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E3 will be downsized (not cancelled)

Tags: E3 + ESA + Electronic Entertainment + 2007

Kevom
Posted by Kevom 5 years 9 months ago; via arstechnica.com/news.ars/...

Contrary to reports across the web, E3 has not been cancelled. Next-Gen had hoped that they would blow the lid off of a hot story by revealing that the show had been cancelled, but some quick fact checking shows that they are simply incorrect.

According sources close to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) the show can and will go on, but that big changes are planned. The "Electronic Entertainment Expo" (hence E3) started in 1995 as a small but interesting annual convention for gaming, following roughly six months after the...

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E3 Finished?

Tags: E3 + ESA + Doug Lowenstein

Motu
Posted by Motu 5 years 9 months ago; via next-gen.biz/index.php?op...

Senior industry sources have revealed that the E3 industry event, in its present form, has been cancelled for next year and the foreseeable future.

Well placed sources say the news that larger exhibitors were pulling out had prompted urgent meetings among publishing executives. They decided that, without the support of the larger software publishers and hardware manufacturers, there would be no point in continuing.

ESA president Doug Lowenstein will likely announce the news some time within the next 48 hours, possibly on Monday. It's...

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