2020 Game Developers Conference cancels due to coronavirus

2020 Game Developers Conference cancels due to coronavirus
By Richard Lawler

After a week where one big name participant after another announced it would not send people to the show over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, GDC 2020 organizers have announced the event is off. It was scheduled to take place between March 16th and 20th, and in a statement, they said "we fully intend to host a GDC event later in the summer."

This announcement comes just hours after officials announced a second case of the virus in California with an unknown origin.

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GDC organizers:

After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we've made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March.

Having spent the past year preparing for the show with our advisory boards, speakers, exhibitors, and event partners, we're genuinely upset and disappointed not to be able to host you at this time .

We want to thank all our customers and partners for their support, open discussions and encouragement. As everyone has been reminding us, great things happen when the community comes together and connects at GDC. For this reason, we fully intend to host a GDC event later in the summer. We will be working with our partners to finalize the details and will share more information about our plans in the coming weeks.

For more information, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page: www.gdconf.com/faq

Additional info: pic.twitter.com/GgUTL0dUc3

— Official_GDC (@Official_GDC) February 29, 2020

Source: GDC

February 29, 2020 at 01:29AM
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