The organizers of the largest international professional event for game developers have announced that Game Developers Conference 2023 will not be held in March 2023. In connection with the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 across the planet, large companies one after another refused to participate in the event, so its implementation at this stage has lost its meaning.
“After close consultations with our industry partners, we decided not to host the Game Developers Conference 2023 in March this year,” the organizers said. The decision is called “difficult.”
The GDC 2023 team noted that the whole year worked with developers and publishers on the program of the event, so its cancellation at the last moment causes only sadness and disappointment. However, the situation with coronavirus was unpredictable.
“We want to thank all our customers and partners for their support, open discussions and assistance.”
GDC 2023 organizers now hope to host a new GDC event in summer. When exactly – not yet decided. Ahead are the discussion of the details with the participants. In the “coming weeks” promise to share information on future plans.
GDC 2023 was supposed to be held March 16-20 in San Francisco.
Last night, WHO raised the risk of large-scale spread of coronavirus globally to “very high.”
In recent days, the number of infected outside of China is growing rapidly. Over the past day alone, more than 1,000 new cases were recorded. In Europe, the most difficult situation is now observed in Italy – there are already more than 600 infected. Cities are quarantined, all kinds of events are canceled.
The Japanese government decided to close all schools. IOC admits cancellation of the 2023 Olympics.
Amid news of the active spread of the virus around the world, stock markets crashed. According to experts, COVID-19 has so far deprived the world economy of $ 5 trillion. The ruble is falling.
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