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UPDATE: E3 2020 Is Officially Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Fears

E3 2020 won't take place after all, organizers announced. The biggest gaming expo in the world has been called off due to coronavirus concerns.

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Mathias Zulpo

March 11, 2020

UPDATE: E3 2020 Is Officially Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Fears

GDC 2020 Postponed to Summer Due to Coronavirus Fears

Game Developers Conference, or GDC for short, was postponed due to fears of the novel coronavirus. The organizers informed the community about this in a communiqué, where they also write that the event will return in the summer.

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Konrad Serafinski

February 29, 2020

GDC 2020 Postponed to Summer Due to Coronavirus Fears
Microsoft, Unity and Epic Games Withdraw From GDC 2020

Microsoft, Unity and Epic Games Withdraw From GDC 2020

We have just learned that more companies have resigned from participating in this year's edition of GDC. These are Microsoft, Unity and Epic Games, which, like their predecessors, fear for the health of their employees due to the coronavirus epidemic.

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Paul Wozniak

February 27, 2020

Microsoft, Unity and Epic Games Withdraw From GDC 2020
EA Limits its Presence on GDC Due to Coronavirus

EA Limits its Presence on GDC Due to Coronavirus

Electronic Arts informed their employees that it would limit their presence at GDC 2020 and warned them not to go to the fair. The source of information is a LinkeIn post of one of the people employed in the company.

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Bart Swiatek

February 25, 2020

EA Limits its Presence on GDC Due to Coronavirus

Hideo Kojima is Giving up GDC 2020 Because of Coronavirus

Kojima Productions will not appear at GDC 2020. Hideo Kojima's team decided not to participate in the event due to the threat of coronavirus, thus taking the example from Sony.

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Jacob Blazewicz

February 24, 2020

Hideo Kojima is Giving up GDC 2020 Because of Coronavirus
GDC 2020 Without PlayStation - Coronavirus Scared off Sony

GDC 2020 Without PlayStation - Coronavirus Scared off Sony

Sony resigned from GDC 2020 (Game Developers Conference) due to the threat posed by the spreading COVID-19 coronavirus. This is the second event - after PAX East - dropped by PlayStation manufacturer.

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Conrad Hazi

February 21, 2020

GDC 2020 Without PlayStation - Coronavirus Scared off Sony

GDC - More Than Half of Currently Developed Games are Designed For PC

Game Developers Conference organizers conducted a survey among game devs, from which we can learn many interesting things about current trends in the industry, e.g. what percentage of developers prepares projects for PS5 and new Xbox.

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January 25, 2020

GDC - More Than Half of Currently Developed Games are Designed For PC