Astralis enter Fortnite with Th0masHD signing AstralisDanish esports organization Astralis have entered popular battle royale title Fortnite with the signing of Thomas \u2018Th0masHD\u2019 H\u00f8xbro. Known especially for their Danish roster in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Astralis have entered Fortnite by signing a local Danish professional player known as Th0masHD. While they\u2019ve recently made moves to expand into North America \u2014 namely by entering the U.S. stock market and acquiring NA Rainbow Six Siege team Disrupt \u2014 this makes it clear that they\u2019re still committed to their home market, where they unveiled their own esports center, located in Copenhagen, not too long ago. Astralis\u2019 first-ever Fortnite pro will debut in his blue-and-red jersey this weekend, playing in the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Grand Royale. As a whole, the event has a total prize purse of $5m. Astralis has entered the Fortnite arena with the signing of @Th0masHD. Give him a warm #AstralisFamily welcome! \u2014 Astralis (@Astralisgg) November 19, 2021 While Th0masHD is a popular figure in Fortnite, boasting almost 215k followers on Twitter alone, he\u2019s only seen limited success in the title to date. His best result to date is winning a European qualifier for the FNCS Grand Royale, in which he played alongside Aleksa \u2018Queasy\u2019 Cvetkovic and Guild player Anas \u2018Anas\u2019 El-Abd earlier in November 2021. Read More: Astralis sign k0nfig & blameF to CSGO team – The well-known Danish org now compete in five esports titles, fielding competitors in CS:GO, European League of Legends competition LEC, Rainbow Six Siege, football game FIFA, and, of course, Fortnite. \u201cFor Astralis, it is about the fact that the game has now shown durability and development that makes us now see it on par with, or greater than, many of the traditional esports genres,\u201d said Astralis co-founder Jakob Lund Kristensen. \u201cIn the target group under the age of 18, Fortnite is, without comparison, the biggest game. \u201cWe want to be in game titles that engage many fans, where we can contribute further with everything we can in the form of digital and physical actions. That\u2019s why Th0masHD is perfect for us \u2013 he\u2019s a big international name, he\u2019s insanely talented, and with his games and persona, he reaches a vast number of gamers and fans worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Astralis enter Fortnite with Th0masHD signing AstralisDanish esports organization Astralis have entered popular battle royale title Fortnite with the signing of Thomas \u2018Th0masHD\u2019 H\u00f8xbro. Known especially for their Danish roster in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Astralis have entered Fortnite by signing a local Danish professional player known as Th0masHD. While they\u2019ve recently made moves to expand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}