What has been apparent for days is now official: E3 2023 is cancelled.
Following affirmation of cancellations from main trade gamers together with the final console producer standing in Nintendo in addition to Ubisoft and Sega, IGN has confirmed that the fourth try to carry the beleaguered occasion in individual this decade has met the identical destiny as the opposite three; cancellation. Members of the ESA have been notified this morning by electronic mail, which notably didn’t point out plans for a return in 2024 or future years.
The present had connected themselves to annual video displays such because the Combine Indie Showcase, its accompanying Black Voices In Gaming broadcast, and the PC and Future Gaming Exhibits; there is no such thing as a phrase on if these displays will shed the E3 branding as properly. After splitting from the ESA in 2020 previous to the cancellation of that yr’s E3, veteran video games trade author Geoff Keighley has already confirmed the 2023 return of “Summer time Video games Fest” with an “Opening Evening Dwell” presentation on June 8 and press demos in Los Angeles the next week.
UPDATE 9:00 pm EDT: In a tweet, the E3 additionally introduced the “digital” portion of E3 can be cancelled, implying the exhibits won’t be cobranded as “E3”.
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— E3 (@E3) March 30, 2023
