/ The state of GDC (as of 3:) (pm (Eastern) on February 428. Most of the major sponsors have withdrawn.
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posted an update saying , “We are closely monitoring the COVID (coronavirus) situation and want to assure everyone that your health and safety are a top priority. If our assessment of the situation changes, based on new and evolving developments or updated information, we will promptly update this statement regarding the status of GDC 2020 accordingly. ”
Sony and Facebook both backed out on February the first of the dominoes to fall. Since then, other cancellations have followed rapidly. EA and Kojima Productions both backed out on February , then (Unity) , (Microsoft) , Epic Games (and
Most of those companies are not only major presenters and presences at the conference, they’re also major sponsors. While the companies that have backed out representations only a small fraction of the total planned exhibitors, they occupy an outsize amount of space at the show — extremely literally. A map of the show floor, where the scheduled booth space of companies that have cancelled is blacked out, looks dire:
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