{"id":111693,"date":"2020-04-17T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/gamescom_2020_officially_cancelled_digital_event_now_in_the_works"},"modified":"2020-04-17T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T08:30:00","slug":"gamescom-2020-officially-cancelled-digital-event-now-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/17\/gamescom-2020-officially-cancelled-digital-event-now-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamescom 2020 Officially Cancelled, Digital Event Now In The Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d6ce237498398\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d6ce237498398\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Gamescom\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d6ce237498398\/gamescom.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d6ce237498398\/gamescom.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Gamescom\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of other major gaming events like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/03\/e3_2020_is_officially_cancelled\">E3 2020<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/gdc_2020_postponed_due_to_the_coronavirus_outbreak\">GDC<\/a>, gamescom 2020 has now been officially cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued online, event organisers say that the event will &#8220;under no circumstances take place on site&#8221; this year as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic remains a serious threat. Instead, a digital gamescom is currently in the works which hopes to celebrate the biggest games of the year in a new way. Here&#8217;s the full statement:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>More details on this new digital event are expected in the coming weeks. We&#8217;ll make sure to keep an eye out for more news as and when it arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Are you sad to see the physical gamescom event go? Would you usually attend, or are you more than happy to watch from home? Share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following in the footsteps of other major gaming events like E3 2020 and GDC, gamescom 2020 has now been officially cancelled. In a statement issued online, event organisers say that the event will &#8220;under no circumstances take place on site&#8221; this year as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic remains a serious threat. Instead, a digital gamescom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}