OpTic Hitch Announces $10k Open Fortnite PS4 Tournament With Scuf Gaming
By Ford James ·
One of the first ever open Fortnite tournaments has been announced by OpTic Hitch in partnership with Scuf Gaming and CheckMate Gaming.
Fortnite esports has really started ramping up as of late with the Fortnite Summer Skirmish events that recently concluded with the big finale at PAX West. While there were a couple of notable console players involved such as NickMercs and Ghost Aydan, the competition so far has nearly all been focused on the PC players. Davis ‘Hitch’ Edwards, content creator for OpTic Gaming, has partnered with Scuf Gaming and CheckMate Gaming to bring a huge tournament to the public.
This Saturday, he is hosting a duos Fortnite tournament for PS4 players only. There’s going to be sixteen teams involved, eight of which are big names that have been invited such as BigtymeR & Flamesword, LosPollosTV & FEMALEDOGS, and Ayden & NioRooch. The other eight teams will be discovered through open qualifiers on CheckMate Gaming. All teams will be playing for their share of $10,000.
How do you get involved? Head over to CheckMateGaming.com and follow the instructions there, as the tournament is being promoted on the homepage. Please note that it costs five credits per player to enter, which is $3.75 each. There are eight qualifiers in total and at the time of writing, two have already concluded which means there are six qualifying tournaments left. It doesn’t matter what region you’re in - anyone from NA or Europe can enter.
The qualifiers take place at 6pm EDT and 9pm EDT each evening for the next three nights, with the final event happening at 8pm EDT on Saturday. It’ll be live streamed on Hitch’s Twitch channel which can be found embedded below. In other Fortnite news, check out when FaZe Tfue is expected to return following his ban from Twitch.