It’s official: Biggest gaming conference E3 2023 has been cancelled [here’s why]

Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2023, the world’s largest gaming conference, has been cancelled, which was set to return in-person in Los Angeles for the primary time since 2019.

The announcement got here after a number of gaming corporations resembling Nintendo, Microsoft and Ubisoft all claimed that they won’t be taking part within the occasion.

According to an electronic mail despatched to staff and verified by IGN, E3 2023 “merely didn’t garner the sustained curiosity essential to execute it in a manner that may showcase the dimensions, energy, and affect of our business.”

E3 2023 was scheduled for June 13 by means of June 16.

“This was a tough determination due to all the hassle we and our companions put towards making this occasion occur, however we needed to do what’s proper for the business and what’s proper for E3,” Kyle Marsden-Kish, world VP of gamingat ReedPop, was quoted as saying.

“We recognize and perceive that corporations would not have playable demos prepared and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer season an impediment they could not overcome. For those that did decide to E3 2023, we’re sorry we won’t placed on the showcase you deserve and that you’ve got come to anticipate from ReedPop’s occasion experiences,” Marsden-Kish added.

(With inputs from IANS)