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The E3 video game trade show will once again be online-only this summer due to ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. The third year in a row that E3 will have skipped its in-person event due to the Pandemic, was first reported by VentureBeat.
The E3 will not be held in person in 2022, due to the health risks surrounding COVID-19 and the potential impact on the safety of attendees. We are excited about the future of E3 and will be announcing more details soon.
E3 will not be in person for the third year in a row.
When the conference was moved to a digital event, the ESA said it would bring back E3 as an in-person conference in 2022. The risk of hosting a conference packed with thousands of journalists, game developers, and fans is not worth it with the omicron variant and case numbers surging in the United States.
The Grammys awards show was just indefinitely postponed from its original January 31st date, as well as the E3 cancellation, due to COVID's latest surge.
The gaming industry is looking forward to summer events, and after the news that E3 would be a virtual event, a gaming industry personality announced his own event.
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