{"id":53723,"date":"2020-05-08T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T07:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/?p=53723"},"modified":"2020-09-17T17:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T09:38:40","slug":"qoo-news-tokyo-game-show-2020-cancelled-due-covid-19-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/post\/53723\/qoo-news-tokyo-game-show-2020-cancelled-due-covid-19-concerns","title":{"rendered":"[Qoo News] Tokyo Game Show 2020 Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Computer Entertainment Supplier&#8217;s Association (CESA), the organizer of Tokyo Game Show, today (8th May) announces that this year&#8217;s event will be canceled due to the concerns of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-196944\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050806404691.jpg?resize=1200%2C630\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050806404691.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050806404691.jpg?resize=300%2C158 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050806404691.jpg?resize=768%2C403 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050806404691.jpg?resize=1024%2C538 1024w\" alt=\"TGS2020\u53d6\u6d88\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The convention is originally scheduled for 24th to 27th September 2020 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Tokyo. The organizers are considering holding the event online, but details are not yet confirmed.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>\u258d<\/strong><\/span>Official Announcement<\/h4>\n<p>Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on a global scale and the situation remains unpredictable in Japan as well, the organizer and the co-organizers have reached this decision after a long consideration to place the utmost priority on the health and safety of visitors, exhibitors, and stakeholders. More information will be announced as needed on the official website in late May.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-196946\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050807021124.jpg?resize=1800%2C553\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050807021124.jpg?w=1800 1800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050807021124.jpg?resize=300%2C92 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050807021124.jpg?resize=768%2C236 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/wp-corp.qoo-app.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20050807021124.jpg?resize=1024%2C315 1024w\" alt=\"TGS2020\u53d6\u6d88\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>This is the first time that TGS has ever been canceled since it started in 1996. Also, other international anime and game conventions, including E3 and PAX East, are also canceled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pre-register\"><a class=\"in-post-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/expo.nikkeibp.co.jp\/tgs\/2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Site<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(T_T)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4127,779,4126,9626],"tags":[8837,8980,2190,8836],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/20050807405192.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe8G4K-dYv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d27fq2mgp64qlg.cloudfront.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}