E3

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, once the most important video game show, got axed forever in 2023 — now, its former hosts have announced the Interactive Innovation Conference (“iicon”) this April. It’s invitation-only, billed as “A first-of-its-kind event bringing together leaders across industries to harness the transformative power of interactive entertainment” — even though the similar DICE exists.

Even though I wrote earlier this year that E3 wouldn’t be coming back, I wanted to be wrong. I had hoped that E3 would somehow return to the grand show I loved following as a kid, but that’s not going to be the case. Tough day for a tough year in the video game industry.