You’ll have seen the news by now: E3 2023 is cancelled. Pack away your lanyards and pull all those granola bars out of your backpack, you won’t need them now. This was to be E3’s first in-person affair since 2019, the first since covid disrupted normal life and quickly made the concept of thousands of people looking at games under one roof feel like pure fantasy.
E3 went ahead as a digital experience in 2021, and that felt fine under the circumstances. But most of us expected that it was just a stop-gap until crowd gatherings was safe and enjoyable again. At least, as enjoyable as being elbowed in the ribs while queueing for a playable demo of Resident Evil 7 in 40-degree heat can be. Thanks for the memories, games conferences.
