After Big Names Have Dropped Out, E3’s Fate Has Been Revealed

Not fully sudden.

Earlier this yr, Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo introduced they wouldn’t be attending E3. This sparked rumors and hypothesis that the dearth of those large names would imply the present wouldn’t work. It seems that was the case, and it has been introduced that E3 won’t be returning in any case.

Unnamed sources have been those that exposed this information to IGN, however it originated from an e-mail from the ESA (Leisure Software program Affiliation) despatched to all members. This E3 would’ve been the primary in 4 years after the final present occurred in 2019, then received sidelined resulting from COVID-19. Whereas it may not have been the ultimate nail, it was solely earlier this week that Ubisoft additionally gave discover that it wouldn’t be collaborating in E3, both.

The broadly watched occasions like State of Play from Sony and the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase have apparently proven that they don’t want a bodily look on the commerce exhibits. Whereas it’s now not the one expo of its variety, E3 was one of many earliest, having began in 1995. Although nearly all of these years have been industry-only occasions, it was nonetheless the supply of a number of the largest information in gaming.

None of that is to say that E3 couldn’t presumably return as a digital-only occasion, contemplating the success of Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, which has solely been going since 2020. For the second, although, followers must set their sights on different exhibits occurring this yr, similar to Gamescom and Tokyo Recreation Present.