Esports Olympic Games will be 'huge moment' for gaming | BBC News

The Olympic Esports Games will put gaming "at the same level as the Winter and Summer Olympics", according to the boss of one of the world's biggest teams.

This week the International Olympics Committee announced a 12-year partnership with Saudi Arabia to stage the standalone event.

That in itself brings a few issues, but Alban Dechelotte of G2 Esports tells BBC Newsbeat the esports version of the Olympics wants to encourage a more equal competition.