The dust has settled on E3 2021, the latest iteration of the world’s biggest gaming show. Gamers worldwide enjoyed a four-day long livestream full of news, reveals, panels and interviews, all hosted by top games industry personalities. It was a herculean effort from everyone involved, but you may be wondering how the sausage gets 🌠made. The game reveals made all the headlines, but what about the creative people behind the scenes that made it happen? Read on for a peek behind the curtain to see how Paragon Creative Agency co-founders and E3 2021 Executive Producers Rob Talbert and James Shaughnessy pജulled this year’s blockbuster broadcast together.
A new vision for E3
“Last year, C𒀰ovid changed everything for in-person event꧙s, but there’s not one person in the industry who would disagree that E3 needed an update,” said Talbert.
The heart of the broadcast
With the show’s partners booked and the stage set up, the focus falls to the E3 2021 broadcast control room, where the sausage gets made. This is where crews of producers and talented livestream professionals ensure the whole event runs smoothly. “Months and months of work finally reach a point of focused execution,” said Shaughnessy. “Each and every contract, bit of content, particular technical issue, and more, it all has to be perfectly organised with triple reduღndancy and handled by singularly assigned professionals -- like the bridge of the Enterprise!”
Shaughnessy says that it “takes an army” to pull off such a gargantuan broad🌜cast as E3 2021, but the show was in safe hands thanks to the talent onboard the ship. “We're very fortunate to have the best crews in broadcast production to help us execute at the level the𝐆 industry deserves,” Talbert said.
Talbert “brings his best Picard” while live directing the event to steer the ship towards success. “I’ve had the pleasure of working on some big show꧅s, but E3 has a very special place in my heart since I’ve been attending and working E3 my whole career and have been a fan since I was a kid getting EGM magazines,” Talbert said.
In the end, all of these complex moving parts came together to deliver a star-studded eve🧸nt that viewers will remember for months and years to come. What was your favourite moment from E3 2021? Let us know in the ꦡcomments below.
