About a month after launching its new Arena platform in Preview, Microsoft is expanding its offering by allowing players to create their own competitive tournaments via Xbox Live.
Prior to the announcement, game developers, eSports organizations and Microsoft were the only ones who could organize Arena tournaments, but with the recent news, players will able to create custom tournaments, which will be available in 2017.
“We want to give gamers the ability to create their own tournaments and challenges just like you would do if you were setting up a fantasy football league or joining an intramural soccer team,” Microsoft’s Jenn McCoy said at last week’s announcement.