Electronic sports will be featured at the 2018 Asian Games as a demonstration sport, meaning medals won in this sport will not be counted included in the official overall medal tally. Esports will be a medal event in the 2022 Asian Games.[1]

Video game titles
Six video game titles will be contested namely:

A tournament of Arena of Valor
A tournament of Clash Royale
A tournament of Hearthstone
A tournament of League of Legends
A tournament of Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
A tournament of StarCraft II

Qualification
Qualification for the six video game title events took place from June 6 to 20, 2018. Among 45 member nation invited, only 27 NOCs participated in the qualifiers. There were five qualification zones for the regional qualifiers (East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia) except for Arena of Valor which only had three regional qualifiers (East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia). Qualification took place either through online matches, offline competitions, or a mix of both formats. Indonesia qualifies for all titles automatically.[3]

Inilah Venue Cabang Olahraga eSports di Asian Games 2018

Arena Britamaresmi menjadi venue cabang olahraga eSports Asian Games 2018.

Asian Games 2018 akan diadakan di Jakarta dan Palembang, Indonesia pada Agustus mendatang dan sudah dipastikan akan menggelar untuk pertama kalinya cabang olahraga eSports meski baru sebagai cabor demontrasi.

Cabang eSports ini akan mempertandingkan 6 nomor, yaitu Arena of Valor, Hearthstone, League of Legend, Clash Royale, Starcraft 2, dan Pro Evolution Soccer 2018.

Keenam nomor cabor eSports ini nantinya akan digelar di Arena Britama, Kelapa Gading, Jakarta. Pemilihan Arena Britama selain karena kapasitas penonton yang cukup untuk ajang eSports juga karena dekat dengan wisma atlet di daerah Kemayoran.

Jadi, bersiaplah para pecinta eSports Indonesia untuk menonton cabor eSports di Asian Games 2018 nanti. Terlebih, Korea Selatan dan Tiongkok dikabarkan akan menurunkan pemain kelas dunianya di multi event ini.

Ketua Asosiasi eSport Indonesia (IeSPA), Eddy Lim, dalam diskusi eSport sebagai olahraga prestasi masa depan, yang digelar bersama perusahaan teknologi NVIDIA, mengatakan bahwa cabor eSports akan dimulai pada26 Agustus-1 September. Jadwal resmi dan rincian acara selama satu minggu itu akan dikeluarkan oleh Dewan Olimpiade Asia (OCA).