Two months ago we met the Official list of the 2023 Olympic esports series games (Olympic Esports Series). This list created a lot of buzz among esportsmen hoping to see their game enter Olympic competition. Now the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Fortnite Battle Royale is one of the official electronic disciplines of the 2023 Olympic esports series. This decision surprised all the players in the world. Since, previously, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had ruled out the use of shooting games in its event.
The competition of Fortnite in the 2023 Olympic esports series (Olympic Esports Series) will be an invitational event and will feature the 12 best players from the 2023 Fortnite Champions Series. They will meet on a special island created by the International Shooting Sports Federation , which will be designed to reflect the Olympic sport shooting competition. Thanks to this configuration of the island, electronic athletes will put precision and aim to the test, just as Olympic athletes in this category would do. It should be noted that Epic Games, developer and distributor of Fortnite, is not involved in this International Olympic Committee (IOC) competition.
What are the games and how to participate in the 2023 Olympic esports series?
The Olympic Committee, on its official page, has enabled a place for each of the disciplines that will be in competition in 2023. So in each of these pages you can find all the information on how to participate in the competitions of the series of Esports of the Olympic Games with video games of 2023.
The 2023 Olympic esports series (Olympic Esports Series) is a global electronic sports competition, created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with the collaboration of international federations (IF) and some video game developers and distributors. The best players of these jousts will participate in the in-person and live finals that will take place in Singapore, from June 22 to 25, 2023, as part of Olympic Esports Week.
Fuente: COI