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    Spieleentwickler lassen GDC 2026 wegen ICE-Bedenken und Sicherheitsbedenken in den USA aus


    Spieleentwickler lassen GDC 2026 wegen ICE-Bedenken und Sicherheitsbedenken in den USA aus

    https://gamerant.com/gdc-2026-ice-concerns-us-safety-fears-dev-comments/

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    2. MotherFunker1734 on

      Coming up next: The FIFA world cup has been a failure because people didn’t want to visit the NAZI USA.

    3. GildedDreams25 on

      it’s absurd to me that the US didn’t realize that turning into nazi germany is going to make less people want to be here. it’s so simple i figured even the idiots currently in charge would figure that out

    4. Soggy-Software on

      Absolutely the right thing to do. Once a country starts executing its citizens it’s time to exclude them from civilised cultures

    5. Laughing_Zero on

      Countries should start appealing to all these types of groups/conferences and offering to host as a superior alternative to the US.

    7. Separate-Park8184 on

      Funny how ice was supposed to protect everyone but turn out to be the terrorists.

    8. MurongYuan on

      The US is gonna stop being the host of a lot of international events very soon. You guys can come to Canada.

    10. Challengeaccepted3 on

      Usually countries have two ways to measure power, soft power and hard power.

      Hard power is your military and (some would argue) your economic leverage. The US has a massive amount of hard power. Our military is extremely advanced and sophisticated, and we can crash any economy on earth aside from like, North Korea.

      Soft power is your ability to host events and your cultural power. When GDC 2026 decides not to operate in the US, it’s a sign that your soft power is rapidly deteriorating. Sure it’s a video game event now, but what about a huge sporting event like the Olympics? What about a huge industry conference?

    12. boblond on

      Please move it to Vancouver or Montreal next year, no one wants to visit the US right now.

    13. Ultimafatum on

      Move it to Canada. Montreal and Vancouver are huge hubs for the gaming industry, and cheaper than San Francisco anyway.

    14. eggpoowee on

      If FIFA had bollocks or integrity, they’d pull the world cup….but no, they’re spineless kiss asses who have to lick the ring by presenting the orange pedo nepobaby with a fake award

    16. Ehloanna on

      I was at GDC last year and the concerns were the same. A number of people decided it wasn’t safe to come.

      Unfortunately I would say GDC feels like it has been on a decline overall. It’s expensive and SF is even more expensive. Young game devs can’t really afford to go unless their company sends them. Yeah there’s the option to volunteer, but often that role is something students have the time to do, not people going on behalf of their small company.

      I probably won’t get to go again because I changed industries, but I’m curious to see if it’ll be able to survive this for the next few years.

    17. Old-Bat-7384 on

      GDC. 

      Then we see what happens with FIFA. It’ll be real fucking funny if people skip the F1 races, too.

      Nothing says „the US has failed in soft power“ when fans decide they’re safer going to the UAE or Azerbaijan than they do coming to the US. 

    18. No_Construction2407 on

      There was a story of a tourist in Canada who didn’t know the area, accidentally ended up at the Canada/US border and was kidnapped and held at one of ICE’s black sites for 2.5 months.

    19. eating_your_syrup on

      People would travel to Putin’s Russia to see Olympic games etc. Enough will most likely travel to USA too to fill the stadiums so that it doesn’t look that bad.

      Unfortunately.

      Personally I’m equally uninterested in travelling to either until leadership changes.

    21. lbiggy on

      Me and my wife made a decision to never go to the states ever again. Which sucks because It was always a dream of mine to bring her to disneyland as a couple without kids, then go back when the kids can just live in the magic. Disneyland japan maybe?

    23. illucio on

      I’ll tell anyone from another country to not visit the US, it’s just not safe here right now and for the unforeseeable future.

    24. hackingdreams on

      Honestly this should go for any conference in the United States.

      DEFCON should be relocated to Europe this year – Germany’s got some event spaces that could handle it.

    25. PlebiconValley on

      anyone whos gone to GDC knows its been getting smaller ever since it kicked off post-COVID. the fact that the whole political situation makes it look extra iffy, probably means the event will be even tinier this year.

    26. -The_Blazer- on

      Where I work we’re currently having talks about whether attending corporate events in the USA is worth the risk of a huge fuckup involving our brand. I don’t think MAGA types realize how fucked their country’s reputation has become.

    28. TheVenetianMask on

      Well, there won’t be cameras every time some agency goons have a bad day, and officials have shown that they are wiling to pin literally anything on the victims to cover it. At least in some small banana republic there’s diplomatic/economic pressure someone can exert to limit the BS.

    31. daksnotjuts on

      gonna start talking abt the us the same way i talk about north korea. a failed state.

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