Another firm, this time Activision Blizzard, has introduced it won’t attend GDC 2020 over coronavirus fears.
Activision Blizzard introduced at this time on Twitter it too would skip the annual occasion so as to guarantee the security of its staff.
Blizzard will now not attend this 12 months’s @Official_GDC attributable to rising issues associated to COVID-19. The well being and well-being of our groups is our highest precedence.
— Blizzard Entertainment (@Blizzard_Ent) February 28, 2020
The well being and well-being of our groups is our highest precedence, and attributable to rising issues associated to COVID-19, Activision is asking staff to not attend this 12 months’s Game Developers Conference as we proceed to watch the state of affairs. half
— Activision (@Activision) February 28, 2020
This was not a simple resolution to make, because the convention is and has at all times been an necessary occasion for our builders. We look ahead to collaborating sooner or later. 2/2
— Activision (@Activision) February 28, 2020
Other corporations which can be skipping the convention this 12 months embrace Unity, Amazon, Sony, Epic Games, and Microsoft, Epic Games, and others.
