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Color Switch kicks off esports competitions in partnership with Skillz

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Hit mobile game Color Switch is adding a competitive esports element today in a partnership with mobile esports firm Skillz.

In an effort to bring competitive gaming to the masses, Skillz offers a platform for mobile esports and games for prizes. It enables players to compete head-to-head in mobile game tournaments. Now the millions of daily active Color Switch players will be able to compete with each other for prizes. Overnight, that could make Color Switch one of the world’s biggest esports, as it has surpassed 150 million downloads and is approaching 200 million downloads.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.