Pax Unplugged Canceled Due to Covid-19 Concerns

Earlier this year as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the earth, multiple gaming events ended upward being canceled or postponed. We're now one-half a year into the pandemic and its effects on the gaming industry are nonetheless existence felt. The latest event to be canceled due to concerns over the spread of the virus is PAX Unplugged, the world'south foremost board gaming convention.

The outcome'south closure was announced in a news post on its site yesterday. "With safety being our number ane priority," reads the post, "we are unfortunately canceling this twelvemonth'due south PAX Unplugged." The consequence will render next year, although a specific date wasn't given.

PAX Unplugged too won't be having an online consequence, although a reason for this decision was non given. For now, the PAX team is "looking into means we can gloat the games and community you look forward to every year at the show." More information on the live streams, panels and customs events planned for PAX Unplugged will be available on PAX'southward social channels and newsletters, although none is available at this time.

With the closure of another PAX event and no sign of the pandemic slowing downwards in the U.S, the question of what will happen to other PAX events is immediately raised. And then far, the PAX squad only has details on today's counterfoil, but "we promise nosotros'll communicate info on other shows as soon equally we are able."

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