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One Of The Biggest Gaming Shows In The World Is Still Going Forward Despite COVID-19 Concerns

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The Game Developers Conference was postponed. E3 2020 was canceled. But Gamescom 2020 is still planning to go forward on schedule in August despite ongoing concerns around COVID-19 (coronavirus), organizers have confirmed.The annual gaming show is held in Cologne, Germany every August. Just recently, the city of Cologne announced it was banning all major events with more than 1,000 participants, which would include Gamescom. This ban is scheduled to be lifted on April 10, so Gamescom is theoretically able to go forward.The situation surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, which is now

WWE Wrestlemania 36 Moved To Performance Center, No Longer In Tampa

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 7:15 PM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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It's official. For the first time since 1984, WWE’s biggest annual show will broadcast live without an audience. WWE had confirmed that Wrestlemania 36 will not take place in Tampa, Florida, as originally scheduled. Instead, WWE is moving the show to its Performance Center, as it has done with both Smackdown and Raw. This is all in response to the growing COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, which has led to multiple conference, convention, and event cancellations.In a statement to GameSpot about the situation, WWE said, "In coordination with local partners and government

Xbox Series X Still On Track To Launch This Holiday, Despite COVID-19, But Questions Remain

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 6:01 PM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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The outbreak of COVID-19, which has been declared a global pandemic, is impacting and interrupting a number of businesses and industries. This includes gaming, as development teams move to a work-from-home structure and global tournaments decide to postpone or cancel. 2020 is a massive year for gaming because both Microsoft and Sony are launching next-generation consoles this holiday.Since these consoles are assembled in China, which is where COVID-19 originated and has seen thousands of cases, many are wondering if these new consoles will be able to launch on schedule. For

Matrix 4 Is The Latest Movie To Stop Production During Coronavirus Pandemic

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Time Stamp: March 16, 2020 2:07 PM - Modified On: March 16, 2020 - Published By:
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The Matrix 4 is in production. Well, it was until Warner Bros. decided to pull the plug on it because of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that is currently underway.The film had wrapped up shooting in San Francisco and was picking back up in Berlin, according to Variety. However, because of President Trump's travel restrictions, WB executives felt that it was best to postpone shooting for the time being.The film was set to release on May 21, 2021--the same day as John Wick: Chapter 4. It is unknown at this time

WWE Raw Will Air Live With No Audience Due To Coronavirus

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Time Stamp: March 13, 2020 6:30 PM - Modified On: March 13, 2020 - Published By:
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As the situation surrounding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to evolve, WWE is moving forward with its weekly programming, but not in the previously scheduled locations.As with the March 13 episode of Smackdown, the company has announced that the March 16 episode of Raw will broadcast live from the WWE Performance Center. What's more, there will be no studio audience for the show. In a tweeted statement, the company explained, "This Monday night, Raw will air live as regularly scheduled and emanate from WWE’s training facility in Orlando, Florida with only

Double Freebie Alert: Twin-Stick Shooter ‘Atomine’ and Metroidvania Adventure ‘Forma.8 GO’ Both Go Free

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TouchArcade Rating:We don’t do a whole lot of Freebie Alerts around these parts anymore, because frankly most mobile games nowadays are already free, and many of the paid ones do freebie promotions so frequently that they’re hardly special. But today is different as two extremely excellent games that, as far as I can tell, have never been free before have suddenly dropped down to zero dollars, and with coronavirus fears keeping more and more people confined to the safety of their homes with each passing day, it’s pretty likely that