The $20,000 invitational will feature Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and will be taking place at the HyperX Esports Lounge powered by Shacknews at SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas. Sixteen of the best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players from around the world will be gathering together from March 20th to the 21st to see which of them will be able to secure a top-eight placing and a slice of the double-elimination tournament's lucrative $20,000 prize pool.
Viewers will be able to catch all of the live-action from the SXSW 2020 Shack Smash Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invitational on the Shacknews Twitch Channel or through VODS via the Shacknews YouTube channel. Competitors and casters for the highly anticipated event will be revealed leading up to the March 20th start date.
"If Nintendo isn't going to do something about the size of prize pools, it might as well be Shacknews," said Asif Khan, Shacknews CEO. "We unabashedly celebrate excellence in video games and look forward to bringing our passion and love for games to the competitive Smash Bros. scene."
This invitational will be the first of various Shack Smash Tournament Series events that will be taking place in multiple cities across the United States through 2020 in what will surely be an exciting addition to the world of competitive Super Smash Bros.
