The unmissable annual event for professionals in the video game industry continues to register withdrawals. The Game Developers Conference, which will not host Sony, Facebook, EA, or Kojima Productions this year, is witnessing the cancellation of three major entities, Microsoft, Epic and Unity.
The health precautions required during this coronavirus period generate the withdrawal of yet another video game players registered for GDC 2020. New absences which the event organizers, still maintained to this day, will have to face this year. The three entities in turn published a press release on the Internet to justify their decision.
Unfortunately, this year, after careful consideration, we made the difficult decision to withdraw from GDC 2020. Although we did not take this decision lightly, the current conditions of COVID-19 are too risky. We take the well-being of our employees very seriously. We do not want an employee, partner, community member or promoter of Unity to unnecessarily compromise their health and safety.
We advise all employees not to go to the GDC. We will no longer have a physical presence with a kiosk, but rather we will present the excellent content for the GDC we were working on online. Expect more details in the coming weeks. – John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity Technologies.
Here at Epic, we were thrilled to be participating in GDC 2020. Unfortunately, the uncertainty surrounding health issues made it impossible for our employees to move, so we made the difficult decision to cancel our presence.
Stay tuned for epic news and more through other channels. – Epic Games.
The team Microsoft, she prefers to highlight her work online, through their website. It plans to broadcast a live from March 16 to 18 to discuss, among other things, “latest game and cloud development technologies“.
After careful consideration of the guidelines from global health authorities and out of caution, we made the difficult decision to withdraw from the Game Developers Conference 2020 in San Francisco. The health and safety of players, developers, employees and our partners around the world is our top priority. The more so that the world knows increasing risks for public health associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Given this, we plan to move our presence to an exclusively digital event from March 16 to 18 held on Microsoft.com. This event will feature the majority of our planned game developer sessions and experiences, which will be streamed live and available upon request.
The Game Developers Conference is scheduled to take place March 16-20 in San Francisco.
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