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Electronic Arts also withdraws from GDC due to coronavirus – News

A key annual event for professionals in the video game industry, the Game Developers Conference will be held without Sony, Facebook (Oculus) or Kojima Productions this year, but also without Electronic Arts. The American publisher in turn cancels its presence.

Electronic Arts evokes the same security reasons related to the coronavirus, in a context where more than 78,000 people have been infected in around thirty countries and territories.

After closely monitoring the global coronavirus situation and the recent increase in cases in new regions, we have decided to take additional measures to protect the well-being of our employees, including the restriction of all non-essential travel . As a result, we are canceling our official participation in the GDC and plan to limit our participation to other events. We continue to monitor the situation and adapt the guidelines we deem appropriate for our employees. Electronic Arts in a press release relayed by PC Gamer.

Organized in San Francisco, the GDC appears as a decisive meeting place for industry professionals, all the more at the dawn of the next generation of consoles. The event must take place from March 16 to 20.

Through Clementoss, Editing jeuxvideo.com

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