{"id":3716,"date":"2020-03-31T18:40:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T18:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/quakecon-2020-is-officially-cancelled"},"modified":"2024-07-22T21:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:22:49","slug":"quakecon-2020-is-officially-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/quakecon-2020-is-officially-cancelled","title":{"rendered":"QuakeCon 2020 is officially cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year was supposed to be very special for the fans of QuakeCon. Annual gaming convention created around&nbsp;iconic idSoftware&nbsp;games this year celebrates its&nbsp;25th anniversary.&nbsp;But, unfortunately, there will be no QuakeCon this year.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was officially unveiled today, via official QuakeCon Twitter statement.&nbsp;There, they say that the ongoing COVID-19&nbsp;outbreak brings a lot of logistical challenges and uncertainties. And ultimately, that after a lot of discussions, that decided to cancel the event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"doom_eternal.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/_Q3KVCA2433IrVQlBriVOd2OKSww6AwUHVpHvZRPPFQ\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL05pa29sYV9TYXZpJUM0JTg3L2Rvb21fZXRlcm5hbC5qcGc\" style=\"width: 1024px; height: 576px;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>QuakeCon 2020 was planned to be held in August, as is tradition, which seems quite far away from the current crisis, but as is stated in the announcement, it&#8217;s hard to plan things in the current state the world is in, and the health of all involved is a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame that another big event got cancelled, QuakeCon was always a place to discover new great stuff from Bethesda Studios.&nbsp;But, at this point, we can expect all the major events this year to be either cancelled or postponed.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full statement below:<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuakeCon\/status\/1245018086375403520\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An update on QuakeCon 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1FYUauI7PY\">pic.twitter.com\/1FYUauI7PY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&#128;&#148; QuakeCon (@QuakeCon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuakeCon\/status\/1245018086375403520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 931px; top: 751px;\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year was supposed to be very special for the fans of QuakeCon. 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