As foreshadowed again in March 2023 when June’s E3 2023 acquired cancelled, E3 2024 and all future E3’s have now been cancelled by the ESA. Making it 4 years in a row they didn’t handle to transform the expo to a digital gaming occasion, which resulted in its demise after 25 years of being gaming’s largest annual showcase occasion.
Right here’s what E3 organizer ESA needed to say:
“After greater than 20 years of E3, every one larger than the final, the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the recollections. -GGWP / E3 / ESA”
Unhappy as it’s, it appears everybody has moved on and dubbed June’s digital Summer season Sport Fest the ‘new E3’. Up to now two years it even expanded into having showfloor recreation demos for press to get a primary hands-on with the newly introduced video video games, thus returning to the texture of the unique E3 that was completely open to press.
Right here’s ex-Sony God of Battle / Twisted Metallic recreation director David Jaffe reminiscing about his favourite E3 recollections over time at 27:20 minutes into his newest livestream…
Right here’s a glance again at 20 of one of the best E3 moments ever…
So what’s the long run?
Geoff Keighley, who beforehand setup the yearly The Sport Awards (10 years working), at all times guarantees many world premiere recreation bulletins for every Summer season Sport Fest! The fifth annual occasion is anticipated to return within the second week of June 2024.
