{"id":18812,"date":"2022-07-19T05:44:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T05:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sony-is-acquiring-esports-tournament-platform-repeat-gg\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T05:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T05:44:40","slug":"sony-is-acquiring-esports-tournament-platform-repeat-gg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sony-is-acquiring-esports-tournament-platform-repeat-gg\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony is acquiring esports tournament platform Repeat.gg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"AGmwLs\">Sony is acquiring the esports tournament platform Repeat.gg, marking the PlayStation maker&#8217;s latest investment into esports.  Repeat.gg has put on more than 100,000 tournaments with over 2.3 million participants, reports <em>GamesIndustry.biz<\/em>featuring popular games like <em>Fortnite<\/em>, <em>League of Legends<\/em>and <em>Call of Duty: Warzone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"y57V1R\">\u201cTogether with the talented Repeat.gg team, we&#8217;re excited to explore more ways for players to engage in competitive gaming and expand the breadth of our esports offerings,\u201d Sony Interactive Entertainment&#8217;s Steven Roberts said to <em>GamesIndustry.biz<\/em>.  \u201cThis is just the start of our journey and we look forward to sharing more updates with our community in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"bAwwva\">Because of the acquisition, Repeat.gg will have access to \u201cmore resources, game titles and technology,\u201d the team wrote in its blog post about the acquisition.  And the platform will continue to support PC, mobile, and other consoles \u201calongside PlayStation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"XNS3xe\"><q>Sony is also a part owner of Evo<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"9dhjQz\">The Repeat.gg acquisition follows Sony&#8217;s purchase of the prestigious esports tournament Evo in partnership with RTS last year.  (The first in-person Evo since 2019 will be taking place in August.) The company also already hosts its own tournaments through the PlayStation Tournaments platform, and as Sony expands into live service games in a big way, it seems as if the company is looking to find more ways to bring players together for competitions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6cGSfY\">Monday&#8217;s acquisition is also just the latest in a string of recent deals.  Sony officially closed its acquisitions of <em>Destiny<\/em> developer Bungie and Jade Raymond&#8217;s Haven Studios <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayStation\/status\/1547989404269965314\" target=\"_blank\">last<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayStation\/status\/1546480523433885696\" target=\"_blank\">week<\/a>and in May 2021, it announced a major partnership with Discord.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"uu6iqr\">\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony is acquiring the esports tournament platform Repeat.gg, marking the PlayStation maker&#8217;s latest investment into esports. Repeat.gg has put on more than 100,000 tournaments with over 2.3 million participants, reports GamesIndustry.bizfeaturing popular games like Fortnite, League of Legendsand Call of Duty: Warzone. \u201cTogether with the talented Repeat.gg team, we&#8217;re excited to explore more ways for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sony-is-acquiring-esports-tournament-platform-repeat-gg\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sony is acquiring esports tournament platform Repeat.gg<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18898,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/playstation-acquires-esports-platform-repeat-gg\/","url_meta":{"origin":18812,"position":0},"title":"PlayStation Acquires Esports Platform Repeat.gg","date":"July 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Sony Interactive Entertainment is acquiring Repeat.gg, an esports technology platform as its ambibitions in the space continue to grow.Repeat.gg is one of the biggest esports tournament platforms in the world and it helps users compete for cash prizes across online games. 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