March 13 (Portaltic/EP) –
Microsoft has confirmed that it will not offer its usual face-to-face conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) fair, which will be held from June 13 to 16 of this year, but will offer an ‘online’ presentation.
Microsoft confirmed at the end of January that it would return to Los Angeles to celebrate its annual summer event and a few days ago it set a date for its annual video game presentation event, Xbox Games Showcase, scheduled for June 11.
However, it has now announced that it will not be in person at the popular video game fair, but will be part of it virtually and that it will broadcast the Xbox Games Showcase online, according to a company spokesperson. to IGN.
In this presentation, Microsoft usually announces the news of its video game studios, its next-generation consolesXbox Series X | S, and its subscription service GamePass. This year, in addition, it will have an additional presentation focused on Starfield, developed by the creators of Fallout 4 and Skyrim.
Microsoft thus joins Nintendo, which confirmed at the end of February that it would not attend the event because “it was not in their plans”, an absence that had already been rumored days before, along with that of Sony, which has not yet been confirmed. if he will be present or not.
E3 will take place from June 13 to 16 at its usual venue in the Los Angeles Convention Center (United States) and will be held “with a renewed format” which separates the dates of Industry Days and Gamer Days, in addition to E3 Digital Week, which is scheduled to start on June 11.
ReedPop, organizer of this year’s edition, has confirmed the participation of large video game companies, the so-called AAAs in the sector, as well as the most popular from the indie segment, technology and ‘hardware’.
