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It is not often that an act of goodwill from a corporation truly feels genuine and selfless, however such seemed to be the case last year when Sony gave away major PS4 games entirely for free as part of their ‘Play At Home’ campaign – which Sony has now revealed …

Throughout 2020 we saw many events affected by COVID-19 and the risk of potential spreading of the virus. As a consequence, some events opted to shift online, with others pushing the events back instead, and some simply cancelling outright – insteading focusing their efforts on the following year’s iteration. The …

Half-Life: Alyx has been out since March 2020 and you may have been wondering, what have the folks at Valve been up to since then? Well in the case of Gabe Newell, he's been a ‘COVID refugee' in New Zealand for the last few months and as a thank you …

Though events taking place earlier in the year such as E3 and GDC had been cancelled or postponed due to fears surrounding COVID-19, it was unknown whether the latter half of the year would see a similar response, or whether companies were confident that the pandemic would be over by …

Intel is increasing its donation efforts to combat COVID-19 once again. Previously, the company donated $1 million to Red Cross and set up a $6 million relief fund to help support other organisations helping communities impacted by the virus. This week, Intel is also committing $50 million to the Pandemic …

It seems as though the world currently can’t go a day without more news related to COVID-19. The effects of the virus have been global and have affected nearly every single industry. Though a number of games have already been delayed by studios due to COVID-19, it looks like many …

With the world currently going through a global pandemic, many companies are opting to either delay or entirely cancel plans which may have been in place for years. From events such as E3 2020 being cancelled, to release dates being altered, and conferences being hosted online instead of in person, …

Due to the self-isolation which has been imposed on many households throughout the world, internet service providers are seeing a much higher usage of its services simultaneously, leading to a great deal of strain on their bandwidth. Many companies including Netflix, YouTube and PlayStation have opted to slow down their …

With the spread of the pandemic that has been sweeping the world, many companies have decided to help in a number of ways. CD Projekt S.A. the parent company of CD Projekt Red have announced that they are pledging to donate 4 million Polish Złoty (roughly £800,000) to help with …

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many businesses are having to re-evaluate their plans for the year. This includes game studios with planned release dates this year. Sony has recently spoken out on the potential for impact to its own business, closely monitoring the risk for delays in game production. “In …

After weeks of wondering whether it would go ahead as scheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Computex has finally made an official decision about its big event that was due to take place in Taipei this summer. Computex has made the decision today to reschedule its 2020 event that was …

As companies continue to monitor the coronavirus situation, big annual events are being cancelled, postponed or shifting to livestreaaming in response. Google previously announced plans to not host a ‘physical' Google I/O conference this year, presumably replacing it with a streamed conference instead. That changed this week, however, as I/O …

The coronavirus outbreak has disrupted the daily lives of pretty much everyone, with a lot of people now self-isolating and spending more time inside at home. As a result, online services have seen big spikes in users, causing additional strain on ISPs. As a result, the EU is calling on …

Just a few weeks ago, TAITRA announced plans to continue ahead with Computex 2020 with safety and hygiene measures in place to protect against the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Since then, the situation has been evolving and many more events are being cancelled. Computex 2020 is now in question …

In an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus, a lot of businesses all over the world are shifting to remote working, sending employees away to work from their homes. This includes game developers, which opens up the question of unforeseen delays for upcoming games. In the case of CD …

Just one week ago, Gamescom announced the first set of exhibitors for this year's events but with the coronavirus situation constantly evolving, a lot has also changed in the last week. E3 has officially been cancelled and other events have also been axed. For now though, Gamescom 2020 is still …

WWDC is Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference which is held every year in June. It is one of the company’s biggest events each year (perhaps second only to their September Keynote), and is used to announce new hardware alongside the new versions of iOS, iPadOS, and MacOS – among other surprises. …

Due to disruption across the world caused by the recent COVID-19 virus outbreak, MSI has decided to offer an extension to its warranty across a wide range of its products to ensure customers don’t have to worry about anything other than their health and safety during this difficult period. In …

We heard the rumours yesterday, but it's now official as E3 2020 has been cancelled...

Multiple sources have suggested that E3 2020 is more than likely to be cancelled...

A couple of weeks ago, Apple admitted that it was no longer expecting to meet its Q2 revenue targets for the year due to the Coronavirus impacting the supply chain. Now, Foxconn's latest revenue report has indicated how big the impact can be, with the supplier experiencing its biggest year-on-year …

A few days ago, following the cancellation of GDC, the ESA reaffirmed that E3 2020 was still set to go ahead as planned. Since then though, the City of Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, putting the event in question once again.  Currently, the …

As companies continue to monitor the coronavirus situation, big annual events are cancelling, postponing or otherwise changing up in response. So far, MWC, GDC Facebook F8 and Nvidia's GTC have all been impacted and now, Google is also making the decision to scrap I/O 2020, its largest event of the …

So far, we've had a number of high-profile event cancellations in early 2020 due to growing concerns around the coronavirus. As a result, other events planned for the year are reconsidering their dates and some are even shifting to to online-only, live-streamed formats. The latter will be the case for …

Over the weekend, GDC was postponed at what felt like the very last minute, joining a growing list of cancelled events in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. This has led to questions over other events scheduled throughout the year, including E3. For now at least, the ESA says that …

So far this year we've seen Mobile World Congress cancelled, the Game Developers Conference postponed to an unknown date and now, Facebook is also cancelling its annual F8 conference as fears around the Coronavirus continue to mount. Initially, Facebook's conference was scheduled to take place on May 5th and May …

Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen a lot of major companies pull out of the Game Developers Conference in early March. Despite the growing list of drop-outs, a few days ago the organisers behind GDC still planned to go ahead with the event. That changed last night, …

Ever since the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Plague Inc. has become one of the most popular games in China on the iOS App Store. At the time, the studio behind the game issued a statement about the virus outbreak and reminded players that the game is not intended to be used …

The tech world has been thrown into a whirlwind of uncertainty to start off the year, as the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has seen production schedules slide and major companies dropping out of big events. Since MWC was eventually cancelled, there have been questions around both GDC and …

Last week we reported that PlayStation and Facebook were no longer involved in GDC 2020 due to concerns over Coronavirus. Though GDC itself is still set to run as usual, another studio has now announced its withdrawal from the conference. Kojima Productions has followed in the footsteps of Facebook and …