The World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) series of tournaments have allegedly been cancelled according to former Virtus.Pro general manager, Roman Dvoryankin.
In his social media he posted:
“Alibaba disbanded the esports department within Alisports a couple of months ago, and there will be no more WESG tournaments. It was a strange but fun tournament, we will always remember our trips to Hainan and Chongqing!”
Alisports/WESG is yet to make a statement on this matter.
History of WESG
The World Electronic Sports Games series began in 2016 with Dota 2, CS:GO, StarCraft II and Hearthstone. In the Dota 2 side of things, TNC Predator won the first-ever edition of the tournament. This was a monumental win for the region.
In 2017, Team Russia (featuring 4 Virtus.Pro players) won the tournament. The Filipino powerhouse, TNC Predator won it again in 2018 despite their offlaner Kuku being banned from the tournament.
The finals of the 2019/20 edition was postponed indefinitely because of the current global lockdown.