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The gaming excitement of E3 will have to take a break this year as organizer The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) cancels the 2022 event all together, including both physical and virtual iterations. On Thursday The ESA revealed that E3 2022 will be scrapped in its entirety, just months after announcing a virtua…

E3 will once again take on a virtual and online-only format in 2022, becoming the latest event casualty of the Omicron variant. “Due to the ongoing health risks surrounding COVID-19 and its potential impact on the safety of exhibitors and attendees, E3 will not be held in person in 2022. We remain incredibly excited…

Hot games summer continued to unfold at E3’s all-virtual 2021 event, with Nintendo, Ubisoft and more unveiling exciting details for their highly-anticipated titles. On the tails Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest Kick Off Live!, E3 gave little to no news for video-game inspired TV and Film titles but offered gamers a…

UPDATE: Exactly a month after unveiling its plans and participants for an all-virtual 2021 event E3 has revealed even more gaming industry names set to join for this year’s iteration. Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy developer Square Enix will participate in the June event along with Sega, Bandai Namco Entertainment…

Conventions and live events are playing it safe when it comes to bookings in the Los Angeles area, according to a report from the Board of the Dept. of Convention and Tourism Development Commissioners. In one big move, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, has backed down from previous plans to stage a live…

Organizers of the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, has canceled its 2020 edition set for June 9-11 in Los Angeles. It becomes the latest major industry event to shutter amid the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. “After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of…

Netflix made its first appearance at the E3 video game conference in LA Wednesday, showcasing new game efforts tied to Stranger Things and The Dark Crystal during a panel discussion. One news development during the session was the announcement of a Stranger Things mobile role-playing game, which is on tap for 2020…

Video game publisher Ubisoft and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s creative collaborative platform HitRECord are partnering up and inviting the latter’s online community of artists to create assets for future video games, starting with Ubisoft’s multiplayer RPG title Beyond Good and Evil 2.  Gordon-Levitt appeared onstage today…

Related: David Ayer's WWII Actioner 'Fury' Rolls Out At E3

Today at E3 Sony unveiled a behind-the-scenes first look at David Ayer‘s WWII actioner Fury, the ensemble war film that Bill Block’s QED International paid a cool $1M for in last year’s pricey spec sale. Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Pena, Logan Lerman, and Jon Bernthal star in the story of the five-man crew of an…

Welcoming the giant E3 video game conference back to Los Angeles today, Mayor Eric Garcetti said it may make sense to include the booming game industry in production incentives designed to get and keep film and television production in the state. “There’s a collision of content in Los Angeles,” said Garcetti, who has…

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