The UK will host the first international esports competition for active military personnel next year, which are meant to function as a “collaborative arena for allied nations to sharpen the cyber skills that are critical for modern warfare.”
Dubbed the International Defence Esports Games (IDEG), the event will be hosted in the city of Sunderland, and the UK will collaborate with 40 other countries, including Canada and Poland. “Lessons from Ukraine have shown how gaming technology…