Intel is investing heavily in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Intel is investing heavily in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
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Intel will broadcast Street Fighter V and Rocket League esports tournaments ahead of Tokyo Olympics

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Intel is investing heavily in digital technology for the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020, and it will host and broadcast Street Fighter V and Rocket League esports tournaments ahead of the athletic competition.

The Intel World Open tournaments will have a $500,000 prize pool and take place in Tokyo ahead of the Olympics next summer. The broadcast is intended to showcase the excitement and influence of esports. The move is an interesting one by Intel, which is both a sponsor of the Olympics and a big proponent of esports. But the International Olympic Committee voted to not include esports in the Olympics, and past members have said that violent games had no place at the sporting event.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.