There are messages that, even when you expect it, never cease to affect you, and ever since then the death of E3 falls squarely into that category. Of course, in some cases (and this is one of them) there is a special practical application of the Schrödinger paradox or more precisely what is identified as the Mandela effect. And in this particular case, I recognize that this has happened to me and from what I have been able to verify on social media, I am not the only one.

And yes, although there were already many who thought otherwise, Until today, the continuity of E3 was still a mysterybut this has ceased to be the case for posting on his official Twitter account message with the following text:

After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, it’s time to say goodbye.

Or translated:

After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, it’s time to say goodbye.

This confirms what, as already indicated at the beginning, was already a widespread suspicion, namely that in its time the most important global event in the world of video games, he failed to survive some particularly bad yearsin which at the same time she had to face very complex circumstances such as a pandemic, along with poor decisions and insufficient management of at least part of her decisions.

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— E3 (@E3) December 12, 2023

We’ve been able to confirm that E3 was in the doldrums this yearand despite confirmation in September 2022 that it would take place again this year, we already learned of disinterest from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo in early 2023, a truly worrying sign that it has finally been translated into the suspension of this year’s edition of E3. In this way, it was confirmed that the organization was not able to overcome its efforts after the cancellation of the event in 2020, the 2021 edition that passed without pain and glory, and the controversial cancellation of 2022.

Over the past few years, Geoff Keighley’s ever-more-ubiquitous Summer Game Fest has known how to fill the void left by E3, attracting many companies disenchanted with it. So today, and although there are important differences between the two events, Summer Game Fest and Game Awards became their generational replacement. In this way, 28 years of history ends, which began in 1995 with the celebration of the first edition, which began to write a story of success that finally ends today.