Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Tokyo Game Show 2020 has been cancelled, but may shift to an online-only event.
The Tokyo Game Show has become the latest casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic, the show’s organisers confirmed on Friday, with the event moving to an entirely digital format.
The 2020 event was scheduled to take place between September 24-27 at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside Tokyo, but like E3 and Gamescom, it will no longer be going ahead. This is the first time the show has been cancelled since it made its debut in 1996.
“Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus 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,” a statement from the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association reads.
