ESPN has postponed its broadcast of an Apex Legends game out of respect for recent shooting victims.
ESPN has postponed its broadcast of a shooter-style video game tournament that was scheduled to air this weekend ... in light of the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
The Apex Legends Battle Royale game -- which has a Teen rating -- is huge in the gaming community and is Fortnite's biggest competitor in the genre. It has"cartoonish" characters that use weapons to eliminate opponents. The network was planning to air footage from the EXP Invitational at the X Games that was held on August 2 ... but our sources confirm it's been pushed back"out of respect for the victims and all those impacted in the immediate aftermath of the shootings."
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