ESL Katowice just the start for major Fortnite tournaments in 2019 ESL, HELENA KRISTIANSSON \/ Epic GamesEpic Games is set to partner with more third party tournament organizers to host Fortnite tournaments with over $50 million in prizing, according to a top esports insider. After announcing a deal with ESL to hold a Fortnite tournament at IEM Katowice in March, industry expert Rod \u2018Slasher\u2019 Breslau claims that that 2019 will be \u201cthe year\u201d for Fortnite esports as Epic Games has several other lucrative partnerships in the pipeline. The upcoming ESL Katowice Royale will see the likes of Turner \u2018Tfue\u2019 Tenney, Dennis \u2018Cloak\u2019 Lepore, Noah \u2018Vivid\u2019 Wright and other big streamers and pros compete for huge prizes, with a total of $500,000 up for grabs. However, this is just the start \u2013 Breslau says. \u201cEpic will be partnering with several more tournament organizers throughout the year for Fortnite esports\u201d he tweeted. \u201cMake fun of Fortnite all you want \u2013 and I will continue to put Epic Games on blast for their poor handling of Competitive Fortnite mixed with game updates \u2013 2019 is the year of Fortnite esports with massive viewership to come.\u201d Make fun of Fortnite all you want \u2013 and I will continue to put Epic Games on blast for their poor handling of Competitive Fortnite mixed with game updates \u2013 2019 is the year of Fortnite esports with massive viewership to come. https:\/\/t.co\/5XLNlDgS3C \u2014 Rod Breslau (@Slasher) January 24, 2019 The Katowice Royale event will take place between March 1-3 alongside a separate Polish edition of the tournament, which will have a $100,000 prize pool of its own. This will mark the first time that competitive Fortnite has made an appearance at an IEM event, which is positive news for both fans and professional gamers alike. considering there will be over $50 Million in prizing for 2019 alone and it will brings in the views on Twitch\/YouTube and social media \u2013 yes \u2014 Rod Breslau (@Slasher) January 24, 2019 Competitive Fortnite was recently dismissed by Twitter as an esport, however, the potential of even more future partnerships with major tournament organizers like ESL can only be a positive for the status of the professional scene. If other big TO\u2019s such as DreamHack, MLG, ELEAGUE and more can be attracted to Fortnite esports, the level of validity and the caliber of events will undoubtedly increase, as ESL lead the way. If you\u2019re interested in the upcoming event, check out more details about Fortnite at IEM Katowice here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ESL Katowice just the start for major Fortnite tournaments in 2019 ESL, HELENA KRISTIANSSON \/ Epic GamesEpic Games is set to partner with more third party tournament organizers to host Fortnite tournaments with over $50 million in prizing, according to a top esports insider. After announcing a deal with ESL to hold a Fortnite tournament […]<\/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-72208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72208","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=72208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}