A gamer plays a car racing game during the media day of Europe's leading digital games fair Gamescom, which showcases the latest trends of the computer gaming scene, in Cologne, Germany, August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

A gamer plays the car racing game Forza Motorsport 7 during the media day of Europe's leading digital games fair Gamescom, which showcases the latest trends of the computer gaming scene, in Cologne, Germany, August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

Participants play in a Formula One car simulator during the Campus Party event in Sao Paulo February 4, 2015. Campus Party is an annual week-long, 24-hour technology festival that gathers around 8,000 hackers, developers, gamers and computer enthusiasts from around the world. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY) 

A man sits in a driving simulator at the New York International Auto Show in New York City, April 16, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) 

German professional racecar driver Nico Bastian sits in a Mercedes SLS sport car on the pit lane during the international presentation of the new Sony PlayStation "Gran Turismo 6" video game at Ascari Race circuit in Ronda, southern Spain, December 3, 2013. One of Ronda's most high-profile streets was named after Kazunori Yamauchi, Gran Turismo creator, yesterday. The surroundings of Ronda will be available in one of the game's functions, incorporating stunning Andalusian scenery and the nearby Ascari Race Resort, an exclusive, private race circuit. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SPORT MOTORSPORT) 

Participants from government ministries and agencies take part in the Cyber Defense Exercise with Recurrence (CYDER) in Tokyo September 25, 2013. Civil servants from across Japan recently gathered at Japan's Interior Ministry for the first time to train to defend themselves against a cyber assault. Japan has no central agency tasked with defending the nation in cyberspace, and technicians from Japan's key ministries have been brought in to test their skills. Officials say the threat from hackers is rising, and upping Japan's game is increasingly urgent. Picture taken September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

A Filipino miner plays computer games before entering a tunnel in the gold mining town of Diwalwal in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines May 24, 2012. Up to 90 percent of small-scale Philippine gold production is being smuggled out of the Southeast Asian country, according to estimates from officials and traders, much of it to China. Picture taken May 24, 2012. To match Special Report PHILIPPINES-GOLD/ REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES SOCIETY WEALTH EMPLOYMENT) 

Employees of game company Dhruva Interactive play a game for which they designed the graphics, at their office in Bangalore, February 28, 2012. As gaming scales up, the advantages of outsourcing are becoming apparent to the firms on the U.S. West Coast that dominate the sector. Jobs that can cost up to $12,000-$15,000 per man-month there can be outsourced to companies in India like Dhruva for about $4,000-$5,000. Picture taken on February 28, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-OUTSOURCING/ REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT) 

A game artist sits at his workstation on the floor of Dhruva Interactive's offices in Bangalore, February 27, 2012. As gaming scales up, the advantages of outsourcing are becoming apparent to the firms on the U.S. West Coast that dominate the sector. Jobs that can cost up to $12,000-$15,000 per man-month there can be outsourced to companies in India like Dhruva for about $4,000-$5,000. Picture taken on February 27, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-OUTSOURCING/ REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT) 

A man plays a game as children look on after they were evacuated from an area affected by the floods at the collective shelter at Sports Science Centre in Bangkok October 26, 2011. Authorities called a special five-day holiday to allow people to leave. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

Visitors play a rowing race with Wii games during a visit at the Paris Games Week show in Paris October 21, 2011. The Paris Games Week will run from October 21 to October 25. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

A man plays a 3d computer game during press day of the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) consumer electronics fair at "Messe Berlin" exhibition centre in Berlin, September 2, 2010. The IFA opens its doors to the public on September 3-8. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A visitor plays a computer game at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 2, 2010. The world's largest IT fair CeBIT opens its doors on March 2 and runs through March 6. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Hostesses play a car racing game during the video game show in Paris September 17, 2009. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) 

Men play with Formula One driving simulators at the Mubadala stand outside the Ferrari store in Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi, September 23, 2008. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) 

A model sits backstage at the Matthew Williamson Spring/Summer 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week September 9, 2008. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

Men look at screens showing a virtual horse racing during the Global Gaming Expo Asia at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel in Macau June 5, 2008. Dragons dance across slot machines, virtual horses gallop on giant screens to Chinese commentary and a baccarat game makes gamblers feel impossibly tall by peering down the cleavage of a computer-generated croupier. REUTERS/Victor Fraile (CHINA) 

Visitors sit in mock BMW Formula One racing cars to play computer games at an exhibition stand of U.S. Intel Corporation at the Games Convention 2007 fair in the eastern German city of Leipzig August 22, 2007. The Games convention, Europe's leading fair for computer games, runs from August 22 to 26. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (GERMANY) 

Children play the computer game "Special Force 2" during its introduction to the media in the Beirut suburbs August 16, 2007. Raid Israel to capture soldiers, battle tanks in the valleys of south Lebanon and launch Katyusha rockets at Israeli towns -- the new Hezbollah computer game puts players on the frontline of war with the Jewish state. "Special Force 2" is based on last year's 34-day conflict between the Lebanese guerrilla group and Israel. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON) 

British model Keeley Hazell, the new U.K. female face of the Playstation 'Formula One 2006' computer game, sits in the Midland F1 Racing Team garage for a photocall before the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, central England, June 11, 2006. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) 

British model Keeley Hazell (C), the new UK female face of the Playstation "Formula One 2006" computer game, stands with Midland F1 Racing Team drivers Tiago Monteiro (L) and Christijan Albers (R) at a photocall before the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, central England, June 11, 2006. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) 

Britsh model Keeley Hazell, the new female face of the Playstation 'Formula One 2006' computer game, waits in the Midland F1 Racing Team garage for a photocall before the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, central England, June 11, 2006. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) 

