Fortnite is now an Olympic esport, five years after the IOC criticised shooters
Fortnite has been named as a late addition to the International Olympic Committee's latest stab at esports., a competition set to feature nine virtual sports, represented by a range of video games such as Just Dance and Gran Turismo. Today brings word that Fortnite will also now be included, as part of a 10th discipline:"sport shooting".
Fortnite currently hosts a Star Wars crossover, where you can shoot people with sci-fi guns and slice them up with lightsabers.previously said that so-called"killer games" would never be featured"We cannot have in the Olympic programme a game which is promoting violence or discrimination," International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said in 2018.
It's fair to say Fortnite is a family-friendly shooter, with outlandish items and no blood. But it's still a shooter, and you still kill people to win. This mirrors how other sports are being handled - largely by the developers of the games included in the roster. A final in-person event is set to be held in Singapore from 23rd to 25th June.
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