Due to coronavirus concerns, Microsoft has decided to switch to all-digital events through July 2021.
This comes from an e-mail that was sent out to Microsoft MVPs (via Twitter), stating:
It’s official: All Microsoft conferences will be digital-only through July 2021. pic.twitter.com/wTBb7Z6pQB
— Ginny Caughey (@gcaughey) April 6, 2020
Such Microsoft events include Microsoft Ignite and, most likely, XO20. It also seems that Microsoft has already decided to skip a public E3 conference for 2021. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) recently revealed that a “reimagined” E3 would take place from June 15th-17th in 2021.
In place of an E3 conference this year, Microsoft plans to hold an all-digital conference similar to the renowned Nintendo Direct conferences. We’re still waiting on the details for that, but it’s safe to say that Microsoft will hold another digital conference around the same time in 2021.
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In other Xbox news, Phil Spencer recently spoke with IGN and said that the Xbox Series X wouldn’t be delayed for any individual game that suffers setbacks:
