The Intel World Open, due to take place in the Japanese capital between July 22 and 24, is scheduled to take place at Zepp DiverCity venue, with a $500,000 (£380,000/€436,000) prize pool available for participants. 

It will feature Capcom’s Street Fighter V: Champion Edition and Psyonix’s Rocket League, two recognised esports titles. 

Any player at any level can compete in the Intel World Open for a chance to join a national, territory or regional team. 

Live qualifier events in the Polish city of Katowice in June will determine which teams advance to the main event in Tokyo. 

"We introduced Intel Extreme Masters PyeongChang in 2018 and we’re excited to continue raising the stakes for esports with the Intel World Open in 2020," Mark Subotnick, Intel director of gaming and esports business development, said. 

"There are more than 490 million esports fans worldwide and the Intel World Open exemplifies Intel’s global leadership in esports and delivers a pinnacle tournament on the world’s biggest sports stage," 

With the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony scheduled to take place on July 24, the tournament will be happening as athletes, officials and spectators arrive in the city for the Olympic Games. 

Esports is becoming an increasingly regular topic in sporting circles, with the potential for Olympic inclusion one day a subject for debate.

Technology giant Intel is a member of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) top-tier sponsorship programme itself. 

There are talks for esports to appear at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago while they were showcased at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

International Cycling Union President David Lappartient is the head of an IOC liasion group looking into esports. 

There are problems with governance, however, as a rival body to the Seoul-based IeSF, the recently launched Global Esports Foundation, also exists.

Another issue is that not every country has a national federation.