Popular Battrois 'Fortnite' added to Olympic esports titles

It has been revealed that sports shooting by Fortnite will be added at the ' Olympic eSports Finals 2023 ' to be held in Singapore in June 2023.

Fortnite Sports Shooting Added to Olympic Esports Series 2023
https://olympics.com/ja/news/sport-shooting-competition-fortnite-olympic-esports-series-2023

Fortnite is now an Olympic esport | Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/fortnite-is-now-an-olympic-esport

The `` Olympic eSports Series (OES)' ' is a global virtual and simulation sports competition established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which hosts the Olympic Games, in cooperation with the International Federation (IF) and game companies.

OES 2023 will start on March 1, 2023, and the face-to-face final “Olympic eSports Finals” will be held in Singapore from June 22 to 25. `` International Shooting Federation (ISSF) Challenge Featuring Fort Knight '' (Sports Shooting (Fort Knight)) has been added to the program to be implemented at the Olympic eSports Finals.

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Challenge featuring Fortnite has joined the Olympic esports series ???? @FNCompetitive @issf_official #OlympicEsportsSeries pic.twitter.com/XGuTKUCCkk

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Participation in 'Sports Shooting (Fort Knight)' is an invitation system, and 12 players of ' Fort Knight Champion Series (FNCS)' will participate. The content of the competition is not a battle royale with 100 people in Fort Knight, but a `` real shooting competition with a design that reflects the sports shooting competition, which is held on the `` International Shooting Federation specification island '' created in Fort Knight. , It will be a competition that tests the accuracy of shooting.

The competitions (titles) played at OES include 'Archery ( Tic Tac Bow )', 'Baseball ( WBSC eBASEBALL Powerful Professional Baseball )', 'Chess ( Chess.com )', 'Cycling ( Zwift )', and 'Dance ( Just Dance )'. ', 'Motor Sports ( Gran Turismo 7 )', 'Sailing ( Virtual Regatta )', 'Taekwondo ( Virtual Taekwondo )' and 'Tennis ( Tennis Clash )' already exist, and 'Sports Shooting (Fort Knight)' will be added here. becomes.

The state of the Olympic eSports Finals, where ``Sports Shooting (Fort Knight)'' will be held, will be distributed worldwide on Olympics.com and the official social media of the Olympics.

Olympic Esports | Series & Week 2023, Stories, Performance & Wellbeing
https://olympics.com/en/esports/

The idea of esports becoming an Olympic sport has long been debated, but IOC President Thomas Bach said early on that even if esports were selected for the Paris Olympics, it would not include particularly popular game titles. It will not be possible, 'he suggested that 'games containing violent depictions' such as shooting games that are popular as e-sports are not suitable to be played as an Olympic competition.

Violent titles are excluded even if e-sports becomes an Olympic sport-GIGAZINE

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Eurogamer.net, an overseas game media, said, ``This news shows a change in the policy of the IOC, which said that violent games would never be included in competitive titles.'' ``Fortnite is a family-friendly shooting game. , is known as a title with unusual items and less violent depictions, but it is fundamentally a shooting game, so it is a game where you beat your opponent to win.'

However, the IOC explains that ``Sports Shooting (Fort Knight)'' will be carried out on an ``island'' built with a game mode called ` `Fort Knight Creative '' where creators can set their own rules and designs. , It is thought that it will be a competition that eliminates violent expressions such as 'beating the opponent'.

In fact, in Fort Knight, an event called ' Skill Challenge ' is held to compete for shooting skills and editing skills other than Battle Royale format, and 'Sports Shooting (Fort Knight)' will be similar to this. It seems.