US game makers conference postponed amid virus fears


A game demonstrator using a disinfectant wipe to clean a game console at the Nintendo Switch exhibit on Feb 27, 2020 at the Pax East conference, in Boston. The annual Game Developers Conference was due to start March 16 in a downtown convention centre but will be held later this year instead, the organisers said. — AP

SAN FRANCISCO: A game developers conference in San Francisco was postponed Friday, after Facebook and Microsoft withdrew from the event due to concerns about the spread of novel coronavirus.

The annual gathering was due to start March 16 in a downtown convention centre but will be held later this year instead, the organisers of the Game Developers Conference said.

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