Beijing 2008 (video game)

Beijing 2008 is the official Olympic video game of the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing. Developed by Eurocom and published by Sega, the game was the second video game based on the 2008 Summer Olympics to be released, the first being the fantasy-based Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games which appeared in late 2007; however, Beijing 2008 is a realistic sports simulation.

Beijing 2008 features 32 national teams and 38 events. In addition, a career mode similar to that seen in Sydney 2000 returned, and for the first time in Olympic video games, an online mode is included.

Disciplines
The following events are in the game: In addition, the game supports competition in the male decathlon or the female heptathlon, 5, 10 or 20 random events, or all of the events. It is possible to take part in all male and female events individually.

Nations represented



 * 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 🇦🇹 Austria
 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil
 * 🇨🇦 Canada
 * 🇨🇳 China
 * 🇨🇺 Cuba
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark
 * 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
 * 🇫🇮 Finland
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * Great Britain
 * 🇩🇪 Germany
 * 🇬🇷 Greece
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland
 * 🇮🇹 Italy
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica
 * 🇯🇵 Japan
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * 🇳🇴 Norway
 * 🇵🇱 Poland
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal
 * 🇷🇺 Russia
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea
 * 🇪🇸 Spain
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * 🇺🇸 United States

Reception
Beijing 2008 received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. GameSpot said of the game, "rapidly pushing buttons is not fun", and pointed to excessive difficulty. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one three, two fours, and one three for the PlayStation 3 version; and one four, one five, one four, and one three for the Xbox 360 version.