Covid strikes again

Imagine a slider of ‘surprising things’, with the sun coming up on one end and the delay of Halo Infinite on the other. Where would this news come in on that scale?

I’m going to say this is closer to the celestial body breaking the horizon in the morning. Seriously, is there anyone out there who actually thought NYCC was going to happen? Can’t be.

I will say though, that they gave it a valiant effort, holding out on cancelling till almost the last minute. In the end however, the situation is just way too up in the air still. And so there was really no recourse for promoter Reed POP to take, other than canning the NYCC in 2020.

Of course, the show will (presumably) be back next October. So there will be a New York Con to look forward to. And in the meantime, there will be an online event to take part in. I’m sure that’ll be very exciting.

According to Pop Insider, there will be an online presence via YouTube. The show will be streaming throughout the original show dates, October 8th through the 11th. It’s there that you’ll find panels from a bunch of major entertainment houses. You’ll be able to interact with them as well, and fire off a few questions, etc. It’s YouTube, you know how it works.

The Insider adds that Reed POP is planning an online marketplace too. That’ll reportedly be like a virtual Show Floor and virtual Artist’s Alley all virtually rolled into one. I’m sure it’ll be great.

See you in ’21.

Source: Pop Insider

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The show must go on

So we just told you about a potential boost for Halloween Comicsfest 2020. That’s because Free Comic Book Day 2020 was “postponed” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s a postponement that’s rapidly looking more like a cancellation however, and so the only other free comics event on the calendar would then be October’s Halloween Comicsfest.

That being the case, it’d be easy to see how it’d get a little more attention. Well, if it actually happens that is. And as of about five minutes ago, that’s seeming a little less likely. That’s because one of the bigger video game industry conventions of the year, the Tokyo Games Show has officially been cancelled… in physical form.

The convention will be doing something that E3 failed to accomplish, in that it’ll be going digital. So while there will be no real-world TGS to attend this year, there will indeed be online presentations and announcements.

Announcements as to exactly what that will entail will presumably be coming up, since there kind of are none right now. But the effective cancellation of the event itself is news enough, and in more ways that one.

With TGS taking place at the tail end of September, could this cancellation mean that fall fan-shows like the NYCC and PAX West might see outright cancellation? Lots to consider with all that’s going on.

So if you were planning on attending anything in the fall, stay tuned.

Source: MCV

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