Ubisoft skips E3 to hold June Forward event instead

Ubisoft introduced that it received’t attend this 12 months’s E3 event, however will instead hold its personal summer season video games showcase at across the identical time. The Ubisoft Forward event takes place on June 12 in Los Angeles.

A spokesperson elaborated on the choice in an announcement to VGC: “While we initially intended to have an official E3 presence, we’ve made the subsequent decision to move in a different direction and will be holding a Ubisoft Forward Live event on 12th June in Los Angeles. We look forward to sharing more details with our players very soon.”

Ubisoft joins a number of different video games publishers in skipping the venerable summer season video games event. Neither Microsoft, Nintendo nor Sony shall be a part of the event. The Summer Games Fest additionally holds its personal present shortly earlier than E3. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot mentioned throughout a February earnings name that Ubisoft would attend E3 2023 if it occurred.

As for what it would present at mentioned Forward event, Ubisoft has a number of upcoming titles to showcase. These embrace Assassin’s Creed Mirage (and probably updates on future Assassin’s Creed titles, resembling Red and Jade), in addition to the oft-delayed Skull & Bones and the licensed title Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. It additionally has a number of video games in improvement hell that might make a shock look, together with Beyond Good and Evil 2 and the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake.

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