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E3 2020 'online experience' isn't going to happen.

IbizaPocholo

NeoGAFs Kent Brockman

Following the cancellation of E3 2020, several individual publishers, including Microsoft, Ubisoft, E3, and Devolver Digital either committed to, or said they are considering, separate online events in the absence of E3; Bethesda, unfortunately, confirmed last week that it will not hold its annual digital showcase this year.

Unfortunately, the ESA did not provide any updates on its own plan for an online replacement for E3 2020. When it announced the cancellation in March, the ESA said that it was "exploring options with our members to coordinate an online experience to showcase industry announcements and news in June 2020," but nothing more has been said about it.

Update: An E3 rep declined to confirm the reported E3 2021 dates, but said that the planned "online experience" announced in June will not be happening. Individual digital presentations in lieu of E3 2020 are still in the works, however.

"Given the disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be presenting an online E3 2020 event in June. Instead, we will be working with exhibitors to promote and showcase individual company announcements, including on www.E3expo.com, in the coming months," the rep said. "We look forward to bringing our industry and community together in 2021 to present a reimagined E3 that will highlight new offerings and thrill our audiences."
 

GHG

Gold Member
Huge missed opportunity for them.

Events companies that fail to transition over to organising digital events this year will no longer exist next year.
 
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