Xfire is launching the open beta test for its e-Sports platform, which will enable any player to create tournaments with friends in games such as Riot Games’ League of Legends. This means that amateur gamers will be able to compete in tournaments as easily as the pros.
The Xfire tournament platform is layered on top of the League of Legends game, which was launched in 2009 and still draws tens of millions of players a day for multiplayer online battle arena matches. That will help spread the popular e-Sports competition spread to more gamers, said Mark Donovan, chief executive of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Xfire, in an interview with GamesBeat.
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