UK indie-focused game expo WASD has now been officially cancelled, as its organiser enters liquidation.
The news is, sadly, no surprise to the industry or to fans, who had noticed the brand’s website go offline earlier this year.
“Increasing costs and less demand for stand space means running events is just not viable for us anymore,” WASD co-founder David Lilley told BBC News today. “[I want] to take this oppurtunity to thank everyone who has supported us along the way.”
WASD began life in 2022 as the spiritual successor to EGX Rezzed. It was run by largely the same team behind the scenes – now separate from current EGX owner Reedpop – while the main EGX event continued. (Eurogamer was previously also owned by Reedpop, until its sale this year.)