The inaugural Commonwealth Esports Championships and Commonwealth Esports Forum is here! The event will be taking place in August this year.
This is a huge deal for esports as recognition of it as a well-respected industry is emerging. Also, the huge event will cover a variety of esport video games and will feature different categories for each of these.
The event for the esports side will run alongside traditional sports. However, this may lead to lower viewerships but we will have to see comparisons between physical and digital sports.
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Commonwealth event location
The champions event is a partnership between the Global Esports Federation and the Commonwealth Games Federation. This was announced back in May 2020 and has been a developing partnership since then.
The event will take place in the International Convention Centre in Birmingham and will also be supported by the British Esports Association.
Commonwealth event dates
August 6-7 are the dates that will need to be pencilled into the calendar for the Esports Championships. This will include live esport games from professional players across the Commonwealth.
Games included
There has not yet been a full list released of the games that will be played. However, we do know that Rocket League, Dota 2 and e-football will be in the pilot event in Birmingham.
The interesting element about this event is that there will be separate categories for women competitive players.
Fan reactions
Despite the fact that esports is developing and becoming a huge industry, many fans don't accept it. The difference between physical and digital sports is something that athletes dismiss as being easy.
Sharon Davies, a winner of two gold medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton tweeted that eSports are “Not a sport…a game!”.
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