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E3's 2021 Live Event Has Been Cancelled (videogameschronicle.com) 30

E3's physical event for 2021 has been cancelled, according to Los Angeles city documents published last week. From a report: In a new report published by the Board of Los Angeles Convention and Tourism Development Commission, a sales update lists E3 2021 as a "cancelled live event." The document states that the Convention board is working with E3 organiser The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) on broadcast options at the Los Angeles Convention Center and the nearby LA Live complex. The City board also claims it's "working" on a 2022 and 2023 license for E3. The cancellation would mark the second year in a row the E3 event has been called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. As exclusively revealed by VGC this month, The ESA has been pushing forward with plans for a digital E3 event this summer, but it still requires the backing of major games companies. [...] "We can confirm that we are transforming the E3 experience for 2021 and will soon share exact details on how we're bringing the global video game community together," an ESA spokesperson said. "We are having great conversations with publishers, developers and companies across the board, and we look forward to sharing details about their involvement soon."
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E3's 2021 Live Event Has Been Cancelled

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  • Don't see much of a point to this any more. Most publishers have their own events along side E3. And with live streaming they can reach a bigger audience.

    RIP E3.

  • Sure it was OK for stores to have the No Shirts and No Shoes No Service. Because the stores wanted to maintain a degree of safety and modesty in their buildings, having them put a piece of cloth over their mouth and nose, became some sort of rally call against the freedom of America!

    If we took this as a serious health and safety problem last year, with a unified response, and not make it some political rally where people think they need to choose a side. We might have been able to have E3 This year, as t

    • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

      by Moryath ( 553296 )
      If America had done the responsible thing. Sadly, expecting Americans to act responsibly... sigh.

      I remember looking at things, with predictions that the USA could have squelched it with a 2-3 month aggressive campaign. Instead, it wasn't even April 1st before conservatives in the USA were screaming "no masks" and "freedumb" and demanding to open everything back up and pretend it was all normal. So I shudder when I see someone posting "and not make it some political rally"... because in an asymmetric pola
      • by timeOday ( 582209 ) on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:54AM (#61111670)
        I doubt the US could have eradicated Coronavirus like say Australia (under 1000 deaths total) but it's really worth looking at the Lancet's recent article on this

        https://www.thelancet.com/info... [thelancet.com]

        The headline associated with this was on how bad our Coronavirus response was, but at least equally interesting is how far back this started, our fatality rate relative to the rest of the G7. The most massive and sustained plummet in our relative longevity stats was oddly enough under Clinton. Also that a county's relative health decline prior to Trump is a good indicator of him winning there. I think the phenomenon of Trump is as much a symptom as a cause.

        • by tlhIngan ( 30335 ) <slashdot@worf . n et> on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:14PM (#61112454)

          I doubt the US could have eradicated Coronavirus like say Australia (under 1000 deaths total)

          Australia went total isolation. They only allow 6500 people in per week - because once you get off the plane, you're shuffled off to a hotel where you spend 2 weeks.

          This is unlike many countries where they opted to repatriate their citizens - there are many Australian citizens stuck in other countries because they can't get flights home - with the restrictions on how many people are accepted per day, many airlines were only letting first class and business class passengers on until the limit was reached, so your economy ticket meant you got stuck where you were.

          Outgoing flights were also highly restricted - you had to justify leaving the country.

          So yes, for many countries, this would be extremely difficult to enforce and unpalatable to many Americans.

          On the other hand, a breakout of 17 cases can lead to lockdowns. But then again, things are back to normal - few people wear masks, everyone's gathering back in huge crowds (see new year's day celebrations) and cases have dropped to practically zero.

        • by dbialac ( 320955 )

          The headline associated with this was on how bad our Coronavirus response was

          It's actually been about the same as what's been seen in Europe, with some countries faring slightly worse while others have done slightly better. Surprisingly, our private healthcare system may have actually helped us as far as lowering our death rate. In the EU, a lot of countries look for ways to reduce expenses, and part of this means you'll see a nurse instead of a doctor in a lot of situations. This lead to them having fewer doctors available by comparison.

      • by NFN_NLN ( 633283 )

        > I remember looking at things, with predictions that the USA could have squelched it with a 2-3 month aggressive campaign.

        And then what? The virus is would still be raging in the REST of the world.

        Would you completely seal off the US from the rest of the world forever? Even nationalists aren't that isolationist, so I don't think you've thought this through.

        - No more migrant workers or refugees otherwise it's all for nothing
        - No more Chinese exchange students otherwise it's all for nothing
        - No more tra

      • by dbialac ( 320955 )

        Nobody had recommended masks by April 1st. Fauci was still telling us not to wear them (I never believed him). Good guidance would have been, "Yes, masks will help but don't buy hospital PPG and here's how to make one for yourself."

        Regardless, many have looked at what was going on and felt that the ends didn't justify the means. A virus with a higher kill rate would have made the case much easier to make, but this (thankfully) wasn't that virus. It's also easy for us in the US to not realize how draconian s

      • They're all about individualism. Which means screw the neighbors, as long as I got my guns to keep the injuns away from my family then I don't care what happens on the other side of the hill. Remember, cooperating with your neighbors is the first step towards full onslaught communism! Don't listen to that liberal Jesus with the long hippy hair, all that claptrap about loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek is fake news! The only false prophet we need to worship is Trump!

    • If we took this as a serious health and safety problem last year, with a unified response, and not make it some political rally where people think they need to choose a side. We might have been able to have E3

      Come in Europe! No political rally here still I don't think we can could have E3 here :). Fatality exists, the truth is most countries reached the point of no return long before knowing covid was in their population. Shit happen but it is always good to have something or someone to blame.

  • by Anonymous Coward

    Instead of a guaranteed date for big reveals, we'll be drip fed and strung along on breadcrumb PR campaigns with underwhelming and insubstantial conclusions.

  • I thought 7.5 billion people would be vaccinated for April first according to lots of politicians urging us to book trips?

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