E3 2020 has been canceled

E3 2020 as we know it is over.

Multiple sources have confirmed to Ars Technica that the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the organization responsible for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), will soon cancel the three-day expo as originally planned. Like in prior years, E3 2020 was scheduled to play out in early June as a three-day event at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Shortly after we received the tip, indie game publisher Devolver Digital posted a brief, ominous message on Twitter: "Cancel your E3 flights and hotels, y’all." The ESA had not made any announcements about E3 2020 at that time.

Representatives for the ESA did not immediately respond to Ars Technica's questions about the state of E3 going forward, or whether the event's seismic shift may instead mean a delay, a move to a completely different venue, or a wholly virtualized, live-streamed event.

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