Esports moving to TV means more video games have to reckon with themselves

As esports make their way onto mainstream TV, they’re going to have to play by mainstream TV rules.

ESPN made that evident this weekend when they broadcast a portion of the Street Fighter V tournament from Evo 2017 — one of the biggest fighting game tournaments of the year. During a match on Sunday, word came down from ESPN to the main stage that one of the players needed to choose a different costume for their character, ESPN confirmed via email. Specifically one that showed off a little less butt.

Street Fighter V pro Ryota “Kazunoko” Inoue was playing as the character Cammy on Sunday, whose default costume is a green singlet that tapers down into a thong-like bottom. It reveals quite a high percentage of her butt.  Read more…

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