The result could be both a stereotype breaking event about who likes and makes games, which creates hundreds of new jobs, millions in revenue and a hopefully a fun new IP for everyone to enjoy.
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The company showed the games at a press event in San Francisco Thursday.
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On Wednesday Cardiff will hold a free event to coincide with a year until the official start of the games.
PRAGELATO, Italy -- Giorgio di Centa gave hosts Italy a fairytale finish to the Games by winning the final cross-country skiing event in a thrilling sprint finish.
Two events qualified based partly on where they are happening: The Summer Olympic Games are always a huge event, but they promise to be even more memorable with Beijing, China, as host.
As it turned out, it was another contest in Athens (in 1906, but without the status of a fully fledged Olympics) that reconfirmed the games as a Greek-inspired, but peripatetic, sports event.
Instead of a single national event, why not a series of regional eventsdWith the exception New York, all games will be unique in their respective markets.
The London Anniversary Games are a three-day event which will be staged at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford from 26 to 28 July.
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Their rival, Nintendo, will provide more detail about the release of its Wii U games machine at a New York event on Thursday.
He suffered a disappointment in the synchronized event earlier in the games when he failed to medal, despite being in the lead during early rounds.
Only a handful of games were actually showcased during the event in New York.
She said they would be working with "partners to ensure this is a safe event" and confirmed that if necessary the games could be scaled back.
As a city bidding for the games or for any major event for that matter, it is worth understanding the Olympics way of looking at the world.
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Activision is holding its annual Comic-Con event on Wednesday July 20 with a full slate of games for press to check out and a special appearance by comic book legend Stan Lee.
Egypt could be the dark horses of the event -- but they do have a tough group with games against both Brazil and Italy.
The World Cup leader went ahead off the start and reached the finishing line without any contact for a trouble-free win in the only new event at the Games.
The World Athletics Championship takes place in Moscow on Aug. 10-18, and the event is seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2014 Winter Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
But Comic-Con has become such a huge press event that it allows game companies to unveil new games to both the media (both mainstream and core gaming) and public at the same time.
It was the only truly world-class event the Games offered, with India midway through a hot streak of Olympic victories that was to stretch from the Amsterdam Games of 1928 to the Melbourne Games of 1956.
Last year at the European Championships, she won seven medals, but du Toit was not competing at the event and has already taken a gold from Gascon at these games -- in the Women's 100m Butterfly S9 class, for swimmers with physical impairments.
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"A lot of times when you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself, " he said.
Lord Coe used the event to stress that the Games would be used to encourage a future generation to take part in sport.
The 47-year--old, a silver medal winner in the three-day team event at the 2002 Games, suffered head, neck and chest injuries and never regained consciousness.
He won three out of four games, extending his recent record in the event to a brilliant 14 wins, three halves and only three defeats.
Georgia confirmed they will compete in the Games as a tribute to him, while organisers said the luge event will take place following an investigation.
The event is also a first for East Timor, the youngest country in the games (the biggest ever with close to 10, 000 participants from 44 countries).
Jamaican Errol Kerr also made an impact, securing ninth place in the skicross event -- the highest finish ever by a Caribbean athlete at the Winter Games.
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After the culmination of the Tour on Paris' Champs Elysees on July 22, Wiggins will turn his attention to a home Olympic Games in London where he will compete in the time trial event.
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