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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/03/e3-2020-has-been-canceled/

E3 2020 has been canceled
Massive game-announcement event won't happen for the first time since 1996.
Sam Machkovech - 3/11/2020, 8:54 AM

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E3 2020 as we know it is over.

Multiple sources familiar with the Entertainment Software Association (ESA)'s plans have confirmed to Ars Technica that the organization, which is responsible for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), will soon cancel the three-day expo. Like in prior years, E3 2020 was scheduled to play out in early June as a three-day event at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Shortly after we received the tip, indie game publisher Devolver Digital posted a brief, ominous message on Twitter: "Cancel your E3 flights and hotels, y'all." The ESA had not made any announcements about E3 2020 at that time.

One source who spoke to Ars on background said they'd heard the news of E3 2020's cancellation "directly from ESA members" and that an official, public statement on the matter "was supposed to be today [Tuesday, March 10] and slipped."

Representatives for the ESA did not immediately respond to Ars Technica's questions about the state of E3 going forward or whether the event's seismic shift may instead mean a delay, a move to a completely different venue, or a wholly virtualized, live-streamed event.

Exactly why the event will be canceled is not clear at this time. Late last month, the ESA addressed concerns about the spread of coronavirus and its impact on major 2020 expos around the world by insisting that it "continue[d] to plan for a safe and successful E3" while otherwise "monitoring and evaluating" its potential impact on events held in Los Angeles.

Following that announcement, E3's contracted creative directors, the merchandise and events company iam8bit, resigned from its post after five weeks on the job. That news followed a February announcement that longtime E3 collaborator Geoff Keighley would not be participating in this year's expo.

More so than the organizers and headlines, E3 has always been about the games—but even that fact has been a sore spot, as E3 has seen major game publishers bow out in recent years. Activision-Blizzard became an unreliable attendee starting in 2016. EA officially ditched E3 in 2016 to operate EA Play, a standalone event timed alongside E3, on an annual basis ever since. While Nintendo has regularly had a major booth on the E3 show floor, the company hasn't hosted an E3 keynote event for some time, choosing instead to host pre-filmed Nintendo Direct presentations on YouTube.

Sony's absence in 2019 was considered particularly major, given that it's the producer of the world's best-selling home gaming console, and its E3 2020 no-show seemed even more glaring in comparison, thanks to a new PlayStation 5 console expected to launch later this year.

Kyle Orland contributed to this report.
 

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I wonder smug Nintendo is feeling that they've pretty much just livestreamed their show for years anyways and will be minimally impacted by this.
 

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I'm only sorry we can't get all the bio-vegan-gaming-journo community infected with Covid-19, given their frail condition a good part of them would die out. For the betterment of gaming.
 

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Honestly having all the announcements at once to get it all over with is a great idea.

Wish it could stick around a bit more after beer virus is over to be honest
 

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We'll miss out on some cringe, but that's really it. Trailers and reveals are always published online practically simultaneously as they're shown to live audience. Speaking of which we at least won't have to sit through developers clapping and cheering for their game in the backstage and trying to pass it off as audience enthusiasm.
 

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Trailers and reveals are always published online practically simultaneously as they're shown to live audience
Exactly. What's the point of spending hundreds, potentially thousands of dollars, in airfare, lodging, food and attendance, just to have the same game information posted online, on the same day, for free.
 

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WB was going to announce something about Harry Potter? Huh, I was wondering what happened to that game that leaked back in 2018. Looked way too far along to never hear from again in over a year unless it was canceled, which I considered possible since the reception was extremely meh from what I saw, and that's not even getting into Rowling's libtardism sinking the franchise's popularity.
 

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