The E3 video game expo has been completely canceled this year (again)
And a replacement event has already conveniently stepped up
In 2020, when everything everywhere was getting canceled because of the COVID-19 outbreak, one of the least surprising ones was E3, a.k.a. the Electronic Entertainment Expo, an annual event typically held in Los Angeles where video game companies announce whatever new video games they’re going to be selling in the near future. Coronavirus aside, the cancellation came as E3 had been going through years of increased irrelevancy, with some of the big companies realizing it was easier and more beneficial to just speak directly to consumers and make big announcements themselves.
E3 seemed like it would probably be dead for good when Microsoft and Sony both launched their new game consoles in 2020 without needing to rely on E3 hyping them up, but the show miraculously returned last year as a digital-only event that was entirely free and open to the public (which E3 traditionally is not). Unfortunately, by being digital-only, the whole thing basically felt like a run of separate underwhelming announcements from companies like Nintendo and Microsoft, far from the excitement and spectacle of past E3s.