Inaugural Olympic Sports Week Reveals Lineup For Games Including Fortnite

The International Olympic Committee has revealed details, date and start of ticket sales for their inaugural Olympic Esports Week event taking place in Singapore.

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Tickets are available now for the event, which will take place June 22-25, 2023. There will be 10 competitive events which will also include the International Shooting Sport Federation Challenge featuring Fortnite.

Oui, Fortnite is indeed now officially an Olympic (e)sport, along with other games such as rocket league, Grand Touringet just dance.

As an esports event, video games take center stage. However, it’s not just popular titles that are the only competitive events. There are also virtual versions of real sports such as archery, cycling, baseball, taekwondo and even chess.

Again, tickets are available now ranging from S$10 for a single day to S$30 for the full three-day pass for adults. Note that these are Singapore dollars, which would convert to $7.54 and $22.62 respectively.

To give a brief description of Fortnite portion for this event, as the others were not detailed in their announcement, 12 players from the 2023 season Fortnite Champion Series will compete on a specially designed creative island mimicking that of real-life shooting competitions.

So those expecting to see a battle royale during Olympic esports week will be disappointed to see the game not play out in its traditional style.