Epic Games Pulls Out of GDC 2020 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 March 2020 / 2,776 Views
Following the announcement Microsoft would no longer be attending the Game Developers Conference 2020 (GDC 2020), Epic Games has now announced they will also be skipping the conference. This is due to the health concerns over the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).
"Here at Epic we were excited about participating in GDC 2020," reads a tweet from Epic Games. "Regrettably, uncertainty around health concerns has made it unviable to send our employees, and so we have made the difficult decision to withdraw attendance. Stay tuned for Epic news and more through other channels."
Here at Epic we were excited about participating in GDC 2020. Regrettably, uncertainty around health concerns has made it unviable to send our employees, and so we have made the difficult decision to withdraw attendance.
Stay tuned for Epic news and more through other channels.
— Unreal Engine (@UnrealEngine) February 27, 2020
Other confirmed companies to skip GDC 2020 includes Sony, Facebook, Kojima Productions, Electronic Arts, Unity, and PUBG Corporation.
GDC 2020 is schedule to take place from March 16 to 20 in San Francisco.
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Epic Games not attending will probably be the nail in the coffin for GDC 2020. GDC is developer focused, and there is no bigger game engine used by developers than Unreal Engine, so I'm sure Epic's presence at GDC was going to be huge. I'm guessing by this time next week, we will be hearing about GDC 2020 being cancelled altogether.
And nothing of value was lost.
As much i hate Iran. Iran dont have that capability. China maybe the one who can pull off. But both are conspiracy theory
Definitely not biowarefare. The way this has played out, if it was biowarefare by a sovereign state, it was botched spectacularly. It started in China. China isn't going to do that to its own people. Iran wouldn't do it to China. And there are no terrorists groups sophisticated enough to do this either. The official story of it spreading from animals to humans makes the most sense. It's how every new coronavirus has spread in the past, and the conditions where it happened were perfect for it.
Before you start worrying about Iran using this as a weapon, you should probably find a more reliable source of information than "somewhere".
