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E3: why the world’s biggest video game event just closed for good – and what’s next for the industry

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), an annual trade event for the video game industry, has been permanently cancelled by its organisers, who cited the COVID pandemic and changes in company marketing techniques as the reason for the closure.

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The best E3 moments from the event's 29-year history, from "$299" to Keanu Reeves

E3 has given us a lot of memories - both good and bad - over the years

GamesRadar

ESA CEO on E3 shutdown: ‘video game companies have new and exciting ways to reach people’

The CEO and president of the ESA, Stanley Pierre-Louis, has spoken more about the reasoning behind E3's shutdown.

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Pushing Buttons: The best trailers from the Game Awards, from Blade to a Sega nostalgia binge

In this week’s newsletter: While the ‘gaming Oscars’ are more like a three-hour long ad show these days, here’s the best of what was announced

The Guardian - UK

Hideo Kojima, Doug Bowser, and more of the games industry reacts to E3 cancellation: "The end of E3 is sad news"

After 28 years, the annual gaming conference is over

GamesRadar

End of an Era: E3 Is Dead. Can Anything Ever Replace It?

It's the end for E3 after the last few iterations of the show were canceled with the promise of returning one day.

Inverse

Video games’ biggest trade show has been permanently canceled

Covid dealt the fatal blow to E3, known as ‘video game Christmas’, where gaming companies launched their splashiest titles

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Video game expo E3 gets permanently canceled

One of the highest-profile video game conventions is being shut down permanently, its organizers said Tuesday

The Independent UK

Why is E3 permanently cancelled? Gaming event closes after years of struggles

The annual video games expo never recovered after it was abandoned by major publishers in 2020

Evening Standard

The ESA is ending E3 – for good this time

The ESA announced that E3 is dead, again, but it seems like the annual video games showcase might actually be gone for good this time

USA Today Sports Media Group

E3 is dead, confirms ESA president

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, once the key annual event in the games industry, is no more, according to the ESA.

TechRadar

The E3 gaming convention is now officially dead forever

E3 is going away forever, with the once-vaunted gaming convention no longer set to return.

Windows Central

E3 is officially dead: 'Thanks for the memories. GGWP'

After a rough few years, E3 has been killed off for good.

PC Gamer

E3 is officially, permanently dead: ESA confirms it's bringing the event to an end after 28 years

"Thanks for the memories"

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The most important games and moments in 30 years of PC gaming, part 1: 1993-2003

Games, software, hardware, and events that changed everything.

PC Gamer

The most iconically awful E3 presentation has been uploaded in HD for the first time ever

Sony's E3 2006 presentation can now be memed on in 1080p.

Windows Central

22 upcoming Xbox indie gems unveiled at Not-E3 2023 that I can't wait to play

I love indie games, so I decided to compile a list of all the most exciting Xbox indie or indie-like titles from all of Not-E3 2023.

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The biggest MIA games of E3 2023

Opinion | The GamesRadar+ team explores the biggest games that posted missing during not-E3 season

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The ESA insists E3 isn't dead despite the city of Los Angeles saying otherwise

It's "currently having conversations" about E3's future.

GamesRadar

E3's future hangs in the balance as ESA says "no final decisions" have been made for 2024 and 2025

We may not be attending E3 for quite some time (if ever)

Windows Central

In Los Angeles, I saw a new Xbox emerge

Microsoft's Xbox has been on the back foot for years, but the tide could be changing. At the Xbox Games Showcase 2023 events in Los Angeles in the shadow of E3, Microsoft re-emerged confident, ready, and excited about the future.

Inverse

Summer Game Fest 2023's Biggest Problem Reveals the One Thing E3 Got Right

Summer Game Fest 2023 was the biggest event to date, but the number of showcases revealed the event may have grown too big.

GamesRadar

It doesn't matter who 'won' not-E3, 2024 is going to be an absolute blast for video games

Opinion | With so many great games ahead, 2024 could be the best year for video games this decade

PC Gamer

This Summer Game Fest showcase really brought it home: The idea of E3 died with E3

You never know what you got till it's gone.

The Guardian - UK

Pushing Buttons: Spider-Man 2, yet more remakes and a ‘new E3’ – what to expect from June’s big games events

There’s a hotly anticipated Starfield, a conference for disabled devs and a month packed with must-see trailers. Here’s a roundup of this month’s key shows and announcements

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