The time before E3 is littered with announcement-announcements; top 10 lists; list of things that are going to happen. In short, pre-E3 is largely taken up by guesses that, when some of them come true, can be claimed as research. This is the time before E3.
So, to kick of with an announcement-announcement: this one comes from Vince Zampella and Jason West of Electronic Arts and Respawn:
"big time announcement at E3 next week. stay tuned, kiddies!" say the pair's PR people on their joint Facebook page. Sweet.
That's it. No matter that else you're told, it's an announcement-announcement and, for our sins, we're reporting it.
Next up, a peripheral company announces that it will be announcing a peripheral.