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The Olympic Esports Series [a] is an Olympic Games-style esports event, planned to be held annually, [2] featuring multiple different virtual sports and video games coming together in a single location similar to a multi-sport event, run by the International Olympic Committee.
World e-Sports Masters: Originally known as the World e-Sports games and based in Seoul, the competition has since moved to China and been renamed the World e-Sports Masters. China: 2005–2010 World Series of Video Games: The tournament held events around the world featuring a variety of games until its cancellation. Worldwide: 2006–2007 ...
Players competing in a League of Legends tournament. Esports (/ ˈ iː s p ɔːr t s / ⓘ), short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. [3] Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, played individually or as teams.
Starting with the 1980 Moscow Olympics, an official or unofficial Olympic tie-in video game has been released to coincide with all of the Olympic Games. [ 1 ] Officially-licensed Olympic video games
The Esports Olympics will build on an IOC-backed week of video game competitions held last year in Singapore. It was a mix of physical simulations of Olympic sports and traditional video games.
Esports are video games which are played in professional competitions, usually fall into a few major genres.The majority of esports titles are fighting games, first-person shooters (FPS), real-time strategy (RTS), traditional sports, and multiplayer online battle arena games (MOBA), with the MOBA genre being the most popular in terms of participation and viewership.
World Cyber Games is one of the largest global esports tournaments, with divisions in various countries. [1] The World Cyber Games, created by International Cyber Marketing CEO Yoosup Oh and backed financially by Samsung, was considered the e-sports Olympics; [2] [3] events included an official opening ceremony, and players from various countries competing for gold, silver and bronze medals.
The Olympics are one of the world's oldest sporting events. Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics: