Coronavirus Effect: Two Biggest Global PUBG Mobile Esports Tournaments, PUBG Mobile Pro League Americas And World League, To Be Postponed

Two biggest international PUBG Mobile esports tournaments, PUBG Mobile Pro League Americas and World League were postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. It’s a precautionary measure to ensure safety for all attendees, including players, audiences, and staff. Check out the announcement here with Gurugamer.com.

PUBG Mobile Pro League Americas And World League To Be Postponed Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

The coronavirus epidemic is progressing uncontrollably and unpredictably. Several esports events have been postponed due to this pandemic. And yesterday, March 16th, PUBG Mobile announced to postpone two largest PUBG Mobile esports events. It's to ensure safety for attenders and prevent the spread and development of coronavirus outbreak.

PUBG Mobile Pro League Americas and World League are the two biggest esports events of the year. PUBG Corp. and Tencent also announced that they would hold these two large tournaments at a later time this year. 

According to James Yang, the Director of PUBG MOBILE Global Esports in Tencent Games, the highest priority of the organizers are attenders’ health and safety. Moreover, the coronavirus outbreak is developing unpredictably in the world now. Thus, the delay is necessary. In addition, the representatives also said they will take this time to improve their servers in the Americas and all over the world. Therefore, fans and gamers can expect to see better games when the two esports events come back.

"We also see this as an opportunity to mobilize esports, and we're working closely with our teams to further improve coverage of our servers around the world & Americas." - James Yang.

As the pandemic has no sign of decline or ending, the organizers haven’t given any exact date of the events. They are still monitoring the situation of the pandemic closely and announce the event date of the two tournaments via social networks. You can also update the latest information and news about these events on PUBG Mobile’s social community.

PUBG Corp. and Tencent announced to host big esports events with a big prize pool of over $50 lakh. They also invest in developing the global esports eco-system for this game.