It’s been expected ever since Los Angeles declared a state of emergency, but it looks as if E3 2020 is about to be cancelled due to Coronavirus.
Devolver Digital Tweeted ‘Cancel your E3 flights and hotels, y’all’ before Kotaku Editor Jason Schreier chimed in saying that he’s been hearing whispers tonight from several pubs and developers that E3 is cancelled.
Cancel your E3 flights and hotels, y’all.
— Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital) March 11, 2020
Been hearing secondhand whispers tonight from several devs/pubs that E3 is cancelled, although I've also heard from a couple of people in positions to know that the ESA hasn't officially made a decision yet and is still consulting with pubs. Either way, it's only a matter of time https://t.co/Od0MDj3ZXv
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) March 11, 2020
Further to this, Mike Futter from GameDev has also Tweeted saying that an E3 cancellation announcement is scheduled for tomorrow in the morning.
My day started with investigating some E3 stuff. Ended with multiple (and I mean MULTIPLE) sources coming my way.
E3 cancelation announcement scheduled for tmw AM. I don’t think it will hold the night. Many of us have been engaged by sources this evening.
Cancel your plans.
— Mike Futter (@Futterish) March 11, 2020
It’s unclear what this would mean for E3. It’s unlikely that it would be rescheduled, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we wouldn’t see press conferences streamed during the regular E3 week. This comes off the back of Coachella being announced earlier today and being rescheduled for October.
