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 showoriginal story followse3 2023 could be canceled altogether amid reports that even more publishers have dropped out leaving the future of the once hallmark video game showcase in limboa new report from ign claims both sega and tencent have pulled their e3 2023 appearances as rumors swirl about whether the event will happen at all this comes a day after ubisoft said it will skip this years e3 and hold its own show insteadigns report cites pr and publishing sources who say they arent certain of anyone who is definitely attending e3 2023 these sources note that a lack of communication from both the esa and organizer reedpop only compounded their uncertainty about what to expect from the event one source told ign before ubisoft had canceled that theres no possible way this show can happenthe report goes on to say there are other publishers which have decided not to attend this years 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 handson 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 arent in flux as e3 has been for the last few yearsof course we learned back in january that nintendo playstation and xbox would all be noshows at 2023s e3 showcase at the time we were somewhat confident that the event would soldier on without the big three but thats looking less certain by the dayweve reached out to the esa and reedpop for comment and will update this story if we hear backe3 or not here are all of the new games of 2023 we cant wait to play