All games included in the Olympics eSports Series
From March to June 2023, the first Olympic eSports Series will take place. This is the Olympics’ first serious foray into hosting competitive eSports. In this monumental event, the Olympics board chose a handful of eSports for players to showcase their prowess. They might not be the kind of games you expect, though.
All events in the Olympics eSports SeriesThe Olympics have announced nine events for their Olympics eSports Series. The Olympics Tokyo previously had a video game tie-in with SEGA called Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game, but 2023 is the first time non-Olympics video games will be affiliated with them as official competitive sports. These events all reflect traditional Olympics sports, trying to connect the world of gaming with much more “classic” sporting events.
Archery (World Archery Federation, Tic Tac Bow) Baseball (World Baseball Softball Confederation, WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS) Chess (International Chess Federation, Chess.com) Cycling (UCI, Zwift) Dance (World DanceSport Federation, JustDance) Motor sport (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, Gran Turismo) Sailing (World Sailing, Virtual Regatta) Taekwondo (World Taekwondo, Virtual Taekwondo) Tennis (International Tennis Federation, Tennis Clash) Why aren’t the top competitive eSports in the Olympics eSports Series?While the Olympics eSport Series is a big deal for the world of eSports, the eSports community has a complicated relationship with the way their community will be showcased. The Olympics board chose exclusively games that reflected their more “traditional” sports values, instead of the games the eSports community is actually playing. Games like Counterstrike, Dota 2, and League of Legends are some of the biggest
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