In news that shouldn’t surprise anyone but is still bloody depressing, Comic Con Africa 2020 has been called off. The premiere pop culture expo of the South African calendar isn’t totally down and out though!

Deciding not to risk having several hundred thousand people create a petri dish of viral chaos, the Tokyo Game Show (Which boasted over 260 000 attendees last year), is skipping a physical presence in 2020 and will instead host an online event.

The gameplay itself looks to have been another reboot of the series, following the disappointment that was The Forgotten Sands.

These days, it’s not a matter of if but when the Coronavirus will continue to be the biggest downer on the planet. Aside from the horrific death toll, infection rate and the realisation that the apocalypse is bafflingly stupid, the pandemic has forced many a convention to close its doors for 2020 lest a gathering of fandom result in the unthinkable. You can add local darling FanCon 2020 to that list.

The biggest annual convention event on the geek calendar officially won't be happening this year thanks to the COVID-10 pandemic.

Gamescom’s organisers have confirmed that the video game extravaganza won’t be held in the numerous massive halls of the Koelnmesse this year. Here’s the official announcement, detailing how a digital Gamescom is in the works

Id Software’s annual shindig for fans of DOOM and Quake, gaming’s most underrated celebration of love, peace and rockets has been running every single year since 1996 when the first event kicked off at the Best Western Hotel in Texas many moons ago. With the world on lockdown, Id Software has had to face a hard truth and cancel the August event due to restrictions making it impossible to plan the weekend show.

It was inevitable! With many an event being postponed or flatout cancelled, it was only a matter of time before Comic Con Cape Town had to make a hard decision in the interest of public health and safety.