Blizzard is cancelling three weeks of Overwatch League matches in South Korea amid worries over the continued outbreak of the coronavirus.
The firm made the announcement on Monday, confirming that matches in South Korea between February 29 and March 22 can be cancelled “in order to protect the health & safety of our players, fans, & staff.”
In order to guard the well being & security of our gamers, followers, & workers, we’re canceling plans to host #OWL2020 matches in South Korea in Weeks 5, 6, and seven, together with the @SeoulDynasty dwelling occasion.
We’ll share extra information about when and the place matches will happen at a later.
— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) February 24, 2020
This information comes simply days after Blizzard announced its plans to maneuver matches initially meant to happen in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou to South Korea. In late January, Blizzard cancelled 5 Overwatch League matches in China as a consequence of considerations over the coronavirus outbreak.
The outbreak has already affected many occasions all through the video game business this 12 months, together with the cancellation of The Taipei Game Show, initially scheduled for February, as wel as disrupting manufacturing operations in China. The toll is predicted to hit Nintendo’s Switch supply as early as April.
Sony, too, decided to pull out of GDC this March citing considerations over the outbreak – the identical cause it also decided to skip PAX East this month.
