After the last minute resignations of Gearbox and Activision Blizzard due to the coronavirus, the GDC 2020 organization decides to postpone the event.
The absences of Microsoft and Epic Games due to the coronavirus, to which those of Activision Blizzard and Gearbox have joined in the last hours, have made the organization of the Game Developers Conference 2020 has decided to postpone the event. Intended to be held during the 16th and 20th of this month in San Francisco, your celebration will definitely have to wait.
The consequences of coronavirus continue
In recent days we have witnessed how the PAX East 2020, which is being held precisely during this weekend in Boston, as the GDC 2020 of the Californian city have seen their number of participants reduced because of the coronavirus. It was first Sony that fell from the Massachusetts event, and then it was companies like those mentioned that also decided to absent from the Game Developers Conference, the most important fair of the year from the point of view of developers.
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"After consulting with our partners in the video game industry and the community around the world, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March," says the official note from the organization. "Having spent the last year preparing for the event with our advertisers and spokespersons, we are really disappointed and sad to not be able to receive you all."
The organization also ensures that it will try to reorganize the event later this summer, and that they are "working with our partners on the details, and we will share more information about our plans in the coming weeks." With this, the money of the tickets will be reimbursed in a process that they recognize will take time, and some of the planned events will also be celebrated, but yes, online through Twitch or other streaming platforms.
