The latest iteration of the digital celebration for new games big and small kicks off in June, and will most likely fill the E3-shaped hole in many people’s hearts.

In absolutely unsurprising news news to start the week off with, E3 as a physical show won’t be happening this year for the second time.

Its been a good while since Microsoft hosted any big events to hype up its games catalogue, and with E3 looking liking an unlikely venue for it to dump a bunch of trailers that all start with some chap yelling “world premiere”. Come March though, Microsoft’s preview of the year to come could be looking a lot healthier when a rumoured Bethesda showcase kicks off.

Former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has a few ideas on how E3 can stay fresh, exciting, and relevant in a rapidly changing industry.

E3 looks set to continue as a digital-stream event from June 15 to 17, if the ESA can grab some big names to support the proposal.

With no E3 this year, you might have wondered just how well the biggest players in the video game industry were going to do without a weeklong onslaught of gaming hype to give them free advertising. Turns out, that the long game of constant announcements over many weeks was just as effective!

Situated right in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, having a week of unrestrained gaming joy was a sight to behold back then. So here’s the scene: The almighty F5 key stands before you, you slap it with gusto and you’re given a blank canvas on which to reimagine the show. What do you do? How do you restore it to its legendary state?

Yesterday I whipped up a handsome feature on how the gaming industry is responding to not having an E3 in which to offload a year’s worth of announcements in a single one-week period of reveal trailer climaxes. For some reason, I kind of like the idea of a digital transition to showcase events that are more spaced out and allow …