EGames (eSports)

eGames is an international eSports (competitive video gaming) competition which has been compared as the Olympic equivalent for eSports. The first eGames showcase event took place during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the British House in Parque Lage, Jardim Botânico on 15–16 August. The games were Smite as a show match and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as a competition.

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• eGames
• 2017
• The eGames Rio de Janeiro Showcase
• References

The eGames are not-for-profit and are administered by the newly founded International eGames Committee (IEGC) and supported by the government of the United Kingdom. The first full eGames will be held in Pyeongchang County, South Korea during the 2018 Winter Olympics and Tokyo, Japan in the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was first announced at the 2016 London Games Festival.

During non-eGames years National Qualifiers will be held in each country to determine each country's participants for their eTeam. Top finishers of the eGames will be rewarded gold, silver, and bronze medals, as there will be no prize money.

The competition encourages national teams to select both male and female participants for their teams, but the competitions themselves will be mixed. Participants in the eGames must be over 14 years old, despite most eSports events not having such an age limit in place.

The IEGC is a fully independent organisation and has no association with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) or Olympic Games.