E3 2022 Is Officially Cancelled

As long as Nintendo has a big Direct around the time E3 would've taken place, Idc.

End of an era, I suppose

I mean all I watched was the direct anyway, so I’m not that sad

Nintendo, bring back Spaceworld! E3 wasn't really a big deal anymore for years.

After last year's E3, and as long as Nintendo does their thing as usual, I honestly couldn't care less.

@IronMan30
This. But what gurantees you that Nintendo might have a direct around June (E3 time). When E3 was cancelled back in 2020, Nintendo also didn't have a direct. Hopefully Nintendo will have a direct this year.

Also, it doesn't make sense on why E3 was cancelled. (inb4 some crappy excuse with no viable-logical reason.)

It just isn’t needed anymore.

So now we know why BotW 2 delay was announced yesterday rather than in June alongside a new trailer. With E3 gone, Nintendo may have felt there's no need for BotW 2 news around June.

@KateGray Good riddance. Nobody wants to watch corporate zoom meetings that have nothing to do with video games anyways. https://youtu.be/6SGxOHbWZ_U?t=3133

This better not mean that Nintendo don't put out a June Direct!

Not really surprising, but I’m still bummed.

@chapu2006 Nintendo will still broadcast a June Direct, I wouldn't worry about that.

As others have said, I sure hope we get something in place of the usual Nintendo Treehouse, like a big direct or something like that.

Eh, I don’t really care. Last year’s was so bad anyways. Just let Nintendo do their thing and I’m happy

Tbh not a huge loss for me, I only watch the Direct anyway and there obviously will be one since there are so many games coming this year

@Grumblevolcano
I don't think the two are related at all.

Sad in a way, but I also agree with what most others are saying. As long as Nintendo does their typical summer direct and other companies keep revealing their games, it really doesn’t matter. Nintendo has a pretty good schedule with their directs (late winter/summer/early fall). Just keep that up and I’m a happy camper.

Summer Games Fest is trash last two years have been garbage

Just put up all the game trailers and people can watch what they want. No one cares about listening to someone introducing anything or preaching some nonsense to a captive audience.

If Nintendo enters a state of panic again...I fear the worst will happen and we'll be facing announcement drought again.

@Magician I suppose. I just worry about a repeat of 2020, where there is no E3 or Directs. I know it was mostly due to Covid but still...

@Martijn87 Man, I used to love reading about Shoshinkai/Sapce World in Nintendo Power. An All-Nintendo E3? Yes, please!

April Fools? Is it the 1st in UK yet?

@Doctor_Pancakes Switch Pro 3 releases tomorrow!

I’ve been hearing about the end of E3 for like 12 years. It’s undead corpse will never truly die.

@Dark-Luigi Thank you for saying “couldn’t.”

E3 is dead, very simple. It's not coming back, nor does it need to.

Gone the way of the dodo in the internet age where news is dropped on social media regularly throughout the year. E3 being dead means I get to stop fighting people to take vacation time in June. Ripperoni in pepperoni 🍕⚰️

Sad to be honest. Used to be a real highlight of the year.

@IronMan30 succinctly put.

The ONLY good thing about E3 for me, was that it was a guaranteed June Direct.

It's really funny seeing everyone talk about how bad E3 was last year. When I think of last years E3 the first thing that comes to my mind is Nintendos Direct and the Metroid Dread announcement so I remember it being pretty good. I completely forgot about all the other companies that presented and how disappointing they were lol😅

@IronMan30 They could have a big direct anytime, which is even better - as long as it's sooner than later.

I guess I'm in the minority. I LOVED E3. It has been a beloved tradition. A week of festivities. I usually take the 3 days of major press conferences off from work. A week every year of epic trailers, rumor confirmations, "one more thing" surprises, laughing until I cry at unscripted corporate fails, responding in chat with other gamers to massive cringe inducing moments/segments/speeches that become memes and live on as a part of our gamer collective consciousness for the following year and beyond. I will definitely miss it.

How many times have we heard it was cancelled and said end of an era, now?

Geoff Keighley is such an absolute troll and it's hilarious.

Is this an April Fools joke?

That's a shame, I don't really like the Summer Game Fest format, feels way too sporadic.

There will probably be a direct, just not sure when. They have to start the hype train up for whatever they will be selling Oct-Dec this year.

I know everyone hates E3, but now we have no idea when we are getting game news at all, it just going to be tweeted some day. It was a event worth maybe looking forward too because you would get some news for games at the least, but now all we got for that is the summer ad show.

