Skillz launches crossplatform tournament system for mobile esports

You Android gamers no longer need an iPhone to win money from Apple-device owners in mobile esports tournaments. One of the bigger mobile-esports startups is working to bring everyone together.

Skillz, a company that specializes in real-money mobile gaming competitions, is launching a crossplatform multiplayer system. This will enable people on iOS and Android to play against one another in any of the thousands of tournaments on the Skillz daily esports platform. Skillz is already in several games on iOS and Android (like GnarBike Trials), and this gives players the chance to enter tournaments (some for real cash). It competes in this space with other startups like Cashplay. Previously, these contests would have limited themselves to a single mobile operating system, but that is no longer a problem. This could help Skillz — and developers that integrate its tech — to capture more money from the $30 billion mobile-gaming market — and worry less about choosing the proper platform.