E3’s broadcast schedule is up, and Bandai Namco will hold their presentation on Tuesday, June 15 at 2:25 PM PST. That’s the last day of E3, giving the publisher some notoriety. They’ll slot in just ahead of Yooreka Studio’s five-minute presentation, which comes just before Gamespot’s Play For All Showcase, and then E3 closes out with its inaugural Official Game Awards ceremony at 4:45 PM.
All eyes are looking to Bandai Namco to bring some news on Elden Ring, the upcoming game collab between Souls maker FromSoftware and Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin. FromSoftware’s parent company said that Elden Ring should be released before April 2022, so E3 would be a good time to start generating some hype. Then again, Jeff Grubb said he was “doubtful” about Elden Ring showing up at E3, and previous leaks also noted that Elden Ring wouldn’t release in 2021. That leaves an early 2022 release window, which might be far enough away that Bandai Namco would rather advertise more immediate projects.
Such as Scarlet Nexus, which was rumored to be coming to Xbox Game Pass on its release date of June 25. However, Bandai Namco shut down those rumors yesterday saying there are “no plans to bring Scarlet Nexus to Xbox Game Pass at this time.” You’ll just have to buy this ‘brain-punk’ action RPG the old-fashioned way.
Other than Scarlet Nexus, we might get some announcements regarding Ace Combat’s ongoing 25th-anniversary celebration. Ace Combat 7 recently got some new DLC aircraft, so another DLC pack might be on the way. And .hack maker CyberConnect2 has something on the way that moved CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama to tears, apparently. No idea what that might be, but expect this new game to make its debut when Bandai Namco takes center stage on Tuesday afternoon.
