Sony Officially Announces The First 5 PlayStation Tournament, Don't Let It Get Left Behind!

JAKARTA - After holding the PlayStation Tournaments since 2016, now Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) officially presents PlayStation Tournaments at PS5.

This tournament is the first tournament at PS5 to present cash prizes and opportunities to win the DualSense Edge wireless controller or 3D Pulse wireless headset.

"Over the past three months, we have tested the next generation beta of competitive experience on our console: PlayStation Tournaments for PS5," wrote Louis Figueroa, Senior Director, Esports Global and Competitive Games, SIE on the PlayStation blog.

PlayStation Tournaments on PS5 officially launches today. Full details on its features, Discord community hub, and a new competition kicking off this week: https://t.co/mghKwKdUX0 pic.twitter.com/wmAqBij15I

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 29, 2022

In this tournament, whoever and in a country that meets the requirements with PlayStation Plus membership can join the Guilty Near Strive, NBA 2K23 matches, as well as FIFA 23.

According to Figueroa, Sony presents a new experience by streamlining competitive games and shorter tournament times.

"Registration on consoles is also smoother, tournaments that are easy to find, new UIs, real-time game updates, and more improvements that address common barriers to online competitive games," he added.

To attract your interest, Sony holds the first ranked board tournament named "Win-A-Thon". The event will start between December 1 and January 31 on the PS5 and PS4 consoles.

There, there will be many interesting prizes to offer, including cash, PS5 consoles, and a new DualSense Edge wireless controller.

There are no further details about any other tournaments yet, but Sony plans to share more information about new platform features, titles, and events in the near future.