South Korea's Overwatch League game canceled due to continued attention to coronavirus

Fearing the continued outbreak of the coronavirus, Blizzard will cancel the three-week Overwatch League game in South Korea.

The company announced the news on Monday, confirming that matches in South Korea from February 29 to March 22 will be cancelled, "to protect the health and safety of players, fans and employees."

To protect the health and safety of our players, fans and employees, we are canceling the hosting # OWL2020 Contests held in Korea in weeks 5, 6 and 7 including @SeoulDynasty Family activities.

We will share more information about when and where to play in the future.

-Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) February 24, 2020

The news came just days after Blizzard announced that it would relocate matches originally scheduled for Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou to South Korea. Fearing a corona virus outbreak, in late January, Blizzard cancelled five Overwatch League games in China.

The outbreak has affected many events throughout the video game industry this year, including the cancellation of the Taipei Game Show originally scheduled for February to disrupt China's manufacturing business. The fee is expected to reach Nintendo's Switch supply as early as April.

Sony also decided to withdraw from GDC in March this year due to concerns over the epidemic, which is the same reason why Sony also decided to skip PAX East this month.