PS3 to have Online Tournaments

It has been confirmed that Xfire will be providing the online network service for the PS3 and now we have info on one of the networks's new components; online tournaments.

Mike Cassidy, CEO of Xfire stated, "We'll bring professional console teams and let anyone who wants to play with them to do so using Xfire technology. The same thing that you see on the PC, you'll see on the PS3...With our Play With events we think of it as everyone wins, because it's a way for anyone in the world to play with some of the top, professional gamers..."

"It's like playing a hole of golf with Tiger Woods. That's what it's like for gamers, they get to play for five or ten minutes with some of the best gamers in the world. We've had over 100,000 people do these online events," he added.

So far six developers have partnered with Xfire to use the system in there games and those studios include; EA, Activision, VU Games, Ubisoft, 2K Games and Lucas Arts.

From the sounds of it, Xfire and Sony seem to be brewing a very intresting and innovative online network that might give Xbox Live a run for its money.