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Ian Walker
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Staff Writer, Kotaku

The SNK World Championship in Japan has been postponed indefinitely over coronavirus concerns. This event, which would have capped off months of Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters XIV competition, was originally scheduled for late March. The CDC recently placed Japan on ’Alert’ in response to the disease’s spread.

A large Granblue Fantasy Versus tournament in Tokyo has been canceled over coronavirus concerns. The CDC added Japan to its list of affected countries yesterday but has not enacted warnings apart from practicing usual precautions like avoiding the sick and thorough hand-washing.

HQ is shutting down, according to a report by CNN Business. The mobile trivia game was immediately popular when it launched in 2017, but slowly fizzled out until today, when CEO Rus Yusupov emailed the company’s 25 employees to tell them investor funds have dried up and the company is dissolving.