After intimate discussions with partners and the game development community and the community, the Game Developer's Annual Conference – scheduled for March – is now postponed.
A statement on the GDC website said the plan will hold an annual event next summer and outline how organizers will be partnering with partners to finalize details and share more information in the coming weeks.
Having spent the past year preparing for the show with our advisory boards, speakers, exhibitors, and event partners, we are genuinely frustrated and disappointed not to be able to handle it at this time.
Although no reason was given for this, Frequently Asked Questions it suddenly reveals how the delay is related to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak (COVID19 or 2019-nCoV). There is also a the whole page dedicated to regular virus updates.
As explained by IGN, GDC will allow any speakers scheduled to give presentations on the show the opportunity to make them available online via GDC YouTube Channel and the "free part" of GDC Vault.
GDC will also launch an online broadcast of Independent Games festival and Game Developers Choice Award in the first week of the event. The news continues for many companies withdrawing from the event, including Microsoft, Sony (PlayStation), EA, and Epic Games. Nintendo is expected to attend.
