E3 2020: CANCELLED

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E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by DjchunKfunK » Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:37 pm

The ESA has confirmed that E3 will not be taking place this year due to the Coronorvirus. They have said that they are looking at the possibility of holding some kind of online E3 instead.

https://www.theesa.com/statements/e3-20 ... -19-virus/

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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Medicine Man » Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:03 pm

Shocker. Never saw that one coming.

The Euro's will be next no doubt.

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Post by Achtung Englander » Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:07 pm

They cancelled probably out of no choice because budgets had to be paid like now and most likely all publishers pulled out - so there was no show to host !

Health and safety had nothing to do with it - no one wants to go and who can blame them
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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Raid » Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:59 pm

Yeah, after GDC I figured this was inevitable. Microsoft are likely cursing their luck, because with Sony absent they were likely going to be getting all of the headlines.

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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Medicine Man » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:16 pm



Ubisoft have indicated that they will be doing something similar also...


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Post by Lee » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:21 pm

Achtung Englander wrote:
Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:07 pm
They cancelled probably out of no choice because budgets had to be paid like now and most likely all publishers pulled out - so there was no show to host !

Health and safety had nothing to do with it - no one wants to go and who can blame them
Not to mention that they had some sort of celebrity crap planned that even Geoff Keighley decided "I'm out" :lol:
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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Rossell » Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:05 am

To be honest part of me wonders if coronavirus is just a convenient excuse.

If theres no virus next year and they cancel again you know what happened.

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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Medicine Man » Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:01 pm

No 'digital showcase' from Bethesda...


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Post by Alan » Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:21 pm

Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Medicine Man » Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:57 am

A 'reimagined showcase' set for June next year...

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ ... or-e3-2021

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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Medicine Man » Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:21 pm

The ESA have chucked the whole "online experience" thing now...

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ ... 2020-event

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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Raid » Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:01 pm

Well, yeah. Why would developers choose to pay to exhibit at a digital E3 event when they can probably get paid by Microsoft or Sony to feature in theirs?

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Re: E3 2020: CANCELLED

Post by Achtung Englander » Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:28 am

=D>

Also Bethesda and Devolver Digital said they are not doing one - so yeah - who cares about E3.
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