Sony will not attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month, citing concerns over the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus
Sony is skipping yet another major video game convention as the company revealed on Thursday that it will not attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month, citing concerns over the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. The announcement follows last month's news that Sony would be skipping Los Angeles' E3 convention in June for the as well as the upcoming PAX East event in Boston this month, also due to coronavirus concerns.
"We have made the difficult decision to cancel our participation in Game Developers Conference due to increasing concerns related to COVID-19 ," a spokesperson for Sony told. "We felt this was the best option as the situation related to the virus and global travel restrictions are changing daily. We are disappointed to cancel our participation, but the health and safety of our global workforce is our highest concern. We look forward to participating in GDC in the future.
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