Tomorrow in New York, the presentation of the Switch version of Overwatch was to take place in a specialized Nintendo store. However, Blizzard canceled the event. It happened after the scandalous events of last week.
Nintendo World Store in New York
The cancellation of the holiday in the Nintendo World Store was announced by the official Twitter of Nintendo.
This decision was made by the authors of the game. But they did not name the reasons, although they seem obvious to many gamers.
Last week, Blizzard was at the center of a scandal over the blitzchung esports player. He called for Hong Kong’s support right during the Grandmasters tournament stream, and Blizzard’s reaction to this angered the community. The chronicle of this story can be read here, and the official statement of the company — here.
It can be assumed that Blizzard was afraid of protests at the celebration on the occasion of the release of its game on the Nintendo Switch. Now she is trying with all her might to extinguish the scandal. For example, from the official Blizzard store, they even removed the figure of Mei, the heroine of Overwatch, which was made a symbol of Hong Kong protesters on the Internet.
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Nevertheless, BlizzCon 2019 will take place on November 1-3.
And, as reported on Reddit, the players are going to hold a peaceful protest action during the conference. Recall that Blizzard has not admitted to being wrong in the situation with blitzchung, although it has mitigated his punishment.