With COVID-19 spreading around the world and multiple conferences cancelled, we've had a forum thread tracking news, rumors, and hypotheses on the state of GDC 2020. While the thread will continue, I'm creating this news story to help consolidate information as this story develops.
Latest update: February 28, 2020 @ 4:24PM PT
GDC is postponed/cancelled: https://www.gamedev.net/news/gdc-2020-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-r1221/
Previous updates
Game Developers Conference organizers are still moving ahead with the conference. Multiple large exhibitors have announced they will not attend. GDC organizers have a page for updates located at https://gdconf.com/novel-coronavirus-update.
Rumor Feb 28 @ 12:26PM PT:
Companies who have announced they will not be at GDC:
- Gearbox
- Audiokinetic
- PUBG Corp
- SpeedTree
- Iron Galaxy Studios
- Wooga
- Blizzard
- Amazon Game Tech
- Epic
- Unity
- Electronic Arts
- Microsoft
- Kojima Productions
- Kowloon Nights
- Sony
- Facebook Gaming/Oculus
This of course doesn't include companies who have not made public announcements (e.g. not exhibitors). Send me a PM if you hear anything, post in the forum thread on this topic, or leave a comment below.
