E3 2023 has formally been cancelled, the ESA has confirmed immediately, based on a report from IGN. The as soon as extremely anticipated recreation conference was a behemoth within the business for a few years and was an opportunity for media, builders, and extra to satisfy multi function place. To speak about upcoming video games and gaming {hardware}, to point out off demos, and for firms to make huge bulletins.
2023 was purported to be a type of return to kind for E3 on this regard. As it will have been the primary in-person occasion for the reason that 2019 conference. The present was cancelled in 2020, and 2021 noticed E3 return in digital kind solely. With 2022 being cancelled as effectively. This marks the second yr in a row E3 gained’t be round to offer players the inside track on what’s subsequent for the upcoming yr in video games. And the third cancellation altogether.
The cancellation announcement comes after a few of gaming’s greatest firms confirmed they wouldn’t be attending. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft all said they wouldn’t be on the occasion this yr. And most just lately Ubisoft pulled out of the occasion after having confirmed its attendance earlier within the yr.
E3 2023 was confirmed cancelled this morning
Whereas it appears followers and media are simply listening to about it this afternoon, IGN notes that based on sources, the ESA knowledgeable companions of the cancellation earlier this morning. An electronic mail despatched out to members confirmed the cancellation. Stating that the 2023 present “merely didn’t garner the sustained curiosity essential to execute it in a method that may showcase the scale, energy, and affect of our business.”
This yr’s cancellation nonetheless doesn’t essentially imply no extra E3 endlessly. ReedPop, says that it’s going to proceed to work with the ESA on future E3 occasions. That being stated, ReedPop doesn’t seem to say what these occasions are. Or in the event that they’ll be full scale E3 occasions like individuals are used to.