E3 Show Daily
Scope and Contents
The library has a nearly complete collection of E3 show dailies from 1995–2016, currently missing six known issues.
Dates
- Publication: 1995–2016
Creator
- Entertainment Software Association (Licensor, Organization)
- IDG Communications, Inc (Publisher, Organization)
- CyberActive Media Group, Inc (Publisher, Organization)
- Imagine Media (Publisher, Organization)
- Ziff Davis, Inc (Publisher, Organization)
- Future US (Publisher, Organization)
- GamePro Media (Publisher, Organization)
Historical Note
E3 Show Daily was originally publisher by IDG Communications, the co-producer of the first E3 event and publisher of the event's namesake magazine Electronic Entertainment. Over the years, the ESA would regularly change the magazine's publisher. Known publishers include:
- IDG Communications (1995–?)
- CyberActive Publishing (1997?–1998, via Videogame Advisor and GameWEEK)
- Imagine Media (1999–2001, via Games Business)
- Ziff Davis Media (2002–2005)
- Future US (2006–no later than 2008)
- IDG Communications and GamePro Media (2009 – at least 2016)
Full Extent
55 Magazines
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Throughout the history of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the Entertainment Software Association (previously the Interactive Digital Software Association) has licensed various publishers to produce the E3 Show Daily, a daily newspaper covering new and announcements at E3. The content in the magazine was almost entirely promotional but included show-specific information, such as floor plans, exhibitor profiles, and discussions of trends in the game industry. The show dailies also included unique advertisements for game companies and their booths.
Print issues of E3 Show Daily are known to have been published through 2016, after which the event pivoted from being a closed trade show to being an event open to the public. E3 Show Daily was not printed in 2007 and 2008 due to the smaller scale of the event in those years.
Holdings
Held:
- E3 1995, Day 1
- E3 1997, Days 1–3
- E3 1998, Days 1–3
- E3 1999, Days 1–3
- E3 2000, Days 1–3
- E3 2001, Days 1–3
- E3 2002, Days 1–3
- E3 2003, Days 1–3
- E3 2004, Days 1–3
- E3 2005, Days 1–3
- E3 2006, Days 1–3
- E3 2009, Days 1–3
- E3 2010, Days 1–3
- E3 2011, Days 1–3
- E3 2012, Days 1–3
- E3 2013, Days 1–3
- E3 2014, Days 1–3
- E3 2015, Days 1–3
- E3 2016, Days 1–3
Known Missing:
- E3 1995, Days 2–3
- E3 1996, Days 1–3
- Any after 2016, if they exist
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository