The move comes one day after multiple GeoGuessr mapmakers rendered their work unplayable in protest of the game's participation in the EWC.

The team behind GeoGuessr is withdrawing the location-guessing game from the Esports World Cup (EWC) after fans protested its decision to participate in the event. Community members pulled many popular custom maps from the game after it emerged the game's publisher,

After less than 24 hours of a widespread fan protest, GeoGuessr has officially withdrawn from the Esports World Cup. At around 4am ET on May 22, the official Ge