{"id":500112,"date":"2025-11-16T10:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2188633"},"modified":"2025-11-16T10:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:34:42","slug":"esports-coming-to-2022-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/esports-coming-to-2022-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports coming to 2022 Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/esports-coming-to-2022-commonwealth-games.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Games are traditionally a place for events such as gymnastics, weightlifting and athletics. However, that is all be about to change in 2022 as esports will be added to the events program as well. <\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of esports at the upcoming Birmingham games will be known as the Commonwealth Esport Championships. 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