Semalam kami telah melaporkan bahawa Kojima Productions tidak akan menyertai acara Games Developer Conference (GDC) pada tahun ini kerana kerisauan mengenai wabak koronavirus COVID-19.

Terkini, tiba giliran Electronic Arts pula untuk mengumumkan bahawa mereka tidak akan menyertai acara tersebut tahun ini kerana kerisauan yang sama.

Electronic Arts turut mengeluarkan kenyataan mengenai penarikan daripada acara tersebut:

“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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