E3 News

December2023

  • News E3 Has Been Cancelled, Permanently

    Yep, it's dead

    The ESA has announced that the Electronic Entertainment Expo, more commonly known as E3, is officially dead after multiple attempts at its revival. As reported by The Washington Post, multiple factors have been cited as catalysts toward the event's collapse, including new competitors (hi, Summer Game Fest), partner withdrawals,...

September2023

June2023

  • News E3 2024 And 2025 Have Supposedly Been Cancelled

    The ESA claims "no final decisions" have been made

    E3 2023 was cancelled earlier this year in March, and now in an update, it seems the events for 2024 and 2025 have also been axed. This information was featured in a slide during a Los Angeles City Tourism Board meeting. The Entertainment Software Association has come out with a statement,...

March2023

  • Poll Is This The Very End Of The Road For E3?

    Pour one out. Again.

    Yesterday the news came that E3 2023 is officially cancelled. The writing had been on the wall for a couple of months. Despite the ESA and ReedPop's stated intentions to "reunite the industry" with a new vision of the hallowed yet ailing industry event, hopes of a "return to form"

  • News SEGA & Tencent Have Also Decided To Skip This Year's E3

    “There’s no possible way this show can happen”

    Following yesterday's news Ubisoft would be withdrawing from this year's E3, it seems a few more third-party publishers have decided not to attend this year's event. According to IGN, both Sega and Tencent will not be in attendance. In a statement, Sega mentioned how it would not be participating...

  • News Ubisoft Has Decided To Skip E3 2023, Will Now Host Its Own 'Ubisoft Forward' Event

    The French publisher will "move in a different direction"

    Ubisoft has announced it will no longer be attending E3 2023. In an update, the French video game company revealed it would instead be hosting its own separate event this June. In a statement to our friends at VGC, Ubisoft explained how it had decided to move in a "different direction", with...

  • Random Reggie Burns E3 With Miiverse Comparison

    Can we get a Rawst Berry please

    After reports that the world's big three console manufacturers would not be attending E3 this year (Nintendo's absence was later confirmed), we all settled into the idea of respective announcements being a little more spread across the calendar. PAX organiser ReedPop (who — full disclosure time! — is a partner of...

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  • News E3 2022 Is Officially Cancelled

    Geoff Keighley, what did you do?

    [Update: Thu 31st Mar, 2022 21:00 BST] The ESA has provided an official statement to IGN, as reported by Rebekah Valentine: "We will devote all our energy and resources to delivering a revitalized physical and digital E3 experience next summer. Whether enjoyed from the show floor or your favorite devices, the...

January2022

December2021

July2021

  • Random Possibly The Rarest Nintendo e-Reader Card Ever Has Been Found

    Update: 1st Place promo Kirby card sold for over $10K

    Update #2 (Fri 23rd Jul, 2021): After a full week on ebay, bidding finally closed on the auction and the card sold for a whopping $10,600USD. Nintendo destroyed any 'winning' Kirby promo cards at E3 2002, so this incredibly rare 1st place survivor was always going to suck in some high bids. Five...

June2021