Blitz Showdown Limited Time Mode Announced for Fortnite

Friday, June 1st saw Epic Games announce a new competitive Limited Time Mode for Fortnite Battle Royale in the form of Blitz Showdown. The new Limited Time Mode of Blitz Showdown for Fortnite follows the previous success of the Solo Showdown Limited Time Mode, which was a in-game playlist that tracked the victories of everyone that played with the top 100 players in each participating region having received a certain amount of V-Bucks. 

The Blitz Showdown will largely follow the same format as Solo Showdown, expect for a few certain areas. Players will be fighting for victory royales to claim a top spot in the rankings in the game's Blitz mode, which features faster storms and faster paced gameplay. This time around eliminations will factor into the rankings for the competitive mode, so players will not be able to climb the ranks by hiding out for the victory royale. After 25 matches, Fortnite players will be have their Blitz Showdown scores calculated based on their placements and amount of eliminations. 

The regions that are eligible to participate in the new Limited Time Mode are North America, Europe, Oceanic, Brazil, Asia and one region that consist of both NAE and NAW. You can view the V-Buck rewards based on final ranking below.

Fortnite Blitz Showdown Rewards

1st Place:  20,000 V-Bucks

2nd - 5th Place:  13,500 V-Bucks

6th – 100th Place:  7,500 V-Bucks

With Epic Games having announced a $100,000,000 prize pool to fund competitive Fortnite events in 2018-2019, many players are doing everything possible to improve their competitive play in the battle royale title, and the Solo and Blitz Showdowns are currently the first form of competitive play that the Fortnite developer has created for the title. With strong global placements in these modes, players can begin to build a competitive Fortnite resume for prospective teams in the future.

(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)