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 vice chairman of worldwide aggressive gaming mentioned: “At PlayStation, our imaginative and prescient for esports has all the time been about breaking down limitations for players to compete in any respect ranges.”
“Repeat.gg was designed to allow new match codecs which can be straightforward to enter and scalable to thousands and thousands of gamers,” added Repeat.gg CEO Aaron Fletcher. “We’re thrilled to hitch the PlayStation crew and work collectively to boost the number of match experiences players can take pleasure in, no matter their talent degree.”
Repeat is worked up to announce we at the moment are part of the Sony Interactive Leisure household, the house of @PlayStation and lots of superb recreation studios.
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Jeff Shull, digital advertising and progress supervisor at Repeat.gg, mentioned that becoming a member of PlayStation will give the platform entry to extra sources, recreation titles, and expertise, thus permitting it to develop additional. He clarifies that the platform is not going to be restricted to solely supporting PlayStation and that the gaming group comes first.
“We’ll proceed to help PC, cell, and different consoles alongside PlayStation,” says Shull in a press release. “This contains the addition of the most well-liked aggressive recreation titles, no matter what platform they’re out there on.”
Whereas principally recognized for its in depth single-player unique titles these days, PlayStation has been extra lively within the esports trade just lately. The corporate acquired Evo, the preventing recreation match, final March.
Along with that strategic push, Sony has dedicated to launching a minimum of 10 stay service titles by 2026. It acquired Bungie and Haven this yr, with the latter’s first recreation to be a stay service one. Sony’s funding in these stay companies synergizes properly with its enterprise into the esports house.
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