EA Is Dropping Out Of GDC 2020 Due To The Coronavirus

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) will run in San Francisco from March 16 through to March 20, but some major game publishers are dropping out. EA has become the latest company to pull out from the conference, following PlayStation and Kojima Productions.

EA has sent through a statement to GameSpot, confirming that they will not be officially participating in GDC, and are restricting non-essential travel due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Their statement follows.

"Having closely followed the global situation with Coronavirus and with the recent escalation of cases in new regions, we have decided to take additional steps to protect the wellbeing of our employees including the restriction of all non-essential travel. As a result we are also cancelling our official participation at GDC and limiting attendance to other events. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will adjust guidelines to our employees as we feel is appropriate."

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