While the ESA and new E3 organiser ReedPop had big plans to bring the event back this year, it would
Sources speaking with IGN confirmed that E3 “simply did not garner the sustained interest necessary to execute it in a way that would showcase the size, strength, and impact of our industry”. Essentially, too many major companies pulled out to make it an exciting event. Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony had already pulled out and recently, the likes of Ubisoft, SEGA, Devolver Digital and others also stepped away from E3.