcoming games like Control and new releases like Outer Wilds. The store is also giving away Kingdom: New Lands for free right now; all you need is a free Epic account to claim it.

See all the PC game deals at the Epic Store »

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E3 2019 is about to begin. The annual gaming expo officially kicks off in only a few days, and just as every year, publishers are hanging massive posters around the Los Angeles Convention Center and other buildings throughout downtown LA to hype up the event.

GameSpot is now on the ground in LA, and we’ve taken some pictures of the giant video game posters we’ve seen decorating the city. Many of this year’s biggest releases are featured prominently around town; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the upcoming reboot of the massive shooter franchise, has the honor of adorning the entrance of the LACC’s Wes Hall this year, greeting attendees as they make their way into the show, but it certainly isn’t the only game represented; Bethesda’s Doom Eternal is gracing the Hotel Figueroa, and we’ve also spotted a poster of CD Projekt Red’s highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077.

You can take a look at some of the E3 posters we’ve seen in the gallery below. We’ll continue to add more photos as the week progresses. We’ll also have photos of the show floor once it opens, so be sure to check back on GameSpot for our full coverage of E3 2019.

E3 officially begins on Tuesday, June 11, when the show floor opens to the press and public. However, many of the industry’s biggest publishers will be holding press conferences and other events in the days leading up to then, including Microsoft, Bethesda, Square Enix, and Nintendo. The one notable exception is Sony; for the first time since it entered the industry, the PS4 maker has decided not to attend E3.

We’ve already gotten a wealth of news before E3 has even begun. On June 5, Nintendo aired a special Pokemon Direct, which revealed a ton of new details about Pokemon Sword and Shield. The next day, Google streamed its first Stadia Connect presentation, sharing new information about its upcoming game streaming platform. And that’s nothing to say of the numerous leaks and rumors to crop up before the show. You can find all the biggest news and announcements on our E3 hub.

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Officially speaking, E3 2019 is a three-day event that begins on June 11. The show floor is open through Thursday, with dozens of companies showcasing their wares to media, retailers, fellow developers, and, in recent years, the public. But as far as fans are concerned, E3 is a much longer event: press conferences are scheduled for the days preceding the expo, but those–and other reveal events–have come earlier and earlier. This week before E3 has been especially busy.

Today, June 7, is looking to be fairly light in terms of officially announced events. That said, it’s not like we’ll be going without any news: THQ Nordic’s third of three game announcements was slated for today, and it’s turned out to be a Destroy All Humans remake.

Wednesday was home to a Pokemon-centric Nintendo Direct, which revealed new details about Nintendo Switch’s Sword and Shield. Thursday followed with two back-to-back events: Google Stadia Connect and a Destiny 2 livestream. Google confirmed Stadia’s price, release date, and confirmed games, alongside sharing many other details and unveiling some brand-new games–including the rumored Baldur’s Gate III from Larian Studios, the developer of Divinity: Original Sin. Destiny 2 was also showcased during the event before Bungie held its own stream to outline the game’s future, which includes cross-save support across all platforms (including the new Stadia version) and the Shadowkeep expansion.

Before all this, there were other major announcements made recently; we got Death Stranding’s release date and trailer and learned about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Beyond that, there are also the rumors and leaks that continue to sprout up. Ubisoft had a roller derby game leak recently, and then this week brought word that Watch Dogs Legion is in development. This third Watch Dogs game has now been confirmed for a reveal during Ubisoft’s press conference on Monday. And it looks as if Ninja Theory’s new game has also been revealed through a leaked video before it shows up during Microsoft’s E3 press conference on Sunday.

The wide swath of officially announced events coming this week is getting so large you may have trouble keeping track. So for your convenience, we’ve compiled a schedule of everything going on this week. Be sure to check out our full press conference schedule for what you can watch and when.

Apple WWDC Event – Monday, June 3

This isn’t a first, as Apple often targets its WWDC event for early June, and its proximity to E3 has been noted as Apple ventured further into gaming offerings on the App Store. But in the overall sequence of E3-adjacent events, it seems to be the first out of the gate. This year’s WWDC announced support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One controllers for iOS and Apple TV.

Pokemon Sword & Shield Nintendo Direct – Wednesday, June 5

Nintendo doubtless has loads to show at E3, but it’s giving more details on one of its biggest franchises its own time slot. Pokemon Sword & Shield, the next main installment in the hit franchise for Nintendo Switch, will have a dedicated presentation on Wednesday morning. It will be about 15 minutes long, but as Nintendo showed in its recent Super Mario Maker 2 presentation, it can pack a lot of details into that amount of time. Check out when and how to watch the Pokemon Direct for more details.

