We all know that Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are going to be attending but as mentioned above, some developers aren’t. Who won’t have stands this year may, or may not, surprise you. First reported by fellow site, Gaming Nexus, Activision will be one of the developers MIA. It was cited that Activision’s decision came from unannounced business reasons.

While they will hold a press conference the first night of the show, they won’t be participating in any official events. This means no demos of the highly anticipated Guitar Hero IV, which has a lot of us bummed out. NCsoft, publishers of many MMOs, will also not be attending due to timing issues with their catalog reported Joystiq . Gamespot also went ahead and confirmed that Foundation 9, parents to studios working on Silent Hill: Homecoming and Super Street Fighter HD II Turbo HD Remix would not be attending because they felt they didn’t receive much from the investment of attending.



Activision will not be attending E3 this year due to "unannounced business reasons".
Though a reason wasn’t given, Atlus stated they were ditto for a no show. Then there is the uncertainty that resides on whether or not iD Software is going to show. Kotaku posted they weren’t, Gamespot said they were, but co-owner Todd Hollenshead says they haven’t decided. If they do show, it would mean that PC gamers might get a tease of Doom 4. If not, well, too bad.

While the summit will be a little more barren then previous years, Tecmo and Electronic Arts have announced they will indeed be among the attendees. While details for both companies are light, Tecmo’s showing includes a new Dead or Alive game, Tecmo Bowl Kickoff, and Rygar: Battle of Argus. For EA, Jon Riccitiello already promised many of their sports game franchises will be shown off with new features as well as the Sims 3 and other franchises.