E3 2023 Has Officially Been Canceled
After falling apart in 2020 due to COVID-19, having a bizarre digital presence in 2021, and being canceled in 2022, E3 2023 was supposed to be the big return to form for the massive video game-focused event complete with separate days for both the press and public. But that’s no longer the case, as the event has been canceled.
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IGN first reported that the organization sent out emails earlier today saying that the event “simply did not garner the sustained interest necessary to execute it in a way that would showcase the size, strength, and impact of [the] industry” and was therefore not moving forward this year in a physical or digital capacity. The official E3 Twitter account then confirmed the news shortly after.
Global VP of Gaming ReedPop Kyle Marsden-Kish released a statement on the cancelation.
“This was a difficult decision because of all the effort we and our partners put toward making this event happen, but we had to do what’s right for the industry and what’s right for E3. We appreciate and understand that interested companies wouldn’t have playable demos ready and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer an obstacle they couldn’t overcome. For those who did commit to E3 2023, we’re sorry we can’t put on the showcase you deserve and that you’ve come to expect from ReedPop’s event experiences.”
The writing for E3 2023’s cancelation seemed to be on the wall. Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo were reported to be skipping E3, although the three have had a tenuous relationship with the show over recent years and done their own events. And after previously committing to being at E3
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