Reports suggest E3 2023 could be canceled after losing even more publishers

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Update - March 30: A new report claims that E3 2023 has indeed been canceled after failing to "garner the sustained interest necessary," no doubt partly as a result of multiple major publishers withdrawing from the show.

Original story follows...

The report goes on to say there are other publishers which have decided not to attend this year's conference but have yet to make official announcements. Part of the problem, apparently, is that massive disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic have changed the way publishers produce, announce, and release games, and this has made hands-on demos for summer showcases less of a priority. Bandai Namco has only committed to the summer Play Days event, for example, and Devolver Digital is still planning its own Devolver Direct.

Many publishers have also yet to fully rebuild their events teams and budgets after they were dramatically cut in the wake of the pandemic. Companies are seemingly more comfortable allocating resources for events that aren't in flux, as E3 has been for the last few years.

We've reached out to the ESA and ReedPop for comment and will update this story if we hear back.

E3 or not, here are all of the new games of 2023 we can't wait to play.

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