Summer gaming events 2023: with E3 canceled, here’s what’s next

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By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.

E3 isn’t happening in 2023. It didn’t seem likely after Nintendo said it wouldn’t be there, Microsoft said it would skip the show floor, and Ubisoft committed to going and then backed out. Then on March 30th, organizer ReedPop officially called off the annual gaming convention.

Still, there will be some great gaming shows to look forward to, including events from Xbox (with a Starfield Direct!), Ubisoft, and the return of the PC Gaming Show. Sadly, I probably won’t get the Silksong release date I was hoping for.

Sony kicked the schedule off with its PlayStation event. It showed off footage of Spider-Man 2 and revealed new hardware accessories, including a “Project Q” streaming handheld and a pair of PlayStation earbuds that will both go on sale later this year.

Here’s all of our coverage of E3’s cancellation and what comes next.

Mar 30

Jay Peters  and  Ash Parrish

E3 has been canceled. Gaming’s big summer show was set to return in person in Los Angeles for the first time since 2019, but it’s been called off after huge gaming companies like Nintendo, Microsoft, and Ubisoft all said they wouldn’t be participating in the event.

E3 2023 was scheduled for June 13th through 16th with a mix of industry-focused days and days that would be open to the public. But in the lead-up to June, there had been some worrying signs that things might be rocky for E3’s revival.

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Fresh off the launch of Street Fighter 6, Capcom has announced that it’s joining the not-E3 frenzy with a showcase event at 6PM ET on June 12th. (That’s