We hate to say we informed you so, however child WE TOLD YOU SO.
After greater than 4 years on life help, E3 is formally useless.
An announcement within the Washington Publish (attainable paywall) confirmed the official loss of life of the present, which was final held in 2019. Digital Software program Affiliation (ESA) president Stanley Pierre-Louis issued an announcement to the Publish which mentioned partially “We all know it’s tough to say goodbye to such a beloved occasion, but it surely’s the suitable factor to do given the brand new alternatives our trade has to achieve followers and companions.”
Following the 2019 present and the revelation of an enormous systemic leak of press data, the present tried to reboot in 2020 with a give attention to “influencers” earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic shut the reside occasion down for 2 years – with solely a failed on-line internet hosting in 2021. Associate disinterest the final two years prevented the present from returning, with an try in 2023 in cooperation with ReedPop (who run the PAX expos and still have put Eurogamer, RockPaperShotgun, VGC, and different retailers up on the market) falling aside. It was reported in June that the 2024 and 2025 reveals had been already cancelled.