It was an open secret. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), in charge of organizing the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), has declared that the 2024 edition of the legendary video game show will not take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the traditional venue of the event.
According to IGN, which reports the information this Thursday, September 7, the ESA insists that E3 2024 could take place at an as-yet-undetermined location and that the association is working on a “complete reimagining” of the game show video. planned for 2025 indicates the media GameIndustry.biz.
A hall in decay
A disappointment that adds to others for E3. The ESA joined forces with the company ReedPop, which organizes two video game exhibitions, Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in the United States and EGX in the United Kingdom, to organize the 2023 edition. But the event never saw the light of day. In March 2023, Stanley Pierre-Louis, president and CEO of ESA, explained to GI.biz the reasons for this cancellation.
A new blow for the show that, affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, had not been held in person since June 2019. A digital edition He had tried to take over in 2021. Without success. For all of these reasons, the show’s return to Los Angeles was clearly not expected.
The tourism department of the Californian city had also included in its annual report the cancellation of the 2024 and 2025 editions of the show. At the time, the ESA said no decision had been made. It is done.
Source: BFM TV
