Silence screams volumes. Over the past five days, video game publishers have shouted announcements for the biggest games from the rooftops. But that chorus has been drowned out by the far more deafening din of what wasnāt announced at E3 2021.
Of course, we had some inkling beforehand about which blockbusters wouldnāt show up. Ubisoft said from the jump that weād see nothing from The Division or the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake. Deep Silver, the publisher behind series like Timesplitters and Dead Island, also said that it wouldnāt exhibit any games at E3. Activision, Sony, and EA didnāt even partake in this yearās show at all, meaning no Call of Duty: Vanguard, Gran Turismo 7, Dragon Age 4, God of War, or Mass Effect (though we did get a peek at gameplay for EAās Battlefield 2042 during the Xbox showcase).
On the other hand, Kotaku sure had a bunch of fair expectations. Some of those were managed properly. Others very much were not. Hereās a rundown of everything we thought weād seeāor hoped weād seeāthat didnāt make an appearance.
