Epic Games reveal Fortnite World Cup\u2019s \u201crecord-setting\u201d success Epic GamesFortnite World Cup with new data showing just how \u201crecord-setting\u201d the event truly was. The ramp up to Epic Games\u2019 New York City tournament saw a ton of big names miss out on the chance of becoming the first Fortnite World Cup Champion. But that didn\u2019t stop 19,000 fans from showing up to the Arthur Ashe Stadium throughout the three-day event. Even though not everyone might be a fan of Fortnite or its competitive formats, the success of the World Cup is a great sign for the growth of esports as a whole and is a humble reminder of its current state. In a July 31 announcement, the Fortnite team gave insights to the huge numbers generated over the weekend that saw a peak of over 2.3 million concurrent viewers tuning in to watch the Solo Finals. \u201cOn Sunday during the Solo Finals,\u201d the announcement reads. \u201cConcurrent viewers peaked at over 2.3 million across YouTube and Twitch, making the Fortnite World Cup the most-watched competitive gaming event (excluding China) of all time.\u201d While that\u2019s an impressive feat on its own, the company did note that those \u201cnumbers do not include fans watching in-game and on other streaming and social media platforms.\u201d Even though not all went well for every competitor at the Fortnite World Cup, the event produced a legendary sum that propelled 16-year-old winner Kyle \u2018Bugha\u2019 Giersdorf to the higher echelons of esports winnings. Competitive Fortnite is evolving Following the events of the wildly successful World Cup Finals, it looks like Epic Games have bigger ideas in store for the progression of the competitive Fortnite scene. The company has announced the Fortnite Champion Series that will debut amid Season X of the popular battle royale. The tournament will be played \u201cweekly with the goal of becoming Fortnite Season X Champions.\u201d With millions of dollars on the line, players will be able to use a leaderboard to see where they are compared to their competition in the race to become the Season Champs. The first Fortnite World Cup is certainly one for the record books, and it looks like that\u2019s only the beginning for the scene\u2019s future potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic Games reveal Fortnite World Cup\u2019s \u201crecord-setting\u201d success Epic GamesFortnite World Cup with new data showing just how \u201crecord-setting\u201d the event truly was. The ramp up to Epic Games\u2019 New York City tournament saw a ton of big names miss out on the chance of becoming the first Fortnite World Cup Champion. But that didn\u2019t […]<\/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-72067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72067","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=72067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}