Asian Games 2022 featuring PUBG Mobile and other esports titles might be postponed to 2023, as per reports
Asian Games 2022 is set to be held in China, but recent news has appeared that suggests the event could be postponed to next year. This will be sad news for sports and esports lovers alike. After being a successful pilot event in the last edition, this year's iteration was supposed to be a major benchmark for all future events. While the event may not be canceled, a delay by a year will be disappointing nevertheless.
Asian Games 2022 was a massive milestone for esports and everyone associated with it. This year's version is set to be the first to have esports as a full medal category. In doing so, the event will become the first international sporting event to adopt digital into the mainstream. However, all hopes and aspirations could receive a major setback if the recent news is to be believed.
The news came from AFP and was posted by Barron's, which suggests a piece of sad news for worldwide fans. The Asian Games is an Olympic-level event with all the countries from Asia taking on each other. So far, the events have been purely based on sports, but Asian Games 2022 was going to see the battles spread over to the virtual platforms.
However, the plans for that could be pushed back to 2023. The Asian Games 2022 is set to be organized in Hangzhou, and the region's proximity to Shanghai is a major cause of worry. One of the world's most densely populated cities, Shanghai is observing one of its worst COVID-19 outbreaks in recent times.
China's largest city, which inhabits over 25 million people, is running strict lockdowns to curb the outbreak. Hangzhou is less than 200 km from Shanghai, which can make the event extremely risky unless there's a dramatic reduction in infection numbers.
It should be noted that a final decision
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