Now Keighley can have his buddy Kojima have his buddy Del Toro show us movie trailers twice a year with zero competition.

@TheBigK But E3 wasn't really about news - not as the fans perceive it. It was a trade show where the industry presents their wares to the distributors and retailers that would actually be selling the product. A lot went on behind the scenes. Courting the press was a big part of it for sure, but the networking was also important.

But why would they cancel it after finally returning last year? Yes, maybe Summer Game Fest has gotten much of its spotlight, but there's one thing it lacks: Nintendo's prescence

Besides, events in general are much more fun in-person, so I don't care if the digital event has been cancelled. What I'm worried now is what Nintendo will do in June?

That's a shame, in a way. I know people say E3 is irrelevant and last year was a really good example of how bad it can be, but it ALWAYS gets more attention than any other gaming event in the year. Game announcements are a bigger deal there then anywhere else, and that's not changed no matter how much others have tried (Game Awards are the closest, and might've succeeded if they weren't a joke by even the mostly low standards of award shows). It's also supposed to feel like a big celebration of gaming, but I guess companies falling so hard into greed that no one trusts them anymore has also put a real damper on things (or their lackluster output that came from that at least). This is ignoring the backstage parts of E3, which is a big reason why it still mattered regardless of perceived relevance.

I just hope Nintendo has something planned anyway. I get why they didn't in 2020 but they otherwise do a digital event every year anyway, so they don't really need to change their plans all that much.

It’s a shame - I actually looked forward to it each year and enjoyed the showcases I watched. Felt like an event and even if it wasn’t always mindblowing; it was still cool and I always knew at least something would interest me.

Cool for those in the industry too to spend time together and meet eachother etc. At least Microsoft should be big enough to host something with all it’s teams, Zenimax and ActiBlizz.

The old Nintendo E3s were way better than directs. Like dating someone in person verses online only. But seriously for like 5 years straight, before Wii music, Nintendo was killing it.

I see a lot of comments talking about how it wasn't really needed anymore. While I do agree, I find it hard to believe people wouldn't get excited for those 3-4 days seeing what every publisher had to offer.
I myself only really care about Nintendo news, but during E3 I would watch all the other shows. It was just a fun period that I always enjoyed and I would love for it to stay anyhow.

Not really surprised since companies are announcing their own games by themselves, as iconic E3 was it was becoming out of date with the pandemic and public events being canceled. Also people don't need to go to play demos thanks to the internet.

Summer bore fest instead….. everyone is a loser here

I’m not surprised really, there’s simply not enough new software released to qualify for such a show, years ago it was different but nowadays with huge development times and constant delays what’s the point of showing stuff that’s potentially years away.
Many would argue against me but I’ve never been less excited to be a gamer, it’s just delays, patches, paid DLC & the eternal quest for more powerful hardware.

I don't know about anybody else but to me Geoff Keighley seems like a real sleazeball kinda guy, maybe I'm wrong but there just seems to be something about him, I dunno.
Also Summer Games Fest and The Game Awards are garbage so meh who cares, as long as Nintendo do a Direct that's all I want.

As long as we get a Nintendo direct I’ll be happy, really hoping for wind waker/ twilight princess for switch to make up for botw 2

E3 was a global event. Summer Games Fest is a US event. It’s not even summer in half of the world when it’s on

With the rise of direct presentations it really had no reason to continue to exist anyway.

I do miss the glamor of the big stage and the audience reactions at E3. That said, digital presentations are so much more efficient and make a lot more sense during these times.

I'm mildly disappointed but can't say I'm surprised with some big industry players dropping out of the conference and doing their own thing. The pandemic certainly didn't help matters either. I feel that Nintendo and Microsoft had fairly decent showings last year, but the few other presentations I watched ranged from kinda okay to just plain bad. (I liked Capcom's, but to be fair they were packing a lot of franchises I'm into)

It's sad, because I used to really look forward to E3. But now, yeah, I'll miss the event, but that's more due to nostalgia versus what it has become.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

All I care about is the games. Just reveal some stuff in June and show us some trailers.

Now how will we learn about all the reboots, remasters and sequels?!

I really hope Nintendo has a direct . I need to see more xenoblade 3. Getting tired of watching the same trailer over and over lol

And, here I was thinking about putting together a multi-million dollar booth to introduce my game, Pharone's Quest, to the world at E3 2022. Oh well.

With every company doing their own version of a Nintendo Direct or State of Play, it just wasn't needed. With goods being expensive to get and traveling been so expensive and limited, it's for the better.

