The gaming industry was shaken – if not entirely surprised – to learn of E3 2023’s cancellation last week.
Organisers ESA and ReedPop had been silent for months so the decision to cancel E3 2023 wasn’t especially shocking, but it has put pressure on major publishers like Ubisoft and platform holders like Xbox and PlayStation to wow players with their own digital events later this summer. Previously we had no idea how the latter planned to stoke up excitement, but we now have a supposed window.
Journalist and reliable leaker Jeff Grubb took to Twitter to reveal when PlayStation will be hosting its own digital showcase event. According to Grubb, it will take place some time before Geoff Keighley’s own Summer Game Fest event on June 8, 2023 and therefore well before the Xbox and Bethesda showcase on June 11 and Ubisoft Forward on June 12. Grubb neglected to give PlayStation’s showcase a hard date, indicating that it is either still unknown or hasn’t been decided yet.
