eSports Headed to the Olympics?

Go for the gold with a mouse and keyboard in 2024.

FOX’s Eammonn Dignam explains in the latest “FOX Bits”:

Your insiders cheat code to gaming, I’m Eammonn Dignam.
The 2024 Paris Olympics may be welcoming eSports into competition. Tony Estanguet is the co-president of the Paris Olympic bid committee:

The decision will be made after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Some of the biggest competitive games that could become Olympic contenders. League of Legends:

‘Counter Strike- Global Offensive’:

‘Super Smash Brothers’:

And ‘Overwatch’:

For something a little closer and more for casual fans:

The Nintendo World Championships is back for 2017. The finals will take place in New York in October. The tournament debuted in 1990 coinciding with the release ‘Super Mario Brothers 3’:

And a retelling of The Who’s Pinball Wizard Rock Opera called ‘The Wizard.’

Gamers will be able to qualify at Best Buy locations starting in August.
Times and places can be found here: http://nwc.nintendo.com/
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