E3 has been getting worse and worse every year anyway so no great loss in my opinion

Breath of the wild sequel delayed. E3 cancelled. Chances of this being linked is zero, but because it amuses me I’m going to say that BOTW2 news was the only event scheduled for e3 anyway

E3 is a relic. Reporting to game journalists so they can report to the fans was necessary in the days of magazines, but now companies can just like- tell everyone. Everyone is happy to listen and pass the news around.

Not surprised. And, I wouldn't hold my breath about next year either. The industry and market have changed considerably. There are more shows and so much information is disseminated directly the consumer now. The era of closed trade shows is pretty much gone. There are still plenty of shows, and publishers have been been more focused on their own "direct" style presentation like Nintendo. Pretty sure that's the direction most will continue to move toward.

RIP. It's for the best. Just remember the good times and have companies announce things when they're ready to. The investors will be fine.

At this point, nobody cares for E3 anyways. Nintendo's Directs, Sony's State of Play, & whtever Microsoft has, is pretty much enough for me really.

I’m with everyone else. Don’t really care about E3, but companies better show up around this time period.

This is pretty disappointing to me. I know there's been some controversies surrounding the E3 organizers, but otherwise, I don't get why people say it's overstayed its welcome. Summer Games Fest fails to deliver the same hype, in my opinion. I can't think of one announcement to come from it that had me losing my mind.

I really don't understand the cancelation at all. Like, people have had plenty of time to adjust to COVID, so that isn't the reason. Heck--they had one last year! They must really be having a hard time internally, which is concerning to me. I hope June will still be a big month for gaming news.

@Daggot Nice avatar! Lead on adventurer, your quest awaits!

@NintendoKnight yeah, that's why I stated it like I did. 2020 E3 time frame didn't have a Direct and I wish it had.

@braincandy101 oh yeah, I should say it doesn't really matter "when," but mid year would be nice at this point.

I'm not saying the Tweets are dated April 1st, but those Tweets are dated April 1st.

No offense to Geoff Keighley, he seems like a really nice guy. But his show is dogs**t and should not be considered a valid replacement for E3, as lame as E3 has become in recent years.

@NintendoKnight
To be fair, Nintendo didn’t do any directs in 2020. By that logic the February direct shouldn’t have happened.

@IronMan30 Your first post pretty much nailed it! Although...I do hope Devolver Digital still do something. Certainly loads to play on here.

As long as Verizon has a spot at summer games fest I’m happy

@BartoxTharglod @TimGibson OMG, yes, I can't stand Keighly. Not only is his 3 months of randomly staggered gaming not a replacement for 5 concise days of dense content, but he's one of the smarmiest self-aggrandizing spinsters I've ever seen in gaming this side of Randy Pitchford.

@HamatoYoshi Totally agree. I think over the past year the buzz of gaming has just largely evaporated. It's not that I don't still enjoy playing good games, but it's that engaging with the industry and culture of it is just suddenly a lot less interesting. E3 was a holiday, a festival where we were all engaged all at the same time. Fans, industry, all at once looking on on what's on offer and digging into it. Now? There's tweets, PR statements, randomly at random times, everyone in the corner doing their own thing. There's no energy or excitement to being a gamer all of a sudden. It's just a consumable consumer product like any other, and we still enjoy consuming some of it. Alone.

@Eel well that's a depressing thought. Watching E3 streams is the best part of my summer every year, I hope this isn't the end.

There ya have it. Geoffrey taking over @bimmy-lee. Maybe he'll finally give us dem turdle gaems??!!

It was nice to have this one single event to look forward to, because it was guaranteed to have at least a few exciting big announcements. Doesn't look like that's ever coming back.

...That's nice.
yawns

Sorta sucks as that was how I kept up with non Nintendo news but hey looking forward to the big summer Direct.

@IronMan30 same tbh

I’ll miss all the concept-tech and other such things. But as someone else mentioned, yep, end of an era! RIP E3!

NINJA APPROVED

Kinda surprising that they’re just cancelling the entire thing, but last year’s one was…. meh.

E3 has far outlived its usefulness these days.

Gimme a Nintendo direct and an Xbox showcase and I'll be a happy camper

E3 used to be one of my most looked forward to events for years since the mid-2000s, but at some point before the unrevealing of the Wii U, I just stopped caring. I mean, what's the point of E3 anymore if big announcements and leaks have been happening regularly outside of the event for quite a while now? Just wait until a gaming journalist website, the publisher, or even the developers themselves to announce their title.

