Ubisoft has pulled out of E3 2023

videogameschronicle.com:

Ubisoft has backed out of this year’s physical E3 event, weeks after announcing it would attend the expo.

Last month the Assassin’s Creed publisher became the first major company to publicly commit to attending the revamped E3, which is due to take place in June at its traditional venue of the Los Angeles Convention Center.

However, in a statement issued to VGC, the company said it has now decided to “move in a different direction” and will instead be holding its own Ubisoft Forward Live event on June 12 in Los Angeles.

“E3 has fostered unforgettable moments across the industry throughout the years,” a spokesperson told VGC.

“While we initially intended to have an official E3 presence, we’ve made the subsequent decision to move in a different direction, and will be holding a Ubisoft Forward Live event on 12th June in Los Angeles. We look forward to sharing more details with our players very soon.”

E3 organiser ReedPop did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

E3 2023 – the flagship industry event’s first physical show in four years – is due to run from Tuesday, June 13 and has been taken over from the Entertainment Software Association by ReedPop, the media and events company behind PAX, EGX and Star Wars Celebration.

Under the revamped format, the first two days of E3 2023 (June 13-14) will be reserved exclusively for business, while the reaming days will include consumer visitors.

However, Ubisoft’s decision to step away from E3 2023 means that, with three months to go, no major company has been announced as officially attending.

Nintendo and Xbox have already confirmed they will be skipping this year’s event. However, the latter will have some form of presence in LA during the same window.

In an update published