Sony has acquired the esports platform Repeat.gg, a website that hosts leaderboard tournaments and tracks participant efficiency.
In a press release to GamesIndustry.biz, Steven Roberts, Sony vp of world aggressive gaming mentioned: “At PlayStation, our imaginative and prescient for esports has at all times been about breaking down obstacles for avid gamers to compete in any respect ranges.”
“Repeat.gg was designed to allow new event codecs which are simple to enter and scalable to tens of millions of gamers,” added Repeat.gg CEO Aaron Fletcher. “We’re thrilled to affix the PlayStation workforce and work collectively to boost the number of event experiences avid gamers can get pleasure from, no matter their ability stage.”
Repeat is happy to announce we at the moment are part of the Sony Interactive Leisure household, the house of @PlayStation and lots of wonderful sport studios.
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— Repeat.gg – Tournaments (@Repeatgg) July 18, 2022
Jeff Shull, digital advertising and development supervisor at Repeat.gg, mentioned that becoming a member of PlayStation will give the platform entry to extra assets, sport titles, and expertise, thus permitting it to develop additional. He clarifies that the platform won’t be restricted to solely supporting PlayStation and that the gaming neighborhood comes first.
“We’ll proceed to help PC, cellular, and different consoles alongside PlayStation,” says Shull in a press release. “This consists of the addition of the preferred aggressive sport titles, no matter what platform they’re obtainable on.”
Whereas largely recognized for its in depth single-player unique titles these days, PlayStation has been extra energetic within the esports trade not too long ago. The corporate acquired Evo, the combating sport event, final March.
Along with that strategic push, Sony has dedicated to launching at the least 10 dwell service titles by 2026. It acquired Bungie and Haven this 12 months, with the latter’s first sport to be a dwell service one. Sony’s funding in these dwell companies synergizes properly with its enterprise into the esports area.
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