Britsh model Keeley Hazell, the new female face of the Playstation 'Formula One 2006' computer game, waits in the Midland F1 Racing Team garage for a photocall before the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, central England, June 11, 2006. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) 

Britsh model Keeley Hazell,the new female face of the Playstation 'Formula One 2006' computer game waits in the Midland F1 Racing Team garage for a photocall before the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, central England, June 11, 2006. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) 

A racing car is shown in a scene on the screen from the game 'Gran Turismo HD' designed for the Playstation 3 at the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 2006 E3 media event at Sony Studios in Culver City, California, near Los Angeles May 8, 2006. It was announced that the Playstation 3 system will be released in North America, Europe and Australia on November 17 and in Japan on November 11. EDITORIAL USA ONLY REUTERS/Fred Prouser 

A racing car is shown on a dirt road at the Grand Canyon in Arizona in a scene on the screen from the game 'Gran Turismo HD' designed for the Playstation 3 at the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 2006 E3 media event at Sony Studios in Culver City, California, near Los Angeles May 8, 2006. It was announced that the Playstation 3 system will be released in North America, Europe and Australia on November 17 and in Japan on November 11. EDITORIAL USA ONLY REUTERS/Fred Prouser 

A computer software designer from Polyphony Digital Inc, a unit of Sony
Computer Entertainment, demonstrates the "Gran Turismo" video game in Tokyo.
How do you get motor racing fans to buy your company's sports car? Simple.
Have them drive it for 100 hours first - on a PlayStation game console.
Picture taken December 11, 2002. TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE STORY
AUTOS-SPORTSCAR-GAME REUTERS/Issei Kato

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Speek skater Nick Pearson of the United States pushes off at the start
of the men's 1500m medal race with his clap skate, at the Salt Lake
2002 Olympic Winter Games, February 19, 2002. Pearson set a new Olympic
record of one minute, 45.51 seconds. The clap skate revolutionized the
sport when it was introduced to competition in 1997, although the
newest model, containing a computer chip, was banned by the
International Skating Union before the Olympic Games. REUTERS/Jerry
Lampen

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Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia, who recenly joined the Williams team, reacts to a question during a news conference, with a large picture of him driving a Williams race car in the background, in Sydney February 27, 2001. Montoya will make his debut in Formula One next weekend when the Australian Formula One Grand Prix will be run in Melbourne. Montoya says part of his preparation involves playing computer games simulating Grand Prix race tracks aound the world. 

New Williams Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya from Colombia is pictured at a news conference in Sydney February 27, 2001. Montoya will make his debut in Formula One next weekend when the Australian Formula One Grand Prix will be run in Melbourne. Montoya says part of his preparation involves playing computer games simulating Grand Prix race tracks aound the world.

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Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia, who recenly joined the Williams team, reacts to a question during a news conference, with a large picture of him driving a Williams race car in the background, in Sydney February 27, 2001. Montoya will make his debut in Formula One next weekend when the Australian Formula One Grand Prix will be run in Melbourne. Montoya says part of his preparation involves playing computer games simulating Grand Prix race tracks aound the world.

WB/CP 

Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia, who recenly joined the Williams team, hands his racing helmet to an unseen helper with the Sydney Opera House as a backdrop during promotional duties in Sydney February 27, 2001. Montoya will make his debut in Formula One next weekend when the Australian Formula One Grand Prix will be run in Melbourne. Montoya says part of his preparation involves playing computer games simulating Grand Prix race tracks aound the world.

WB/CP 

Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya from Colombia, who recenly joined the Williams team, poses for photographs with the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a backdrop during promotional duties in Sydney February 27, 2001. Montoya will make his debut in Formula One next weekend when the Australian Formula One Grand Prix will run in Melbourne. Montoya says part of his preparation involves playing computer games simulating Grand Prix race tracks aound the world.

WB/CP 

Brazilian fencing head coach Alexandre Teixeira (L) and athlete Marco Martins race each other on a computer game during a break from training for the Sydney Olympic games September 5, 2000. The Games of the XXVII Olympiad will begin September 15.

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Rocco Benetton (R), chief executive of the Benetton formula one racing team, poses with Tom Stone head of studio production at California based Electronic Arts the worlds largest interactive entertainment software company at the Benetton factory in Enstone Oxfordshire February 28. Formula One has awarded a multi year license to Electronic Arts, which enables the games company to use current drivers and car liveries in their latest computer games. 

Rocco Benetton (R), chief executive of the Benetton formula one racing team, poses with Tom Stone head of studio production at California based Electronic Arts the worlds largest interactive entertainment software company at the Benetton factory in Enstone Oxfordshire February 28. Formula One has awarded a multi year license to Electronic Arts, which enables the games company to use current drivers and car liveries in their latest computer games.

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A visitor tries out a Star Wars racing game machine which was developed by Japan's computer game maker Sega Enterprises Ltd during Amusement Expo at Makuhari Messe, east of Tokyo February 26. Fifty-seven arcade game machine companies participated in the two-day event that is expected to attract about 30,000 people. 

A visitor tries out a Star Wars racing game machine which was developed by Japan's computer game maker Sega Enterprises Ltd during Amusement Expo at Makuhari Messe, east of Tokyo February 26. Fifty-seven arcade game machine companies participated in the two-day event that is expected to attract about 30,000 people.

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Prime Minister Jean Cretien plays a computer racing game during a visit to Monteal's Ubi Soft Studios July 15. The multimedia and video game company started up in Canada two years ago and now has studios across the country.

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Director of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Adair Turner (L) plays with the latest SEGA computer game at one of the exhibition stands with President of the CBI Sir Clive Thompson prior to the start of the CBI National Conference November 1. Argentine President Carlos Menem will address the conference later today.

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