E3 is officially gone for good

E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is officially dead. Once held annually as the world’s most important and biggest video games convention, the event is now gone for good after a streak of cancellations in the last couple of years. “After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the memories,” a message depicted on the event’s website states. Stanley Pierre-Louis, the president of E3 organizer ESA, told the Washington Post: “We know the entire industry, players and creators alike, have a lot of passion for E3. We share that passion. We know it’s difficult to say goodbye to such a beloved event, but it’s the right thing to do given the new opportunities our industry has to reach fans and partners.” E3 was last held in 2019 as an in-person event, since E3 2020 fell victim to COVID-19 and the planned comeback after the pandemic in 2023 didn’t find enough takers among publishers and developers. Digital E3s were planned for 2021 and 2022, though