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The Gaming Industry During COVID-19<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n W<\/span>ith the unexpected rise of COVID-19 and lack of time to prepare for it,\u00a0<\/span>many events around the world<\/span>\u00a0have\u00a0<\/span>either\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span>postponed or\u00a0<\/span>canceled,\u00a0<\/span>including<\/span>\u00a0a majority<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>gaming<\/span>\u00a0events<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>These gaming events usually consist of\u00a0<\/span>new game announcements, tournaments, LAN parties, and\u00a0<\/span>a place where people from around the world can\u00a0<\/span>gather<\/span>\u00a0to show their love for gaming.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n While\u00a0<\/span>the timetable for the return of physical gaming events is unknown,\u00a0<\/span>many companies in the gaming industry have decided to\u00a0<\/span>convert and create digital events to replace the canceled ones.\u00a0<\/span>We\u2019ve already seen this happen in the past\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span>month<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span>the Guerilla Collective<\/span>, Nordic Game Conference<\/span>, and a few others that\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Ju<\/span><\/b>ly<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Events<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n GameSpot’s<\/span>\u00a0Play\u00a0<\/span>For<\/span>\u00a0All\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>Summer<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n T<\/span>hroughout the summer<\/span>, GameStop is partnering with\u00a0<\/span>Direct Relief<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(a humanitarian aid organization whose mission is to improve the health and lives of the world’s most vulnerable and at-risk populations, many of which are affected by poverty and emergencies.)\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0celebrat<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0video games<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0rais<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0funds for healthcare workers battling the global pandemic.<\/span>\u00a0This event will\u00a0<\/span>feature\u00a0<\/span>let’s<\/span>\u00a0plays, gameplay marathons, gaming challenges, and interviews with special guests<\/span>\u00a0across the games industry.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/introducing-play-for-all-gamespots-summer-gaming-c\/1100-6476548\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Nacon<\/span>\u00a0Connect – (July 7)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Publisher,\u00a0<\/span>Nacon<\/span>, is hosting a stream to show off a wide range of announcements, gameplay videos, and surprises featuring its suite of studios. Some games you can expect to see are Werewolf<\/span>\u00a0and WRC 9!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6CGQMMnnUwwjeK0ujkeF6Q<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Tennocon<\/span>\u00a02020 – (July 11)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n If you\u2019re a fan of the popular MMO,\u00a0Warframe, you\u2019ll want to tune into this conference for an update from Digital Extremes on the future of its popular game.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/warframe\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Ubisoft Forward<\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>July 12<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Expect this digital presentation to be extremely\u00a0similar to\u00a0previous E3 press conferences that Ubisoft has traditionally done. Look for updates and announcements surrounding all the upcoming Ubisoft titles.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n https:\/\/www.ea.com\/ea-play-live<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n D<\/span>ay of the\u00a0Devs<\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>J<\/span>uly<\/span>\u00a020<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n Double Fine Productions, iam8bit, and The Game Awards creator<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Geoff\u00a0<\/span>Keighley<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>hold<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0two separate developer showcase events. Both events will be livestreamed and feature gameplay, news, and musical performances.\u00a0<\/span>The list of<\/span>\u00a0confirmed\u00a0<\/span>developers and publishers\u00a0<\/span>to appear\u00a0<\/span>so far\u00a0<\/span>include<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Akupara<\/span>\u00a0Games, Annapurna Interactive, The Behemoth,\u00a0<\/span>Finji<\/span>, Kowloon Nights, Longhand Electric, MWM Interactive, Panic, Sabotage Studio,\u00a0<\/span>Skybound<\/span>\u00a0Games, Team17,\u00a0<\/span>thatgamecompany<\/span>, Tribute Games, and\u00a0<\/span>ustwo<\/span>\u00a0games.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n http:\/\/dayofthedevs.com\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Gaming Industry During COVID-19 With the unexpected rise of COVID-19 and lack of time to prepare for it,\u00a0many events around the world\u00a0have\u00a0either\u00a0been\u00a0postponed or\u00a0canceled,\u00a0including\u00a0a majority\u00a0gaming\u00a0events.\u00a0These gaming events usually consist of\u00a0new game announcements, tournaments, LAN parties, and\u00a0a place where people from around the world can\u00a0gather\u00a0to show their love for gaming.\u00a0 While\u00a0the timetable for the… Read more »<\/a>","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5CjJ3-Cd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions\/2372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}