E3 2023 has Formally been Cancelled

The April Fools weekend has been filled with all types of pranks, however this information concerning the Digital Leisure Expo (E3) 2023 doesn’t appear to be a joke.

Based on IGN, a number of sources have confirmed that E3 2023 has successfully been cancelled. Members of the Digital Software program Affiliation (ESA) have been stated to have been despatched an e-mail that stated that although E3 “stays a beloved occasion and model”, the 2023 showcase “merely didn’t garner the sustained curiosity essential to execute it in a manner that will showcase the scale, energy, and influence of our business.”

E3’s cancellation has been speculated for some time, particularly with the information that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have been skipping the occasion. Some followers held out hope for reveals from different studios, nevertheless it seems to be like not one of the hype was in a position to hold the occasion from pushing by way of.

The ESA was additionally stated to have launched an announcement which reads:

This was a tough resolution due to all the trouble 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. We admire and perceive that firms wouldn’t have playable demos prepared and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer season an impediment they couldn’t overcome. For many who did decide to E3 2023, we’re sorry we are able to’t placed on the showcase you deserve and that you just’ve come to anticipate from ReedPop’s occasion experiences.

We don’t have any particulars for when E3 may presumably return, however for now, it seems to be like all the large studios have been settling for holding their very own mini-E3 occasions like with Nintendo Direct, State of Play, and Xbox Video games Showcase.

No date has been set for the subsequent E3 occasion.