E3 is Officially Coming Back in 2023

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Inaugurated in 1995, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, has long been the biggest gaming event. Taking place annually in the Los Angeles Convention Center, the Expo was the place to be for new gaming announcements, with publishers big and small turning out to show off their latest games. Unfortunately, organizers were forced to cancel E3 2020 due to the COVID-9 pandemic, and the 2021 event was online only.

With no E3 in 2022 either, some gamers may have wondered if the annual event was gone for good. However, E3’s parent organization, the Entertainment Software Association, revealed that is not the case. The head of the organization recently confirmed that E3 will return in 2023.

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“We’re excited about coming back in 2023 with both a digital and an in-person event,” said ESA president Stan Pierre-Louis when he spoke to a reporter from the Washington Post. He went on to say that while they loved the online E3 event and that it was great for international fans, the ESA is eager to get back to in-person presentations. Thus, he hopes 2023 will be E3’s return to form and cited fans’ desire for the return of in-person events.

It’s perhaps unsurprising that Pierre-Louis, the head of the world’s largest gaming trade show, might be biased in favor of an in-person E3 2023. However, criticisms of the 2021 event may have played a role in E3’s return to the LA Convention Center. For example, the organization put controversial restrictions on who could live stream the event, and its “friend-finding” social feature allowed users to find an attendee’s personal details.

There’s also the question of whether E3 has as much of a place in the modern gaming industry. Even