PlayStation acquires an eSports tournament platform and reaffirms its interest in competitiveness

Having organized more than 100,000 tournaments, Repeat.gg keeps it running on PC, mobile and other consoles.

We already knew that PlayStation was extremely interested in the eSports landscape. It has demonstrated this with the acquisition of EVO, the biggest organizer of fighting game tournaments, and the launch of a new line of peripherals, but it wants to reiterate its intentions with the acquisition. repeat.ggA platform responsible for more than 100,000 tournaments with over 2.3 million participants.

We will continue to support PC, mobile and other consolesrepeat.ggAccording to the platform’s statement, this acquisition will not limit Repeat’s actions on other platforms: “Repeat is first and foremost a gaming community and will continue with that idea. We will continue to support PC, mobile and other consoles as well as PlayStation.” reads in the official message. “This includes inclusion of the most popular competitive games, no matter what platform they are available on.”

Continuing this way and with the explanations, they think buying PlayStation at Repeat.gg will allow them to venture further: ” more resources, games and technologiesThis will allow us to grow the team to push Replay in ways we never thought possible.”

Steven Roberts, Vice President of Global Competitive Gaming at SIE, told GamesIndustry: “At PlayStation, our vision for eSports has always been overcoming obstacles so players can compete at all levels“Together with the talented team at Repeat.gg, we are excited to explore more ways for gamers to engage in competitive gaming and expand our eSports offering. this is just the beginning of our journey and we look forward to sharing more updates with our community in the future.”

This news comes just days after PlayStation closed its acquisition deal with Bungie, the authors of the first installments of Destiny and Halo. Because as they said at that time, Sony’s studio and company acquisition is not over yet, so we can expect similar news in the future.

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