Year after year, video game fans around the world look forward to the Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3 for short. However, this will not take place in 2020. As the organizers inform on the official website, the event was canceled "after careful consultation with our member companies". The "health and safety of everyone in our industry", including fans, employees, exhibitors and partners, take precedence.
"After growing and overwhelming concerns about the COVID-19 virus, we felt it was the best way to deal with such an unprecedented global situation," the statement said. It was "very disappointed" that the trade fair could not be held in Los Angeles from June 9 to 11, 2020 as planned. "However, we know that it is the right decision based on the information we have today."
Online solution is supposed to remedy the situation
The E3 is one of the largest trade fairs for video and computer games worldwide. Well-known game developers and publishers have been presenting their latest products there every year since 1995. In order to be able to inform gaming fans about all new releases in 2020 despite a failure, a solution would already be worked on. According to this, they are currently examining "ways to coordinate an online experience to present industry announcements and news in June 2020".