The 2022 summer events season has had been tumultuous so far. And according to recent reports, fans waiting for EA Play Live Event are bound to be disappointed. For the uninitiated, even since 2016, Electronic Arts has ditched E3 to hold its own Live Event held around the same time. The event gives the community a peek into what EA had planned for the year. However, the same can’t be said for this year.
IGN recently revealed EA would not host its traditional live event this year since “things aren’t lining up to show you everything on one date.” As expected, the announcement has caught fans by surprise.
EA Play 2022 is cancelled
"We have exciting things happening at our world-class studios and this year we’ll reveal much more about these projects when the time is right for each of them"https://t.co/am0TSXrzJc pic.twitter.com/KDBTLwClJ3
— Nibel (@Nibellion) March 15, 2022
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EA cancels the summer Live Event
EA Play Live Event is a massive boon for fans interested in checking out the company’s upcoming offerings. This is because not only can they get up to speed on the latest developments on their favorite titles, but could also try that roster for themselves. Significantly, EA currently has some massive games under production.
For instance, the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises are being worked on by BioWare, while Respawn Entertainment works on the upcoming Star Wars games. But that’s not all, as EA’s slate also includes a Dead Space remake, which is sure to get fans all excited.
However, fans would need to contain their excitement as EA could take a page out of Sony’s books and hold smaller reveal events throughout the year.
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In a statement to IGN, an Electronic Arts representative said:
“We have exciting things happening at our world-class studios and this year we’ll reveal much more about these projects when the time is right for each of them. We look forward to spending time with you throughout the year!”
However, that statement has done little to ease the community’s unrest on the matter.
So, they basically have nothing new or even remotely interesting to show. And since rencent fiascos they cannot risk a PR disaster, so they just decided to cancel the event for this year. lol
What happened to EA? They were pretty decent at publishing games late 90s & early 00s.
— Pilviaika (@Pilviaika) March 15, 2022
Fans were expecting a lot of updates.
So… No news about Dead Space, Dragon Age, Need for Speed… for this summer?
— Lombaxel (@Lombaxel) March 15, 2022
People have a lot of frustration to vent.
can't believe we won't be getting another cryptic voiceover with a jpeg of "DA4" this year
— PLANT-BASEDGOD (@dasTurbo) March 15, 2022
It would appear so, at least for now.
So this ain’t even a switch to digital. They are just not doing anything?
— BSK The News (@BSKtheKing) March 15, 2022
Ouch.
Oh no this terrible we're not going to see basically what amounts to employee training videos showing off offices and concept art of games were not going to see for years.
— Hidalgo (@Hidalgopeeps) March 15, 2022
Safe to say, fans are not happy with EA’s decision.
We need another year to find a way to hide our blatant scripting and lack of innovation. As well as gambling
— Rent (@OfficialJshow) March 15, 2022
It must have been a learning experience.
“We got burned so badly by Battlefield’s failure that we’re gonna actually give our dev teams enough time to work on their games”
— Bayou Boi Gaming (@BayouBoiGaming) March 15, 2022
The community wants more Star Wars.
I actually wanted to see fallen order 2 so this is a bit disappointing
— Xier Daylaauam (@daylaum) March 15, 2022
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Translation: "We literally would only be able to show Madden and Fifa if we did the show"
— ARKOIN (@Mcarroll84M) March 16, 2022
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They have a lot going on behind the scenes.
EA being all like "we actually just have nothing to show" 🤷♂️
— Charlie Murray (@Kranitoko) March 15, 2022
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Fan disappointment with the canceled event is palpable. However, in some positive news, Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest will return this year.
