Activision not attending E3 2008
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ May 1st 2008 at 7:00PM }
The key word there is "official," which sounds to us like Activision will have a presence around the show, akin to Gamecock's EIEIO event last year. Though it's not ready to share exactly what the plans are, we'll certainly have more on this at a later date. Other notable companies missing from the current E3 list are: Blizzard/Sierra (which goes hand in hand with Activision now), Atlus, Majesco and NCsoft.
... oh, and if you're wondering what the picture above of Jamie Kennedy is all about, you missed one of the great disasters of E3 '07.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chase @ May 1st 2008 7:09PM
Please don't feed the Kennedy.
And no flash photography, please.
D_Average @ May 1st 2008 7:15PM
I still feel awkward from watching the last one.
Double J @ May 1st 2008 7:24PM
It's probably for the best.
Kyattsuai @ May 1st 2008 7:33PM
Great, how will we hear about Tony Hawk's Guitar Hero Underground: Legends of Skate 9 now?
peacebyanymeans (AKA: Moorio) @ May 1st 2008 7:37PM
If more companies do this, maybe the old E3 will comeback. (Please?)
DangerMouse @ May 1st 2008 8:44PM
Everyone would say it, then they'd all pop up days before the event and say
"j/k, lololololololololololol"
Colin @ May 1st 2008 8:51PM
Yeah, that was terrible last year. Which is a shame, because I think Jamie Kennedy used to be great....then he did "Son of the Mask"...and just never recoved.
Phil @ May 1st 2008 10:12PM
Actually, you should check out Kickin' It Old School, it was decently funny. That and Bobby Lee is in it.
And he's coming up in another movie in which Michael Cera is starring in so at least that should be good.
Michael @ May 1st 2008 8:49PM
FYI... here's the drive from Activision to Barker Hanger, where E3 was last year. Maybe they didn't want to drive the extra four miles to downtown, where it'll be this year...
http://gr0ss.com/atvn2e3.jpg
AoE @ May 1st 2008 10:59PM
lol, you say that like it doesn't take an hour plus to go those four miles from Santa Monica to downtown LA
TrojanGuy @ May 1st 2008 9:34PM
Hoooooly crap I hadn't seen that Jamie Kennedy thing before. Geez, that was bad.
Mr Khan @ May 2nd 2008 8:58AM
Perhaps they fear for their lives from angry PS3 owners who had to buy a second set of plastic guitars for Rock Band
PojoMofo @ May 2nd 2008 9:51AM
Actiblizzard must not have any heavy hitters coming out this year if they arent even going to E3
danackermannyc @ May 2nd 2008 11:30AM
I actually thought Jamie Kennedy had a little understated genius going on, even if his delivery was sloppy. The crowd turned on him because he was making fun of geeks -- and if there's anyone who can't take a joke, it's the fat, self-important gamer nerd demographic.
mietha CAG @ May 2nd 2008 12:20PM
If they can't do any better than last year, no great loss.
Lemmiwinks (SSBBFC: 0903-2436-0891) @ May 2nd 2008 2:00PM
Jaime Kennedy was on a local radio station last week (ALICE) and he was complaining about how all those mean ol' videogame geeks ruined his gig at E3 last year.
Then, about a half-dozen of us called in and he eventually manned up to the fact that his performance blew.