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E3 is one of the biggest trade events for the video game industry and it takes place annually. After skipping 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, in 2021 one might wonder “Is E3 canceled?”. No, E3 is not canceled and will be held this year!.
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There are still some notable absences from that list. Sony didn’t participate in E3 2019 and had no intention of taking part in E3 2020 either before the whole event was cancelled anyway, so it’s no surprise they’re not on this list. EA is also still missing. With rumors circulating that many bigger companies will be reserving their bigger main reveals for other events outside of E3, it’s likely they’ll be preparing for another EA Play Live event instead.
Strangely, the list also fails to include Focus Home Interactive despite their confirmation they’ll be making an appearance. They’ll be announcing three new titles during E3 before going on to show further gameplay of these at The Game Awards. Meanwhile, Ubisoft has already promised they will hold their next Ubisoft Forward event as part of the E3 2021 presentations. Square Enix will also be making announcements about their future lineup past June. It’s likely we’ll find out about other developers’ and p
Japanese gaming company fell victim to cyber-attack in November 2020
An investigation into a ransomware attack on Japanese video game developer Capcom has determined that malicious hackers gained access via an outdated virtual private network (VPN).
The attack, as previously reported by The Daily Swig, happened in November 2020, when malicious hackers knocked email and file servers offline.
An investigation conducted by an independent third party has since determined that the unknown actors gained access to networks in both the US and Japan by exploiting the VPN service, which Capcom said was still in use due to Covid-19 “burdens”.
The post-mortem report, released today (April 13), stated that the VPN was used by staff from the developer’s North American subsidiary, Capcom USA, Inc.