Last year, four of last year’s 10 winners opted to skip the ceremony rather than travel to the US.

Many international gaming developers are skipping this year’s GDC San Francisco, citing similar concerns.

“I honestly don’t know anyone who is not from the US who is planning on going to the next GDC,” Godot Foundation Executive Director Emilio Coppola, who’s based in Spain, told Ars.

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