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Tomorrow may be a big moment on the history of gaming as broadcast giant CBS formally becomes the first network of its class to show a video game tournament as a regular sporting event like other athletic spectacles such as the Masters and March Madness."There are an enormous amount of people of all ages who play video games these days, so weÂ’re going to try to see if video gamesÂ’ popularity can translate into a viable television audience," says CBS Sports Vice-President Rob Correa as he explores the possibility of people looking at this moment as a poignant event after a decade or so.
The tournament concerned is the World Series of Video Games which will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. Edited footage from the event will show highlights of face-offs between players in games such as Fight Night Round 3, Guitar Hero and other non-violent titles. First-person shootouts in Halo and Quake will sadly not make it on air because of the nature of the content.
The idea of the tournament and the coverage by CBS is pegged on the South Korean model which has an entire nation embracing gaming and making it a part of pop culture. A full-time coverage in the manner that ESPN covers sports isn't possible for video games just yet but for now, this is the biggest step game broadcasting can take in the US.
The CBS coverage is also a pilot test of sorts on how game programming in cable TV initiated by G4 and Gameplay HD can work in a bigger scale. The response of viewers will determine future plans on the coverage of electronic gaming as a sport on the network.
Via New York Times
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WTF if your not going to show first person shooter or viloent video games why even try i dont want to see Gutair hero and fight night i want to see halo and other cool game not this crapt
cool idea, crappy games. Halo, Resistance, and Gears of War would be awesome
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If they could get some good, non-mature games to be shown in the tournament, i think it would probably attract a pretty large audience.
I only watch CBS for the football games, not some other people playing video games, I can do that myself =D
Did anyone notice that this wasn't even on CBS the day it was supposed to be on? Instead they showed the gay Canadian Open golf tournament.
they showed it july 29 at 9am pst.... then tour de france was after that and then golf some 3 hours or so after wsvg. you just dont listen
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