The International Olympic Committee has announced that battle royale shooter Fortnite will form part of the inaugural Olympic Esports Week in Singapore this June.
The ever-popular free-to-play game will make up the sport shooting category in the games, as the International Shooting Sport Federation’s specific challenge. It’ll see 12 players from the 2023 Fortnite Champion Series invited to compete on a specially made Fortnite Creative island that’ll be made up to “reflect sport shooting competition”.
The entire Olympic Esports series will be a four day festival held between between Thursday 22 June and Sunday 25 June, with the highlight being the first in-person live finals of the Olympic Esports Series 2023. Events on the docket include archery, cycling, dancing and sailing, baseball, taekwondo, sport shooting, tennis, motorsport and chess. These contests will take place in a range of popular video games, like NBA 2K23, Just Dance and Gran Turismo as well as the aforementioned Fortnite.
The live finals – as well as an official Olympic Esports Week opening ceremony – will be streamed globally onRight now of course, Fortnite is in the middle of an ‘Ultimate
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