The corona virus also has noticeable ramifications in the video game industry. CCP Games has now also reacted and is now blowing off a huge fan event all about the space success title EVE Online.
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EVE Online has successfully established itself on the market for many years, also because the game can count on an extremely loyal and committed community. These are regularly invited to a big fan festival by developer CCP Games, but this year the event will be canceled without further ado.
The EVE Fanfest was actually scheduled for April 2-4, 2020; The host city would have been the Icelandic capital Reykjavik. But in a statement published today, CCP Games now confirms the cancellation of the event.
The reason for this is – you can imagine – the coronavirus, which is spreading more and more. Finally, there was also a first case in Iceland that a patient was infected.
"Given the recent and ongoing global developments surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 corona virus, we made the difficult decision to cancel the Fanfest event in Reykjavik, Iceland this year," the official statement begins. "We feel absolutely forced to make the most responsible decision and prioritize the safety and well-being of our participants."
In light of the recent and ongoing global developments surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel EVE Fanfest 2020. #tweetfleet #eveonline # fanfest2020
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– EVE Online (@EveOnline) February 28, 2020
And further: "We are aware that the situation in a month from now can be very different, but the way in which events develop both globally and in the neighboring countries of Iceland and a deep and serious examination of the Situation has made it clear to us that this is a necessary step that we have to take. "
Recently, due to the spread of the coronavirus, several companies had canceled their participation in the current PAX East in Boston; the Game Developers Conference, which is scheduled to take place in San Francisco in mid-March, is also on the brink due to numerous relevant cancellations.
EVE Online players can now expect the latest expansion called "Onslaught".
