With the global Coronavirus epidemic, we've already seen major tech and gaming events shut down or delayed, but now the first major repercussion for the entertainment industry has occurred as the latest James Bond film is being pushed back 7 months mere weeks from its planned release date.

Harking back to 2008, a video game by the name of Foldit has updated its puzzle mechanics and started a new crowdsourced initiative where your efforts help researchers learn more about COVID-19.

The Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering of game developers who cover the everything there is about making a video game in the modern age, won’t see team blue on the showfloor. Sony has been especially cautious in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, cancelling an appearance at PAX East (Where new The Last of Us Part II gameplay was scheduled to be shown) and now confirming via Games Industry that they’ll be skipping GDC as well lest PlayStation system architect Mark Cerny’s amazingly soothing voice be at risk before he has a chance to show off the PS5.

This year’s E3 is going to be a shadow of its former self, but another great big expo is going away completely in 2020. The writing was on the wall for Mobile World Congress 2020, but now the host organisation, GSMA has made it official. Originally scheduled to run from 24-28 February, MWC 2020 has been cancelled. “The GSMA has …

Industry analysts suspect the outbreak of the corona virus to have bumped Steam’s active user numbers through the roof.

Of course people are buying it and unleashing their own Coronavirus pandemic, while also using the results for their studies of how a virus could spread beyond borders. Ndemic Creations may be chuffed with the sales, but they’re also warning people that it shouldn’t be taken as the gospel for learning about unstoppable diseases.