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VGC is reporting that Ubisoft has determined to again out of E3’s tried return in 2023. This comes a month after they claimed they have been finalizing their plans to attend the expo. I suppose these plans are actually finalized as being “nope.”

Chatting with VGC, a spokesperson reportedly stated, “Whereas we initially supposed to have an official E3 presence, we’ve made the following resolution to maneuver in a distinct course, and can be holding a Ubisoft Ahead Stay occasion on twelfth June in Los Angeles. We sit up for sharing extra particulars with our gamers very quickly.”

That is disappointing information for anybody who hoped E3 would return in full kind this yr after a three-year bodily hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sony and Nintendo have each acknowledged they’ll be passing on the expo, with Microsoft holding a separate occasion elsewhere in LA.

Whereas these are hardly the one huge firms within the business at this time, E3 was as soon as an occasion that publishers can be loopy to overlook. It was the most important occasion of the yr, and whereas it’s nonetheless an essential time for bulletins, the most important firms within the enterprise are progressively shifting additional and additional away from it. It looks as if the one method it could ever return to kind can be if these publishers have been lured into the conference heart with the promise of cake and locked the doorways behind them.

There’s nonetheless one thing of a query mark above who’s nonetheless going to be attending the Digital Leisure Expo, with present organizer Reedpop merely saying that “AAA firms, along with indie darlings and tech and {hardware} companies,” can be in attendance.

E3 can be operating this yr from June 13 via 16 in Los Angeles. You will discover the entire tentative schedule proper over right here.