Olympics Go! Paris 2024
Olympics Go! Paris 2024 is a 2024 city-building and sports video game published by nWay and officially licensed with the International Olympic Committee to coincide with the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Gameplay
Olympics Go! Paris 2024 features elements of city-building games and sports games. The city-building portion of the game tasks players with developing properties around venues in Paris to boost visitor attendance at the Olympic sporting events. The sporting portion of the game features twelve events, and players can compete to reach a global leaderboard. The twelve sports featured in the game are archery, artistic gymnastics, athletics, basketball, breaking, cycling, fencing, golf, rowing, shooting, skateboarding, and swimming. Each sport has four levels of difficulty. The sports can also be played in either single-player mode or multiplayer mode, either in person or over the Internet.The game is free-to-play, but includes a virtual shop where points can purchased to be spent on in-game upgrades. The video game also features non-fungible token integration, with players being able to claim an "officially licensed, commemorative Paris 2024 NFT Digital Pin".
Development and release
The 2024 Summer Olympics were the first Olympic games in over thirty years to not have a home console video game tie-in. Since 2007, official Olympic video games had been developed by Nintendo and Sega with the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series, but the International Olympic Committee chose not to renew their contract for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Lee Cocker, a developer of the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series, stated that the IOC made the decision to end the contract because they had to share profits with Nintendo and Sega, and that by hiring nWay to replace them, they earned a larger percentage of profits.Developer Nvizzio Creation is based in Montreal, Canada. The game released on June 11, 2024, with little advertising. It was later released on PC through the Epic Games Store.