Activision Blizzard Cancels Overwatch League Events in March and April - reedyhadis1955

Activision Blizzard has officially titled off totally Overwatch Conference events regular for March and April due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. The matches will still X on as per the plan.

"The health and safety of employees, fans, players, teams, and partners is preponderating to Activision Snowstorm Esports. After careful review and impermanent in close collaboration with our teams, we are canceling all Overwatch Conference events scheduled for March and April.", aforesaid Blizzard Entertainment in a statement.

In a tweet, Activision Blizzard Esports Chief executive officer Pete Vlastelica ready-made it clear that the cancelation is applicable only to the events and not the matches. He also promised that the matches will be broadcast. Accept a look at the tweet below.

To be clear, we WILL be playing matches in March and April. We cancelled the events, not the matches (though we will receive to move over a few things around in the schedule to make this work). https://t.co/guxoTWLhMk

— Pete Vlastelica (@PeteVlastelica) March 11, 2022

In a follow-up tweet, Overwatch League said the following: "We are NOT canceling #OWL2020. Out of concern for fans, players, faculty, and others we have just canceled upcoming Homestand events. We WILL be playing matches with our teams this month, next month, and on the far side – and these matches will be broadcast to fans."

The blog post mentions that former Overwatch league events outside the specified timeline are not affected indeed faraway. "No adjustments deliver been successful for any past scheduled Overwatch Conference events. We will share additional updates, American Samoa needed."

In character you're unsuccessful of the loop, this is the first time all Overwatch League teams will be playing in their house cities. The events were scheduled crossways Florida, Toronto, San Francisco, Capital of Georgia, London, Dallas, Washington, Boston, and Genus Paris.

Considering the incumbent seriousness of the coronavirus situation, the World Health Governing body has officially declared coronavirus a epidemic on Wednesday. This essentially means that more events and expos are bound to be canceled in the approaching months.