2008 E3 exhibitor list released
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ May 19th 2008 at 2:57PM }
As previously reported and reestablished today, NCsoft, Foundation 9 and Atlus will also skip the trip -- and id Software is still absent from the list. However, LucasArts continues to remain present, despite declining to renew its ESA membership. The complete list of "who's in" is posted after the break.
Full list of exhibitors currently scheduled to participate:
- 1UP Network
- Akella
- Atari Inc.
- Bethesda Softworks
- Capcom USA Inc.
- Crave Entertainment
- Codemasters
- D3Publisher of America
- Deep Silver
- Disney Interactive Studios, Inc.
- Electronic Arts
- Eidos Interactive
- Fox Interactive Media
- Indie Games
- Jagex, Ltd.
- Konami Digital Entertainment America
- LucasArts
- Majesco Entertainment Company
- Microsoft Corporation
- Midway Games, Inc.
- MTV Games
- Namco Bandai Games America, Inc.
- Natsume, Inc.
- Nintendo of America Inc.
- Novint Technologies, Inc.
- Nyko Technologies
- Rebellion
- SEGA of America, Inc.
- Serious Games Initiative
- Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
- Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
- Southpeak Interactive
- Square Enix USA
- Take-Two Interactive
- Tecmo
- THQ Inc.
- Toshiba America Information Systems
- Ubisoft Entertainment Inc.
- Valve Software
- Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Yogie @ May 19th 2008 3:02PM
Where is Epic?
xFenixKnightx @ May 19th 2008 3:07PM
Yes
Where is Epic?
Need more Gears 2 news!
Just Me @ May 19th 2008 3:30PM
Gears is published by Microsoft. It might come under their presentation.
xFenixKnightx @ May 19th 2008 3:42PM
*breathes easy
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 19th 2008 4:03PM
Yeah Fenix, you just keep poisoning Brumak/ses with your testosterone emissions :P
xFenixKnightx @ May 19th 2008 4:09PM
Jakub
Sorry, I don't listen to morons who ASSociate themselves with those 3 numbers you have in your Stiq' name.
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 19th 2008 5:43PM
Ouch...I was only joking.
Gehodra @ May 19th 2008 5:45PM
Hey guys, you see what Fenix did with the word "associate" there?
Pretty clever... I almost missed it.
Benjamin Breeg @ May 20th 2008 8:09PM
FenixKnight, you little baby. It's just numbers. Just because some bullshit book says simple little numbers are somehow evil doesn't make it true, and I think it'd be safe to communicate with people who aren't afraid to use that number.
You're just like all the 45 year old, histrionic, menopausal women that tried to get Iron Maiden banned because they had a song that referenced the number 666. Of course, they completely ignored the fact that the song was actually a warning against the devil. Anyways, fuck off. 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666
Oh noes! Run! Hide! A series of sixes! Go whine that somebodies using numbers you don't like, everybody loves it when people make big deals out of nothing (like what I'm doing).
Derick @ May 19th 2008 8:04PM
I try not to associate myself with people to tack an x on either side of their name.
*dives for cover, giggling*
Daniel @ May 19th 2008 3:03PM
Looks like the major players are still involved. I just wish they'd move it back to May instead of July. I hate waiting until almost Autumn to get the big gaming news.
Mr.ESC @ May 19th 2008 3:10PM
No Blizzard,WTF?
I want a Diablo 3 teaser!
Gehodra @ May 19th 2008 5:46PM
Screw a teaser. Gimme a full blown trailer.
JaKa (Because 666 gives a wrong impression!) @ May 19th 2008 6:04PM
Screw a trailer, give me an alpha!
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ May 19th 2008 6:29PM
Screw an alpha, give me a...COMBO BREAKER!
Yogie @ May 19th 2008 3:14PM
It'd be cool if Capcom had something to say about Dead Rising 2.
FOXHOUND @ May 19th 2008 3:26PM
Capcom> "Yes, we have no plans to make DEAD RISING 2 at the current time." -cue PRICE IS RIGHT failure BGM-
:( I miss the *old* Capcom.
