Koronavirus on ehtinyt aiheuttaa maailmalla useiden pelitapahtumien perumisen, ja joissakin tapauksissa julkaisijat ja pelinkehittäjät ovat peruneet tulonsa tapahtumaan koronaviruksen aiheuttaman huolen vuoksi.
San Franciscossa 16. maaliskuuta alkavasta Game Developers Conferencesta (GDC 2020) on jäänyt pois useita isoja osanottajia, ja nyt on selvinnyt, että tapahtumaa on lykätty. Järjestäjät pyrkivät pitämään tapahtuman myöhemmin kesällä.
"After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we've made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March.
Having spent the past year preparing for the show with our advisory boards, speakers, exhibitors, and event partners, we're genuinely upset and disappointed not to be able to host you at this time.
We want to thank all our customers and partners for their support, open discussions and encouragement. As everyone has been reminding us, great things happen when the community comes together and connects at GDC. For this reason, we fully intend to host a GDC event later in the summer. We will be working with our partners to finalize the details and will share more information about our plans in the coming weeks. The plan for right now is to hold the event this summer, although no official date has yet been revealed".