@Martijn87
What can Spaceworld do differently that E3 hasn't already been achieving for over 20 years? The only difference is it'll be a lot more limited and be completely biased towards Nintendo. Plus, it's cheaper to showcase their hardware and software in a small part of the exhibition instead of the whole thing. Holding an event like E3 is hella expensive and is the reason why Nintendo shut down Spaceworld indefinitely. Why bring it back?

@blindsquarel ditto dude!

@ecco6t9 I never thought it was very great anyways since I only watched Nintendo's direct.

@Ryu_Niiyama I never really cared about Non Nintendo news and that (pretty much) hasn't changed. I am also looking forward to Nintendo's direct but kinda expected it to be in September.

"That doesn't mean that this Summer will be devoid of long, ad-filled game announcement streams, though, because Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest is still going to take place — and it looks like Keighley is aware that E3's crown is up for grabs, since he tweeted this just seconds after the news broke"

But none of these fake E3s ever have any news from Nintendo, and summer 2020 didn't have a big direct even though E3 was cancelled. Though they at least have many games lined up for 2022.

@Brady1138 Agreed. Digital advertising is easy to do nowadays. The logistics of such a live, in person event, really don't make a lot of sense monetarily or ethically.

@NEStalgia I’m the same, I’m 47 now and I’ve been gaming since the C64 days, I still play my Switch but I’ve definitely fell out of love with the industry as a whole.
I miss the excitement of the old days, the magazines, the arcades, the brilliant cover art we used to get……I could go on forever.
I also miss the fact that we’ll never get another console with a true generational leap ever again.
Glad I was there in the golden age of gaming!

@Euler Nintendo doesn't need this. Sony and Microsoft certainly don't need it either. Too easy to put on your own digital event and not share the stage with anyone.

@HamatoYoshi Magazines were the best. We didn't have the "drinking through a fire hose" news media we see today. Only way to figure out what me be coming out soon was print media. I do miss it and loved going to the local book store for this reason almost exclusively.

@Magician Agreed 100%. I'm here for games, not woke pandering.

@tseliot they really were, there was a great newsagents in my town in the 1990s that also stocked all the import magazines like EGM, Gamepro, Famitsu etc. and I must’ve been buying 15-20 magazines a month ( gaming and film magazines ).
Great times, but now we have to plough through a dirge of awful articles on multiple websites to single out something worth reading.

@HamatoYoshi I've never really cared about any kind of magazines except Nintendo's of course so honestly I can't really relate to what you're saying, but it doesn't surprise me that they're getting worse nowadays it just shows the times we are living in I guess.

@HamatoYoshi Yep and half the article these days are about stuff that is only barely related to gaming.

@AstralRedStar705 getting worse! If only! There are literally 2 gaming magazines in the UK now I think, Retro Gamer & Edge.
Magazines were very much a thing of the time, if you aren’t a certain age you probably missed all the best ones.

@tseliot I know, it’s a shame really and I guess as time goes on it’ll just get worse.

@OorWullie I agree about the games since I never really cared much for E3 just want to see more new games please, and thank you!

@Snatcher what summer ad show?

Quite frankly, the only company worth watching during E3 was Nintendo. The others really never show nothing special, and make awful conferences (kudos to Ubisoft, Sony and Bethesda, for making the worst) and last year's E3 was terrible in all fronts but Nintendo's. As long as Nintendo do a Direct that time of year, I'll be pleased.

Damn…so much hate towards E3! Sure there was a lot of corporate talk and filler over the last few years but it was still a celebration of the industry and the tech that accompanies it. Nintendo caught into this years ago hence the creation of Nintendo Directs however E3 was fun just for all the hype and “who win E3” fanboy battles. It was good in terms of offering “hands on” experiences to gamers. I’m not sure things like the Wii or DS/3DS could have been properly conveyed without a hands on showing such as E3. It’s not the end of the world but hopefully in the future there is a dedicated time of year for the gaming industry to create momentum and connect with its gamers.

With last year it was clear every company aside from MS and Nintendo didn’t have much to show and were likely just obligated to show up, and both MS and Nintendo are well off doing their own directs nowadays, so I could really care less about this..

can we cancel the game awards too while we’re at it?

@AstralRedStar705 I was making fun of the summer game fest lol.

One of the last nails in the coffin to mark the end of an era

I grew up with proper Nintendo E3 conferences, and especially the Wii/DS era. So many fun memories, from the silly antics to surprising announcements, and the hyped up reveal of the 3DS.