Update: The Pokemon Nintendo Direct is over, and it reveals a ton of new details about what’s coming in Sword and Shield. We got a release date (November 15) and a look at many of the new gameplay systems in place, such as the open-world Wild Areas where you’ll encounter raid battles that can be played alongside players. Check out all of coverage through the links below, and then see how we did on our predictions.

• New Legendaries
• Story and character details
• New Gen 8 Pokemon
• Dynamax lets Pokemon grow huge
• Pokedex replacement
• Pre-order guide

Beyond Good & Evil 2 Space Monkey Report – Wednesday, June 5

Ubisoft has outlined some of its plans for E3 2019, but has also stated flatly that Beyond Good & Evil 2 won’t be among them. Still, the pre-E3 period won’t be entirely without BG&E news, as the game is planning the next of its Space Monkey Report streams for the Wednesday prior. These have been semi-regular events updating fans on the progress of the game. Ubisoft’s decision to hold back from E3 suggests it won’t be chock full of big reveals, but if you’ve been looking forward to more Beyond Good & Evil, it should provide some interesting tidbits.

Update: The stream has concluded, and it didn’t reveal much in the way of meaningful details. Ubisoft shared that more than 600,000 people are now in the Space Monkey program, and that they’ll be the first to get to play the game. We also got a look at some concept art and other peeks at what to expect, but not much else.

Google Stadia Connect – Thursday, June 6 (9 AM PT)

Google will make good on its promise to reveal price and launch details for its Stadia streaming service this week, with the first of its “Stadia Connect” presentations ready to debut on Thursday. The company has confirmed that the presentation will outline launch plans, including game announcements and a price reveal. Check out when and how to watch the Stadia presentation for more details.

Update: Google finally confirmed the details we’ve been waiting to hear. We heard about how much Stadia costs and when it’s coming. Google continued to outline its vision for the platform, as detailed in our news coverage linked below.

• Stadia Connect news recap
• Stadia Founder’s Edition
• Stadia internet speed requirements
• Confirmed Stadia games
• What Stadia can do out of the box

Destiny 2 Next Chapter – Thursday, June 6 (10 AM PT)

Just after the Google Stadia announcement, Bungie will be explaining its plans for Destiny 2. The current season of content is coming to a close, and with Bungie now split with publisher Activision fans have wondered what will happen now. The “Next Chapter” announcement will explain these next steps, and given that it’s targeting the announcement right next to E3, it probably isn’t just going into maintenance mode.

Update: Bungie has shown us what the future of Destiny 2 looks like, and it involves more ways for new players to dive in, with a la carte pricing for standalone pieces of content, and cross-save support that allows players to move between platforms. That even includes PS4, which was rumored before the event to not offer this feature.

• Destiny 2 E3 stream recap
• Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
• Destiny 2 on Stadia
• Destiny 2 free-to-play version
• Destiny 2 PC moves to Steam

EA Play – Saturday, June 8 (9:30 AM PT)

Electronic Arts is once again forgoing E3 proper, instead holding a fan-focused event at a nearby location. This year, though, it’s not having a formal press conference at EA Play. It will hold a series of livestreams covering several of its upcoming games, beginning with Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. Others on tap include Apex Legends and its Season 2 Battle Pass, Battlefield V, FIFA 20, Madden NFL 20, and The Sims 4. Check out how and when to watch EA Play for more details.

EA Play Livestream Start Time

• 9:30 AM PT
• 12:30 PM ET
• 5:30 PM BST
• 2:30 AM AET (June 9)

Nintendo Invitational Tournaments – Saturday, June 8 (11 AM PT)

Between its Pokemon-focused Nintendo Direct on Wednesday and its E3 Nintendo Direct the following Tuesday morning, Nintendo has one more event during the weekend. It will be hosting a series of tournaments throughout the day on Saturday. The Super Mario Maker 2 tournament promises a lengthy look at the game to be released later in June, while the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament could drop some hints regarding upcoming DLC characters. A Splatoon 2 tournament is also planned to ink up the place.

Nintendo Invitational Start Time

• 11 AM PT
• 2 PM ET
• 7 PM BST
• 4 AM AET (June 9)

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