Overwatch League matches to be played online

Snivy

March 13, 2020

Blizzard Entertainment have announced that the Overwatch League matches for the cancelled March and April homestands will be played online.

The matches will play live starting on March 21 with a revised schedule that will be posted next week, according to the news post. Activision-Blizzard CEO Pete Vlastelica previously stated that the matches will be broadcasted on YouTube.

The homestands were cancelled following the coronavirus outbreak that has affected thousands worldwide. Earlier this year, events set in China and South Korea were also cancelled.

Blizzard also stated that due to a number of teams and players having not played yet, the All-Star Weekend will be moved to after the 2020 season, and the Midseason Tournament has been cancelled.

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z0omer

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super about to be malding about lag

Redd

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better than being completely cancelled

DixR

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We are about to get a TON of matches

irishfire

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Thank god as least owl will still have matches played

Friezareturns

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Oh dang no mid-season, go agane next year I suppose. :/

Frozello

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Hopefully at least (presumably East Coast group of teams) some games will be played around same times than previous weeks had games. Personally I would want to see West Coast teams playing too, but I can understand timezone differences being bummer to fit them perfectly.

Would be still nice to get some player interactions (post game interviews or something like that), but I can kind of understand it might not be possible for every game.