This new era of decentralized, sporadic announcements just feels less grounded.

It can't be helped though, because we live in an age of unprecedented change and disruption.

After last year's worst E3 of all time, I honestly don't care much about E3 anymore especially as the big boys Nintendo, Sony and EA have left it. Rather have all the usual attendees have direct style presentations throughout the year

@NintendoByNature - I’ll have my revenge on this Gjhofffrey if it’s the last thing I DO... unless he gives us Turtles now, then he can cancel whatever he wants. If not though, I will do sit ups to this man’s picture and dream of the day I get my mitts on him.

that disapointing, with E3 2022 totaly canceled, our chances of seeying Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 at E3 droped significanty

I'm ok with no E3 as long as it does not affect Nintendo's upcoming showcases. I really hope Nintendo still has a proper Summer direct planned on their own. Please no "partner" directs or going dark on us until Fall/September. Also whatever Geoff Keighly has setup, it's a trap. Keighly's presentations and awards are filled with all fluff and commercials, very little game content and complete wastes of time. Every presentation I watch from him I feel like watching grass grow would have been a better use of my time.

@bimmy-lee don't hold your fart over it. He'll tease you with "an amazing announcement that'll have you seeing green" wink wink only to drop a green lantern mobile trailer. That's how he ropes you in. Ads, Ryan Reynolds, ads, Mel brooks, ads..

I can smell Doritos from here

Well that sucks 😕

Thankfully it doesn't matter. New games and the corresponding announcements are going to happen, E3 or no E3.

There's a lot more going on with this than its just 'a change in the way we get information'.

A shame, but honestly, as long as Nintendo release a Direct and a Treehouse around that time, it will be fine.

A couple of big wigs want to argue who's the most important and we get to loose the biggest event in the gaming calendar. Wink wink back to geoff, tosser!

Hmm, this is rubbish. This could mean the end of E3. Yeah there will be a "revamped" show next year, but if that flops it might mean the end.

E3 was already drifting the last years. Game company's that didn't want to participate. Nintendo who refuses to do a live presentation, etc, etc. Of course there are more company's then just the game-company's, but still...

Hopefully Nintendo still has some good Directs this year!

@Snatcher Honestly I never even heard of it! I guess that's a good thing .

@HamatoYoshi @Giancarlothomaz I did miss all the best (Nintendo) ones! Honestly didn't care for the other ones, but if they were good that's a shame! Maybe I'll ask you to be my magazine person!

Remember when people (and some sections of the gaming press) loudly claimed that Nintendo had given up on E3 with it's Nintendo Directs? Nintendo were ahead of the curve.

@AstralRedStar705 If you never heard of it, more power too you tbh.

I'll miss E3 for sure - even though it became more of an MS and Nintendo (albeit separately through their E3 Directs) showcase in recent years.

@Giancarlothomaz To be fair, you saw a bit more of BotW 2 even before E3 2022 - only thing was, it was slightly extended footage as part of an announcement about a delay till 2023.

So, we're probably unlikely to get more footage until Q4 2022.

I'll be there in June waiting for Nintendo's Direct and other announcements. The kid in me will miss the spectacle. But we are at a point where these guys can do their own things and it still be just as effective.

As for Geoff Knightly's Summer Game Fest, the whole thing seem to be really all over the place last year. Or at least that's how it came off to me. So it was really hard to follow. So I don't necessarily have any interest in it. Unless we are talking about a more cohesive presentation this go around

Alright, who's ready for Nintendo to do even more Partner Showcases?

E3 was never a thing in this side of the world though (SEA). I only started seeing it in YouTube clips during the Xbox360/PS3 era IIRC. Not sure why a lot of people hate it though. It could be attributed to the extremely corporate nature of this event I guess.

@Octane_st1m I thought more Malaysians started paying attention to E3 like about a decade or more ago? I'm reasonably certain local Nintendo fan circles talked about it

@jsty3105 yeah that's the thing. I feel its not as mainstream as it is on the west that's for sure. It's more like only enthusiasts actually know about E3 at least here in the Philippines. Or maybe most of my friends are just too old and I'm the only one into this gaming stuff. 😅

@jsty3105 more information regarding Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 at the Game Awards 2022?

I first believed that, then many hours later I thought "no way, they're plotting an April Fools Joke" and then this? I guess the real joke here was to make your mind believe it was a joke after initially believing it, then finally discovering it's no joke.