E3 cancelled

After previously canceling its in-person E3 2022 event, the ESA has now informed its partners that there will be no digital event equivalent this year ...

"We will devote all our energy and resources to delivering a revitalized physical and digital E3 experience next summer. The ESA had initially planned for an in-person E3 event this year after having no event in 2020 due to COVID-19 and a digital one in 2021. However, this was canceled in January, with the ESA at the time unable to make a public statement on whether or not there would be a digital equivalent.

Pour one out for the “world reveals” and “world exclusives.” E3 won't happen at all this summer, the Entertainment Software Association said in a statement ...

The Summer Game Fest Twitter account, meanwhile, reassured followers that its event will kick off with a live showcase, with details to come. But it’s in line with trends around E3's dwindling relevance, as publishers move away from one singular week of hype and instead toward one-off events that happen throughout the year. “Instead, we will devote all our energy and resources to delivering a revitalized physical and digital E3 experience next summer.”

There won't be an E3 in 2022. The cancellation makes 2022 just the second year in over two-and-a-half decades that an E3 has not taken place.

Excited to share that @SummerGameFest will return this June with a slate of events. Since a convention center floor wasn't expected to begin with, the only thing missing from this year's E3 compared to last year may be the letter and number. Later, he formally announced the return of the Summer Game Fest. There were also a number of other E3 adjacent streams last year that may return this June alongside the bigger conferences. The question for this year now becomes how much we'll notice E3's absence. The yearly Entertainment Software Association trade event started in 1995, and despite fluctuations in its relevance over the years (2007 was dire), it has consistently been regarded as the games industry's most important event.

Update: The ESA has confirmed the cancelation of E3 2022 but has stated that the show will return physically and digitally in 2023. Original story below.

As for why E3 has been canceled this year, the show's declining popularity could have potentially caused publishers to pull out this year, although there is one person who might be more than partially responsible. The ESRB had confirmed that E3 would go ahead digitally due to worries surrounding a new strain of Covid-19, although it now looks like the ESA has axed plans for the event entirely. A few publishers have supported the event, but many have decided that the death of E3 will be sooner rather than later.

Earlier this year, it was reported that the ESA cancelled its week-long E3 event. Previously, E3 has been held annually at the Los Angeles Convention Center in ...

News of this comes at a time when many believe publishers have the ability to reach their target audience on their own by hosting virtual conferences. Earlier this year, it was reported that the ESA cancelled its week-long E3 event. Geoff Keighley and his Summer Game Fest programming have been slowly picking up the torch dropped by the ESA over the past few years.