A few days ago, the video game fair was involved in the news of the sector after its creative directors announced their withdrawal for this year's 2020 edition. Now, the organizers of E3, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), has issued a statement confirming the news, where the organization is thanked for its contributions to this year's program.
In addition, as collected Gamerant, ESA has explained that the E3 2020 will not lack a creative design despite losing its creative directors about three months before the event. «We have an innovative and experienced team that includes Endeavor's 160iver90 creative agency, the innovative Mat + Lo events and long-time E3 partners, GES, Dolaher Events and Double Forte«, The declaration appears.
The E3 2020 accumulates low probes
Among the most popular casualties of E3 2020 is the one of Sony, which will not take PlayStation to Los Angeles for the second consecutive year and that of Geoff Keighley, now former host of the news platform and panels E3 Coliseum. As he explained in his day, the well-known producer of The Game Awards did not offer details of his withdrawal, although he did mention that “I will support the industry in other ways and in other events in the future"
Despite the casualties and the continued threat of the coronavirus, ESA confirmed earlier this month that E3 2020 «advances at full speed«. However, the organizers are also studying special health and safety measures to protect all attendees, exhibitors and event staff. Today, The Angels, place that hosts the fair, recently declared a state of emergency due to the growing concern about the local transmission of the so-called COVID19 in the area. However, ESA has not updated the status of the fair after declaring this situation.
If the state of emergency persists in Los Angeles, it is possible that the E3 2020 is forced to postpone its date of celebration or directly to cancel its edition this year. Meanwhile, preparations continue. In fact, today, Bethesda has announced two of the games it will take to the fair.