Update: This has now been officially announced by SEGA with a release date of June 22! The game is releasing for Xbox One and will be available for $39.99 USD, with pre-orders set to go live on the Microsoft Store in the near future. Here's what Ian Curran, President & COO at SEGA of America had to say about the announcement:
“The Olympic Games are a unifying symbol of sportsmanship and competition for athletes and fans throughout the world. Tokyo 2020 channels that positive spirit into a fun, arcade-style experience for friends and family to play together as we all look forward to the start of the Olympic Games this Summer.”
Original story: Incredibly, it's been nine years since the last official Olympics game released worldwide on Xbox (the enjoyable London 2012 on Xbox 360), but that's all about to change with Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game.
Originally launching last year in Japan alone, the game has been spotted on the European and US Microsoft Stores (thanks WalkingCat) with a release date of June 22, which means we'll hopefully be pushing off the start line very soon.
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 promises to feature 18 events including everything from standard athletics contests to team-based sports like basketball and football (soccer), and based on what we've seen of it over the past year, it seems a lot less grounded in reality compared to the London 2012 game from nine years ago.
Here's what our sister site Push Square had to say about the game in their review last year:
"In an era where arcade titles are few and far between, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game serves as a reminder that SEGA is still the champion of effervescent sports games. A varied selection of events, each with their own addictive gameplay mechanics, makes for an entertaining package with plenty to see and do. Pair this with a vibrant artstyle and some decent online options, and you’ve got the gold standard in athletics right here."
Excited to finally check out a new Olympics game on Xbox next month? Let us know down in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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Mention of the 2012 London game brought a smile to my face.
I really enjoyed that game so much, the best Olympic/multievent sports game of its type since the Daley Thomson/Hyper Sports old school games.
I played it tons with an ex, I might dig it and the 360 out again.
@JetmanUK Strangely, I was just playing it last night!
@FraserG Does it still hold up when playing it?
I have just been checking it out on Youtube and it doesn't look bad at all.
@JetmanUK Oh yeah, for sure! It's more basic than I remembered (the gymnastics events are literally just button prompts, for example), but it's still fun and the presentation is excellent.
Yeah the presentation was very authentic, like watching on TV.
I have also just remembered that as well as playing this on the 360, I played tons on Onlive, if anyone remembers that!
The pioneers of Cloud Gaming, way ahead of their time.
I loved London 2012 on the X360 (particularly the archery for some reason) so I have high hopes that this is as good, if not better!
Ngl the game is actually pretty fun. Definitely a change from the previous Olympics games.
A lot more arcade than sim which is a nice change of pace
Awesome Will try it out! Or wait and hope for pricedrop/gamepass?
better be a series x next gen version
Isn't anybody going to address that purple Sonic impersonator? 🦔
For me, nothing can beat International Track and Field on the PS1 and to a lesser extent ESPN Track and Field on the Dreamcast.
Olympic Gold on the Mega Drive also wasn't bad, though the diving was frustrating.
The games were heavily dumbed down after that. Some events on Beijing 2008 were OK, some awful. London 2012 was just dreadful relying more on button presses rather than button bashing.
Even the Xbox Live version of International Track and Field was much better than those games and that was 8-bit.
Just watched the trailer, do not like the art style at all.
Its not 2007, and this isn't the Wii. Arcadey Olympics? Save that for the Mario & Sonic Olympics game. Utter garbage!
I guess I need to hook my 360 up and play 2012 if I want some Olympic action. Ah well.
I have this game.
It has no solo player mode at all. Except “practise” it’s terrible. It feels like a tech demo. I don’t understand how anyone could praise this title it doesn’t even actually have an Olympic mode. You can only play multiplayer. Who decided that?!?!?
My advice is stick to older titles. I love these sorts of games right back to summer games days. Wiggling my joystick....
This is a dreadful half game and money grab. Shame on everyone involved - multiplayer might be decent but it’s half a game
Which is a shame because event choices are superb.
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