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Wrestlemania is the biggest event in professional wrestling, sort of like the sport's version of the World Cup or the American Super Bowl. It's been held for 35 years in front of a live audience without fail, but it looks like 2020 will mark a change. The WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) announced earlier today that the upcoming Wrestlemania 36...
Another series production has been stalled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. This time, it's Netflix's The Witcher that has taken the hit. As originally reported by Deadline, The Witcher is the first Netflix production outside of the US and Canada to suspend production because of the coronavirus. A source told them: "We have made the decision, effect...
If you're excited to watch the upcoming Marvel TV shows on Disney+ as soon as possible, we have bad news for you. Disney recently announced that it will temporarily shut down production on all of its upcoming Disney+ Marvel shows and films (via Variety). Why? Because of the COVID-19 coronavirus. These include: Loki WandaVision The Falcon and t...
We may mostly be indoors playing games now due to the current state of the world, but that doesn't mean you can't contribute a lick. If you have a gaming rig powered with the best graphics card, you can actually lend a hand in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. That's what Nvidia is doing right now: they're asking everyone with g...
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to affect video game events, with a few League of Legends and Dota 2 tournaments now taking hits. As PC Gamer reported, tTLegends European Championship (LEC) Spring Splits will be broadcast from studios and will not have any audience or press (via PC Gamer). Meanwhile, the ESL One Dota 2 Major has been p...
Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: Co-op puzzler WayForward has figured out the old-school 2D neo retro-style game and aesthetic down to a science. With titles like the Shantae series and their take on the Double Dragon/Kunio-kun universe, there's nowhere to go but up for this developer. Though it does beg the question whether they can branch out of...
Most organisers and companies have opted to cancel their upcoming events in 2020 due to the threat of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, including major ones like E3 2020. However, others have chosen to hold their events in empty/vacant locations or go online instead. The ESL has announced that the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 11 CS:GO tournamen...
Even Hollywood isn't safe from the Covid-19. Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson has tested positive for the coronavirus while in Australia. The couple were there to shoot a movie about Elvis Presley. In a statement on Twitter, Hanks said that he and Wilson had taken the test after experiencing symptoms. "We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, an...
Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, more major events like E3 2020 have been cancelled. Now, Star City Games has announced that they are cancelling the following SCG Tour Magic The Gathering events: SCG Baltimore (14 to 15 March 2020) SCG Syracuse (21 to 22 March 2020) According to their news post, they are currently working with...
Overwatch League events for March and April have been cancelled, with Covid-19 once again being the reason. "Concurrently, we are working hand-in-hand with our teams to see that all matches are played when it's safe and logistically feasible," says the statement. "We are considering the various options available to esports in this effort, so that...
Thanks to the power of the internet, GDC 2020 won't be entirely absent this year. Talks will be streamed between 16 March to 20 March 2020, the week which the event was supposed to take place before being affected by Covid-19. "Thanks to submissions from many of the original speakers who had talks accepted for GDC 2020, organizers will be streamin...
Let's be clear: when it comes to the effects and impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus, there are far more concerning things to worry about than a potential delay for the new PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X. However, given that China is the hardest-hit country so far, it makes sense for gamers to wonder how the situation will affect the Holiday 2020 r...
It's rather sad that the current Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic is affecting the games and entertainment industry and its various trade shows/events. Even with that, we as responsible human beings need to do our part in keeping clean and preventing the spread of this disease in our own manageable way. Sure, some of us don't really go outside that o...
Despite the confirmed absence of major companies like Sony, E3 is still one of the biggest and most highly-anticipated annual gaming events. However, with the world facing the Coronavirus outbreak and Los Angeles (where E3 is held) in a state of emergency, will E3 2020 still happen? Yes, according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). I...
The Coronavirus events-claiming & postponement continues. Bandai Namco announced online that the Tokyo Tekken Masters event of the Tekken World Tour is being delayed. The tournament will be delayed to a "later date in 2020". https://twitter.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1234584420893388800 Before all this, the tournament was supposed to be held du...
Disney's Mulan live-action movie remake is clearly targeting a huge chunk of its market in China, but it looks like that might not be a reality soon. Due to the increasing death toll caused by the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, it seems highly likely that it will not be releasing in China after all. Speaking with Independent UK, Comscore analyst P...
The grand finals of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020 Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament took place last weekend, setting a new viewership record for a non-major CS:GO event in the process. Who or what can attribute this success to? The Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak. According to statistics provided by Esports Charts, the to...
After a recent string of pull-outs due to Covid-19 fears, GDC 2020 has officially been cancelled. GDC wrote in a blog post: "After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March. "Having spent th...
Square Enix has announced the cancellation of the NieR Theatrical Orchestra's upcoming Tokyo performances due to the Covid-19 virus. They were originally meant to be held on March 28 and March 29. https://twitter.com/sem_sep/status/1233271049778683904 Attached to the announcement was a notice containing ticket refund links. The tweet itself menti...
Update #1: Microsoft announced on 28th February at 2:52am (which is probably the late morning in the US) that it will no longer be attending this year's GDC due to growing health risks posed by the Coronavirus. The company will be hosting livestreamed versions of most of its planned GDC panels as reparations, including its Xbox Series X hardware ...
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