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San Francisco (AFP)
The world’s premier video game trade show, E3, kicked off online Saturday, celebrating play that “kept us sane” during the pandemic, celebrating fantasy worlds with Ubisoft’s new offering “Avatar,” and promising a real-world gathering next year.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo that each year turned the Los Angeles Convention Center into a players’ paradise was cancelled in 2020 because of Covid-19, and went virtual this year with a streamed event.
“During the pandemic that prevented us from being with so many family, friends and colleagues, video games connected us, entertained us and brought us together,” said Entertainment Software Association chief executive Stanley Pierre-Louis.
“Games kept us sane,” he said.
The association has…
