Video games trade show the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, and the biggest date in the gaming calendar, has been permanently cancelled.

On Tuesday, the convention’s website carried a simple statement confirming the event would not continue.

“After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye.

“Thanks for the memories,” the statement read, before signing off with the acronym “GGWP”, which means “good game, well played” and is a friendly sign-off in online gaming.

The trade show had run since 1995 in Los Angeles, and at its height was the biggest event of its kind in the world, where the biggest brands in the industry: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, would come each year to unveil their new games and consoles.

It was attended by tens of thousands of people from across the gaming industry as well as gamers, who would often queue for hours to get a short preview of upcoming games.

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