LW BLUE, the team expected to enter the APEX Season 4 Group Stage for Group D, has announced its withdrawal.

LW BLUE delivered the message of withdrawal from the first match of the APEX Season 4 Group Stage for Group D, the match that the team was expected to participate in. In response to the incident, the team forfeited the game through OGN, and the rest of the team in the Group D received 1 win and 3 points each. As a result, X6 Gaming, CONBOX, and Meta Bellum will be the only teams competing in the APEX Season 4 Group Stage for Group D.

The following is the full official text by OGN regarding the withdrawal.

Greetings. This is the APEX production crew.

We sincerely appreciate the dedication and love of APEX by our fans and audiences. We will do our best to maintain it.

We have been notified by the team LW BLUE of their withdrawal at 11:56 PM on August 21st (Mon). In regards to this matter, we would like to inform our fans and audiences of a few details.

Due to LW BLUE’s unilateral notification of withdrawal, their remaining matches in the Group D are forfeited, and the rest of the teams receive 1 win (3 points / set gains +3).

The information above has been delivered to every team participating in APEX, including those in Group D. Furthermore, OGN will cover all the ticket cancellation expenses for those who booked the LW BLUE match on August 23rd.

The process of covering cancellation expenses for the match on August 23th will proceed from 2:00 PM on August 22nd to 5:00 PM on August 23rd. Please do not forget to claim the refund of the tickets within the time stated above.

Lastly, we will do our best to inform you about additional penalties on the team LW BLUE in a quick manner.

We sincerely apologize for delivering such a message to the fans and audiences who always love and cherish APEX.

We believe that the fans and audiences must be disappointed by this incident. For that, we do promise to compensate with a better APEX league.

Thank you.