The Olympic Esports Games was announced in 2024 as a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia, with events held "regularly" over a 12-year span beginning in 2025. But it now looks like that timeline may have been overly optimistic, as a SportBusiness report says the event has been delayed, possibly to 2027.
There are multiple reasons for the delay: SportBusiness said on X that "organizers require more time to establish a new hosting and financing model," and that game publishers are also concerned about the "tight timeline."
