Arcadia's aim is to connect sports and gaming for fans to watch and play, having teamed up with Warner Bros. this year to launch the virtual game Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Session Games brings unique games, including creating active esports titles such as Esports Alpine World Ski Championships, which was developed in partnership with the International Ski Federation.

"Esports and its immersive culture holds the keys to the metaverse," said Paul J. Foster, chief executive of the GEF.

"The seamless convergence of real and virtual worlds is increasingly changing the way we interact, play and work - this is life.

"We welcome Arcadia and Session Games to the GEF family.

"Together, we continue to help shape the future of human connections in the metaverse and expand the application of active esports."

Both join GEF global partner Refract Technologies - who recently launched Virtual Taekwondo, a release in association with World Taekwondo - to develop more active esports releases.

Refract will be showcasing Freestriker at the upcoming Singapore 2021 Global Esports Games, an immersive, non-contact virtual sport played using a precise, real-time motion tracking system.