The Overwatch League announced today that it will cancel matches in South Korea due to the coronavirus by MattRyanPerez
Fans enter the arena before the start of gameplay at the Overwatch League Grand Finals at the WellsHunter Martin/Getty ImagesLeague announced today it’d be cancelling matches that were meant to be played in South Korea due to the coronavirus, including a “homestand” by its club Seoul Dynasty.
In January, the league canceled China-based matches scheduled for February and March, then later rescheduled them to be played in a South Korean studio in March. Along with those matches, the Seoul Dynasty’s local home games in March have also been canceled and are currently being rescheduled.League this year expanded on its ambitious plans to have home-and-away matches with its scheduled homestands throughout the 2020 season, but the coronavirus has now impacted two of those events, held in hotbeds for e-sports.
Parent company Activision Blizzard isn’t the only gaming entity that’s been affected by the coronavirus, with Riot Games also cancelling e-sports matches in its China-basedPro League series, Sony and Facebook dropping participation in events like the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and hardware like Valve's virtual reality headset Index and Nintendo’s Switch console experiencing manufacturing delays.Seoul Dynasty and its parent company, Gen.
League’s home-and-away format. Activision Blizzard reportedly charged teams $30 million and $60 million for the opportunity to join the league as a franchise. Local ticket sales is a valuable opportunity to e-sports teams that typically rely heavily on sponsorships.
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