The ESA has informed its members that E3 2023 will not take place. This comes from IGNwho confirmed the news with two separate sources
IGN was informed that members were notified of the event cancellation via email, which was sent earlier today. In an email, ESA stated that this year’s program “simply failed to garner the long-term interest needed to do it in a way that demonstrates the size, strength, and impact of our industry.”
This report follows several industry publishers pulling out of the event – Nintendo, Ubisoft, Sega and Tencent are Only a handful of publishers have confirmed that E3 2023 didn’t match their plans or that they had plans for a separate event. Microsoft also confirmed they won’t be attending, and Sony hasn’t attended E3 since 2018.
This year’s showcase was scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from June 13 to 16. Last year, ESA partnered with ReedPop to help bring the event back to a hybrid format. fullclosed: Nintendo Life and it hookshot media sister sites are partnered with ReedPop.
The ESA released a public statement from Kyle Marsden-Kish, ReedPop’s Vice President of Global Gaming, who acknowledged that “this was a difficult decision”, but the choice was made because: I appreciate and understand that interested companies won’t have playable demos ready and resource challenges make being at E3 this summer an obstacle they can’t overcome. via.”
Summer Game Fest is once again the big game event this summer. Geoff Keighley’s Showcase starting on June 8.
