The Taipei Game Show‘s organisers decided to wait with the event – it is the best decision at the moment.

The original plan was to hold this year’s Taipei Game Show between February 6 and 9, and we would have heard more details about FromSoftware’s new game, Elden Ring, here. However, the organisers published a post.

„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. 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.

Taipei Game Show is one of the iconic annual networking events. With that in mind, W.H.O. has declared a 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 of such a major decision. […] Once again, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of your understanding and cooperation. We wish you safe and healthy. Thank you,” the post says.

In 2019, the Taipei Game Show had 320 thousand visitors, which might sound a lot on paper, but even Gamescom surpassed it (373 thousand). Sadly, the gaming industry is starting to be involved with the coronavirus – we previously wrote about how China’s League of Legends Pro League (the LPL) got suspended due to the virus outbreak, and already then, we feared the worst.

The joke is that Taiwan is not part of the WHO due to China (as the Chinese Communist Party considers Taiwan as a province of China, represented by Beijing…), yet, the organisers’ careful approach is commendable. Going by the number of visitors, they couldn’t have done much more.

Source: PCGamer