Smash.gg, the tournament organizer platform, has been acquired by Microsoft today.

Smash.gg is an esports platform that specializes in organizing tournaments. Created back in 2015, the online tool began as a competitive bracket host just for Super Smash Bros. tournaments. Since then, it has expanded to include games such as Street Fighter, Fortnite, and Rocket League. While there are other bracket websites like Challonge, Smash.gg revolutionized the space with Twitter integration and making it easier for organizers to host events. The acquisition by Microsoft means that one of the biggest esports tournament platforms will be backed by one of the world's biggest businesses, which can only benefit esports.

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With Microsoft's acquisition, Smash.gg will have access to resources not available before. "Since we started in 2015, our goal has been to build active esports scenes around the games people love to play. Today we're excited to take the next step in that journey by joining Microsoft to strengthen our existing relationships and explore new opportunities. Smash.gg will continue as a self-service esports platform available to tournament organizers from all game communities." While nothing immediately will change, having access to Microsoft's resources will help growth.

Microsoft's flagship titles, Gears of War and Halo, have esports scenes. It will be interesting to see if they move their tournament circuits to the platform in the future. Microsoft could also potentially use their new acquisition to sponsor esports tournaments in other games. There are many opportunities for Microsoft to change the nature of esports tournaments with this acquisition.

No matter how you slice it, Microsoft acquiring Smash.gg is big news for esports. Smash.gg is the best platform for organizing tournaments and esports events. With a giant company like Microsoft acquiring a big esports platform like Smash.gg, there is a huge opportunity to expand the platform to more games. It'll be exciting to watch and see where the acquisition takes Smash.gg in the future.

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