Epic Games Announce $100 Million Going To Fortnite Esports Events & Tournaments
By Ford James ·
$100,000,000 will be going toward competitive Fortnite events from Epic Games themselves for the 2018-2019 Fortnite competitive season.
We’ve all been waiting to hear news on official Fortnite esports events, and Epic have announced today that they’re going to be forking out $100 million in total for the 2018-2019 season. Here is the full statement:
Fortnite Competitors!
Grab your gear, drop in and start training. Since the launch of Fortnite Battle Royale we’ve watched the passion for community competition grow and can’t wait to empower you to battle with the best.
In the 2018 - 2019 season, Epic Games will provide $100,000,000 to fund prize pools for Fortnite competitions. We’re getting behind competitive play in a big way, but our approach will be different - we plan to be more inclusive, and focused on the joy of playing and watching the game.
Stay tuned for more details about competitive structures and eligible platforms in the weeks ahead!
Grab your gear, drop in and start training. Epic Games will provide $100,000,000 to fund prize pools for Fortnite competitions.https://t.co/ZcBe9fZD0S
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) 21 May 2018
Finer details like which platform will be supported, when the season will start, and how they’re going to score the tournaments are still unknown. For the latter point, the Solo Showdown limited time mode concluded today and that was based solely on each player’s final placement, but whether the future esports events supported by Epic will feature a different ruleset is yet to be announced.
The current state of Fortnite esports is limited, with Keemstar’s Friday Fortnite tournament with a bunch of popular YouTubers and Twitch streamers competing is the only option for viewers. If you missed that last week, SoaR Thief and Typical Gamer walked away as the victors, defeating TSM’s Daequan and Hamlinz in the final.
Organisations have been preparing for this moment for months now though, with multiple teams being formed already. The most notable of which is TSM who have Myth, Daequan, CaMiLLs and Hamlinz, while record breaker Ninja is under Luminosity, and EnVy have picked up KingRichard to captain their outfit.
In almost simultaneous news, Epic have announced the jetpack limited time mode will be starting in Fortnite this week, and the challenges for week four of the battle pass have been leaked. You can check out Epic’s blog post here.