E3, once the video game industry's biggest event, returns live in 2023

In the interim, other events, such as The Game Awards and Summer Game Fest have grown in prominence. Both are hosted and organized by Geoff Keighley, a longtime host at E3 until 2020 when he announced that he would not be returning to the trade show, citing concerns about its lack of innovation. Keighley's Summer Game Fest in 2021 was a resounding success: The show received over 25 million live streams with a peak of 3 million concurrent viewers globally, according to figures shared with The Washington Post, and it hosted the first gameplay reveal of FromSoftware's mega hit, "Elden Ring." Despite both Summer Game Fest and E3 both being slated for June 2023, Keighley has maintained that the two events are not competitors.