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This morning, the organisers made the decision to postpone the event, with no cement date for its return.

"We are deeply sorry to announce the different decision from our committee," a spokesperson said. "2020 Taipei Game Show was originally scheduled to take place on Feb 6 – Feb 9. However, due to the serious outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus, we have decided to postpone the event to this summer.
"Taipei Game Show is one of the iconic annual networking events. With that in mind, W.H.O. has declared global emergency as Wuhan coronavirus spreads. Considering mass gatherings like Taipei Game Show increase the chance of cluster infections, the organizing committee has decided to steer away from such unthinkable risks. We sincerely ask for exhibitors' understanding on such a major decision. The detail of the execution on the postponement will be carefully discussed, and will be announced in the upcoming days.

"The location remains unchanged at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. The specific time and date will be announced in the upcoming days by the organizing committee.As for the team who are still deciding the withdrawal from the events. We will announce the refund or regulations to all the participants."
 

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Understandable. The one in 2019 apparently attracted over 300'000 people. It would be reckless to take this risk.
 

Gure

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Wasn't the new From Software game supposed to be there in form of a gampley video?
 

RestEerie

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hope the virus outbreak will be gone by june when the hot weather hits.

Gamescom will be extending to singapore in October this year.
 

RetroDLC

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Sure, do what needs to be done so people are kept safe from the virus spreading...
...but what about the Elden Ring reveal? Give it to a PlayStation direct?
 

Gwenori

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people there was gonna be no Elden Ring reveal there, it was confirmed to be the old E3 trailer again.
 

cvxfreak

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This is pretty unfortunate. I was supposed to go for the first time this year, so I'm really bummed out.

It seemed as if a ton of people from the Japanese game industry were going to attend, making it sort of a faux-Tokyo Game Show (but in a good way).
 

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Unfortunately this is something we may hear often in the next weeks. They also cancelled multiple ATP (tennis) qualifiers, and they're still monitoring whether the Formula 1 race in April can go forward or not. Sucks for those who organized for such events and spent important sums to get there, but people's health is obviously the most important aspect here.
 

KoolAid

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It has now been cancelled altogether. Expect all the events that have been "rescheduled" to happen later this year to suffer the same fate. It's not wise to do any big conventions this year, no matter how far it might seem.