After the shocking cancellation of this year's E3 in March, new data shared by the Los Angeles city's Tourism Department suggests that the commercial video game industry exhibition may not return soon, with the shows scheduled for 2024 and 2025 also appearing to have been cancelled.
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The Entertainment Software Association had originally closed the Los Angeles Convention Center for the 2024 and 2025 E3 shows. However, a new report from the city of Los Angeles' tourism department has shown that those shows have been canceled. E3 has struggled to maintain its relevance as major publishers prefer to share news through digital events and livestreams. E3 2023 was supposed to mark the return of the show after it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was officially canceled in March.
With E3 2023 officially dead, ESA president and CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis declined to comment on the show's potential return in 2024, saying only that the organization is "committed to providing an industry platform for marketing and meeting," but that it wants to "find the right balance that meets the needs of the industry."
Proposal:The E3 gaming event will return in 2023 (online and in person)
In the absence of E3, the Geoff Keighley-led Summer Game Fest filled the void with a physical event for press and influencers ,as well as a series of digital presentations – including many from major publishers – as part of Summer Game Fest. Keighley has already confirmed that the event will return for 2024.
Nevertheless, after communication, in a statement given to Eurogamer, following the indication of the Los Angeles city Tourism Department that the shows scheduled for 2024 and 2025 at E3 have been cancelled, the ESA said that “at this moment it is conducting discussions regarding E3 2024 (and beyond) and that no final decisions have been made regarding the event at this time.”.
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source of information: eurogamer.net
