Ubisoft has confirmed that the company won’t be attending E3 2023 in Los Angeles this summer. This is a reversal for the publisher, as it confirmed last month that it would be attending the annual trade show. It now joins other large video game companies, like Microsoft, in skipping the upcoming E3 event.
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Debuting in Atlanta in 1995, E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) quickly established itself as the most important video game trade show in the world, attracting hundreds of game developers and publishers from around the globe to come to Los Angeles for a weekend to show off upcoming games and gaming-related hardware. However, in the years leading up to the covid-19 pandemic, the show’s importance had started to decline, with some companies skipping it or barely attending. In 2020 E3 was canceled, and since then the show has struggled to survive and remain relevant. And now, as Ubisoft confirms it won’t be part of the event this year, it doesn’t look good for the ol’ Electronic Expo.
First reported by VGC, Assassin’s Creed, and Rainbow Six publisher Ubisoft has confirmed it will completely skip June’s E3 2023 event. In a statement to Kotaku, Ubisoft said it was going to continue “in a different direction” and would now instead hold a Ubisoft Forward event in L.A on June 12, right before E3.
Here’s the rest of Ubisoft’s statement.
Kotaku has reached out to E3 organizer and owner ReedPop.
