Gamescom will also return as an in-person and online hybrid event this year in August. Prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the publisher has hosted an EA Play Live event every summer starting in 2016. In addition to including announcements about new games and updates for existing ones, EA Play also allowed fans to attend in-person and go hands-on with new EA games. Prior to 2016, EA held a traditional press conference at E3 for its upcoming game announcements. The last two EA Play events have been livestream-only due to the ongoing pandemic. EA has multiple new projects in the works, including a Dead Space remake and multiple new Star Wars projects. Update March 15 : The text and headline of this article originally stated EA Play Live 2022 was cancelled. The article has been updated to reflect that this is not the case--the event had not been officially announced, so it technically couldn't be cancelled.