Overwatch League events cancelled due to coronavirus fear

Published at 12/03/2020 at 02:47 By Durvil

The decision is final. No Overwatch League events will take place in March and April. However, the matches will take place and will be streamed with some scheduling changes coming up.

Overwatch League events cancelled due to coronavirus fear

It's now official: all Overwatch League events are cancelled in March and April. Paris Eternal Homestand had already been cancelled following the decision of the French government, as well as the events in China and Korea.

Pete Vlastelica — CEO of Activision Blizzard Esports — made it clear that the March and April matches will be held and streamed. Only the events are cancelled. There may be changes to the schedule.

To be clear, we WILL be playing matches in March and April. We cancelled the events, not the matches (though we will have to move a few things around in the schedule to make this work). https://t.co/guxoTWLhMk
— Pete Vlastelica (@PeteVlastelica) March 11, 2020

Activision Blizzard Esports confirmed in a press release — published on the official Twitter account — that no events will take place during the two months. For the time being, no other homestands are expected to be cancelled. However, this will depend on the evolution of the pandemic. We'll have more information in the coming weeks.

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