Kojima Productions cancels GDC 2020 presence due to coronavirus concerns

Another company drops out of the show.

Following Sony Interactive Entertainment and Facebook, Kojima Productions has also cancelled its presence at Game Developers Conference 2020 due to concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

“Kojima Productions has made the difficult decision to cancel our participation at the 2020 Game Developers Conference due to increasing concerns related to novel coronavirus,” the studio said in an official news post. “Although much-anticipated, unfortunately this cancellation also includes Hideo Kojima’s session on the 19th and Eric Johnson’s session on the 16th.”

GDC 2020 will run from March 16 to 20 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.