The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has finalized the dates for next year’s E3 game show, which will be held back in the City of Angels – Los Angeles. E3 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center for four days, June 13-16, 2023.
In addition, the E3 Games Show will host a “Partner Digital Event” starting June 11 and continuing through the end of the show. This is a return to offline events after three years since the New Champions Epidemic E3 was canceled in 2020.
Owned by ESA, E3 will be operated next year by ReedPop, the event production company behind PAX, EGX, New York Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration and other events, which is handling E3 for the first time.
Organizers announced that E3 2022 will feature separate industry and consumer days and spaces. E3 Business Days will be held June 13-15, which organizers of the gaming show say is “reserved for registered industry personnel to meet face-to-face, hold professional meetings and connect with licensees and distributors.
E3 Gamer Days will take place on Thursday, June 15 and Friday, June 16 in separate halls from the industry section, inviting consumers to experience the future of gaming firsthand and meet developers, content creators, media personalities and more. A content theater, open exclusively to ticket holders, will run on these dates and provide insight into the highly anticipated title.
In a statement, Kyle Marsden-Kish, vice president of games at ReedPop, said, “E3 is one of the few opportunities for the global gaming industry to come together, come together, and show the world what it is creating. Our vision is to re-unite the industry by rebuilding the traditional E3 week, bringing back that spark and restoring E3’s role as a truly magical global showcase event for game creators and consumers alike.”
