Pax West 2018 Fortnite Summer Skirmish 1.5 Million Dollar Tournament Announced

The Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series has been the first major esports event that Epic Games has organized for its massively popular battle royale game. 6 weeks of the Summer Skirmish have been completed so far with another two weeks scheduled that will see a total of $8,000,000 awarded at the end of the Summer Skirmish. Week 6 and Week 7 of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish have and will see a partnership with Twitch Rivals, and now Epic Games has revealed that the final Fortnite Summer Skirmish tournament will be held at PAX West 2018. 

The PAX West 2018 Summer Skirmish event will see a $1,500,000 tournament take place with all of the attendees of the convention being eligible to compete in the tournament.

Three rounds of qualifiers will be held on the first, second and third days of PAX West 2018, followed by final qualifiers that will take place each night. Fans can tune into all of the action from the final qualifiers of the PAX West 2018 Fortnite Summer Skirmish tournament on all of the official channels for the battle royale game that include Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, Twitter and Facebook from 6 PM PST to 9 PM PST. 

Epic Games will then take the top 33 winners from each of the evening's final qualifiers and have them battle it out for a Victory Royale in the PAX West Final matches on Monday, September 3rd. All of the PAX West Final matches for the last tournament of the eight week series will be streamed on each of the official Fortnite channels from 11 AM PST to 3 PM PST. 

No other information regarding the format or prize pool distribution was made available by Epic Games. 

With the popular Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series coming to an end at PAX West 2018, many players will have the chance to make a name for themselves in the competitive Fortnite scene and possibly walk away with a great deal of prize money in their pockets. 

(cover photo courtesy of PAX West 2018 and Epic Games)