As its name suggests, Tournaments will allow users to organize their own esports tournaments. Users can hold competitions among friends or opt to open it to the general public. These events can also be customized to be played in a variety of tournament formats (round-robin, single-elimination).
📣Launch announcement…📣🎮🧵
1/ Social distancing means we have to be apart, but games can still bring us together. So today we’re opening early access to Facebook Gaming tournaments, a feature to help people stay connected through games. pic.twitter.com/rYOIXBcIHS
— Facebook Gaming (@FacebookGaming) April 7, 2020
Tournaments events have been designed to make them easy for fans to follow as they automatically update brackets and leaderboards. The feature also has built-in fundraising tools that gaming content creators can utilize by hosting tournaments aimed at supporting Coronavirus relief.
Tournaments is currently in the ‘early-access’ phase.