Epic Games Announces $10,000,000 Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series
By Nicholas Barth ·
Following the end of the Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series, Epic Games has announced a new Fall Skirmish Series that will see $10,000,000 in prize money awarded.
The esports scene for Epic Games' massively popular battle royale title of Fortnite is continuing to grow at a very fast rate with its first official competitive series of events in the $8,000,000 Fortnite Summer Skirmish having just completed with the conclusion of the $1,500,00 tournament that was held at PAX West 2018. Now, Epic Games has announced the next major series of competitive events that it will host for the competitive scene of Fortnite in the Fortnite Fall Skirmish.
Epic Games announced the reveal of the Fortnite Fall Skirmish on the official Fortnite Twitter account on Monday, September 10th. The Fortnite Fall Skirmish will be a six week event that will have a prize pool of $10,000,000 up for grabs for all of the participating players.
"The weather may be cooling down, but the battle is heating up," stated Epic Games in the announcement of the Fall Skirmish. "Fall Skirmish starts soon, with $10,000,000 awarded across 6 weeks. Stay tuned for major details dropping later this week!"
The weather may be cooling down, but the battle is heating up ??. Fall Skirmish starts soon, with $10,000,000 awarded across 6 weeks. Stay tuned for major details dropping later this week!
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) September 10, 2018
When compared to its Summer counterpart, the Fall series of events will last two weeks shorter and will have $2,000,000 more in prize money available for competing players to win.
At the time of this writing, no more information regarding the six week and $10,000,000 Fall Series was revealed by Epic Games. However, the developer of the popular battle royale game stated that more information regarding the newly announced series of competitive events will be announced later this week. This new series of events will likely follow the same format of the Summer series in that weekly tournaments will be held with their own set prize pool and possible unique formats for play.
With the success that the Summer Skirmish saw through its eight weeks of competition, the Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series from Epic Games will surely grab the attention of the entire community for the battle royale title.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)