Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025, as part of a newly announced 12-year partnership with the Olympic Committee
Saudi Arabia has sealed a 12-year deal to host the Esports Olympics. … Jason Chung : The International Olympic Committee - IOC has announced the launch of the Olympic Esports Games in 2025 in partnership with the Saudi National Olympic Committee. … Katia Serbina : The Olympic Esports Games are coming to Saudi Arabia in 2025! 🎉 — This is huge for esports & gaming industry in the region and it's awesome to see the focus on women's participation. … Forums: r/gaming : IOC announces Olympic Esports Games to be hosted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia r/Games : IOC announces Olympic Esports Games to be hosted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. r/worldnews : Saudi Arabia Clinches 12-Year Agreement to Host Esports Olympics See also Mediagazer
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- While Hollywood still seems a little wary of Saudi Arabia, the video game industry is definitely not. — Saudi Arabia has sealed a 12-year deal to host the Esports Olympics. … Lucas Shaw
- The International Olympic Committee - IOC has announced the launch of the Olympic Esports Games in 2025 in partnership with the Saudi National Olympic Committee. … Jason Chung
- The Olympic Esports Games are coming to Saudi Arabia in 2025! 🎉 — This is huge for esports & gaming industry in the region and it's awesome to see the focus on women's participation. … Katia Serbina
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The IOC has partnered with the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games 2025 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This follows the IOC's recent announcement to establish the Olympic Esports Games. More: https://olympics.com/... [image]
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the first esports Olympics event will take place in Saudi Arabia in 2025. The IOC is currently in advanced discussions with several major game publishers to host their games including League of Legends, Street Fighter 6, and Rocket League, according to a report from L'Équipe
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@myra__davis
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An Olympic event COULD be amazing for esports. If done with good intentions and any sincere understanding of the industry. But it's clear everyone involved sees this as a way to save their rapidly declining viewership with the New Shiny thing with no interest in legitimacy.
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@lucas_shaw
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While Hollywood still seems a little wary of Saudi Arabia, the video game industry is definitely not: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@sonofpaint
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There's something poetic about the Olympics refusing to touch esports with a 10 foot pole until Saudis pay them enough money to sportswash with it just like they do with the sports Olympics.
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@fdotonline
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So uh, why are the esports Olympics in a different country and in a different year than the real Olympics
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