The IOC is committed to avoiding first-person shooter and violent video games, limiting its options as it pushes to host Olympic esports.
Now that the Olympics have inched closer to adding esports — video games — to the traditional menu of actual running and swimming, officials face a delicate balance. Can they use gaming to attract a new generation of fans while avoiding all that virtual blood and violence? This question looms over last week's announcement that International Olympic Committee members will soon vote on — and are expected to approve — the creation of the Esports Olympic Games.
The approved games included “NBA2K23” and “Gran Turismo 7.” Virtual sports had players wearing virtual-reality headsets for taekwondo or grinding away on stationary bikes for cycling. There was also chess and, curiously, a hand-to-hand combat game called “Street Fighter 6.” “I appreciate the red line and agree the IOC needs to stick to its values,” Deppe said. “It feels a little subjective right now.
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