INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
GDC top sponsors continue to pull out of attending the San Francisco gaming conference
Today, Amazon announced it would no longer be sending employees to the event.
In an update, the team shared that they would instead be
hosting a &global online event& to share news that they had been planning to detail at the conference.
Amazon Game Tech is a &diamond
partner& at the Game Developers Conference this year, a designation that signifies sponsors &who play an integral role in the success of
GDC,& the conference says on its website
At this point, the only diamond partners who have not officially withdrawn are Intel, Nvidia and Google.
Facebook, Sony, Microsoft, Unity
and Epic Games have all pulled out of the conference over concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak
Now, Amazon joins them.
TechCrunch has reached out to the other remaining sponsors at the event.
As pointed out by @beccahallstedt, the
red companies have officially pulled out.
Wouldn't be surprised if Google, Amazon, Intel, and Nvidia also pull out
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mdash; Xavier
GDC (@XCK3D) February 27, 2020
