It's official: E3 is canceled forever

For more than two decades, E3 has been the flagship event in the world of video games, but now the ESA has decided to end its history. The organization plans to continue to protect the interests of its members and industry workers who contribute to culture and the economy every day. Let's take a look back at the challenges E3 has faced in recent years:

• In 2020, the exhibition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• E3 2021 went digital.
• The festival did not take place in 2022 and 2023.

The first E3 gained attention in 1995 and remained successful for many years. However, in the late 2010s, it began to lose its popularity among publishers. Sony chose to showcase its games at its own events, and other companies followed suit. Nowadays, more modest digital presentations, such as Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest, are replacing the traditional exhibition.