Mr.ESC @ May 19th 2008 3:14PM
Activision isn't going to at this year E3? Awww I was looking forward to see another presentation featuring a very drunk Jamie Kennedy.
Hashbrown Hunter @ May 19th 2008 4:13PM
Correction: a very, VERY drunk Jamie Kennedy. And he still wasn't funny.
RyanD @ May 19th 2008 3:16PM
I hope Valve shows off Episode 3 or the next Meet the Class movie!
AwesomeTown @ May 19th 2008 3:22PM
I don't care what Valve shows, as long as it's new stuff, I'll be excited.
Plus, I'm interested to see what Nintendo has in store.
samfish @ May 19th 2008 3:26PM
Seeing as how Nintendo rented out the Kodak Theater again this year, I'm kind of expecting something big from them now.
NATO_Duke @ May 19th 2008 3:41PM
I'm just curious what big news you would be hoping for. Seriously, is there something big they could do that's realistic?
Henry @ May 19th 2008 3:55PM
Zelda Wii plz!
xFenixKnightx @ May 19th 2008 3:57PM
"Zelda Wii please!"
again?
NEW IP! NEW IP! NEW IP!
Think USA chant...
samfish @ May 19th 2008 4:19PM
"I'm just curious what big news you would be hoping for. Seriously, is there something big they could do that's realistic?"
Beats me. But my best guesses would be:
• Kid Icarus seems like it'll be the big reveal.
• There are also rumors of Retro working on a Zelda spin off, so if that's true, we could see that.
• 2D updates to their main franchises for Wii Ware would make them the winner of E3 in my mind.
• There HAVE to be some major 3rd party games coming this year. They just CAN'T keep dumping trash on the Wii with it's booming install base.
• Wii Music could blow us all away the same way Wii Fit and Wii Sports did. I also wouldn't write off the possibility of Wii Music coming with some sort of add on like, say, an HDD, as if it is just a stand alone game, it'd be the only Wii _____ game to not come with a device of some sort.
• A DS redesign seems reasonable.
That's all I've got. But this is Nintendo. They aren't like MS or Sony in that they don't leak like a bullet riddled bucket...so just because we don't really know anything doesn't mean we should assume nothing is coming.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ May 19th 2008 6:46PM
I played WiiMusic on PS2 long ago... and it sucked.
Neptune @ May 19th 2008 3:52PM
Damn I had hoped for NCsoft to show Guild Wars 2.
Neptune @ May 19th 2008 3:59PM
Meh, I had forgot Gaile's earlier reply this year:"Our official shows this year will be PAX in Seattle and GC in Leipzig."
luffypunk @ May 19th 2008 4:09PM
No 3d-Realms? That's right G.B. ... I'm stilling waiting on DNF
Hashbrown Hunter @ May 19th 2008 4:14PM
..................still?
finnith @ May 19th 2008 9:03PM
DNF=Did not finish
Redface @ May 19th 2008 5:05PM
If MTV games is going, then that must mean that the new Harmonix game is going to be detailed! Jubilations!
Mr Khan @ May 19th 2008 5:44PM
No Atlus? Sad Panda.
Oh, and i would presume that Gears would make an appearance under the Microsoft umbrella, though whatever else Epic is cooking up right now wouldn't be presented
I wonder which of the big three will sweep the show this year. You have to have handed it to Sony last year, if only for the sheer amount of original content: Software and Programs of all kinds. Nintendo was all "Wii Fit! oh and btw, here's ten seconds of new Mario Kart" Then Microsoft's was just a reiteration of what we all knew, though granted it was complemented by Moore's Rock Band performance
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ May 19th 2008 6:34PM
In Reggie we trust.
zumakalis @ May 19th 2008 6:57PM
All these seem to be publishers. Why is the 1up network listed.
Paulmichael @ May 19th 2008 8:24PM
It still sucks that they toned it down... I wouldn't have cared so much, but it was going to be the thing I would go to when I turned 18, but they decided to revamp it right before my birthday...
slyzertex @ May 20th 2008 4:04PM
Yeah, I mean wtf has 1up got to with gaming...