Fnatic Launch Weekly Fortnite Tournament \u2018Salty Summer\u2019 \u2013 Featuring YouTubers Anomaly, POW3R and Kinstaar European esports organization Fnatic are launching a new weekly Fortnite tournament called \u2018Salty Summer\u2019, feature some high-profile YouTubers and streamers, starting on August 12. The tournament follows in the footsteps of other successful weekly online tournaments like KEEMSTAR\u2019s Friday Fortnite and Epic Games\u2019 own \u2018Summer Skirmish\u2019. The tournament will see 64 popular YouTubers, streamers and professional players battle it out for a $5,000 prize for each weekly series. It will be a European only tournament, and so some of the biggest names in Europe for Fortnite like Anomaly, Kinstaar and Fnatic member POW3R will be participating. SALTY SUMMER \u2013 presented by @FNATICGEAR! Two weeks. Your favourite pros and streamers. Lots of Fortnite fun\u2026 \u2026coming to EU! @Fnatic_Ettnix , @POW3R_GC , @Fnatic_Jarl \u2013 who else will we see? 12.08.18, mark the date. https:\/\/t.co\/rURWpDllbc for more. pic.twitter.com\/lY9G3cJEM1 \u2014 FNATIC (@FNATIC) August 6, 2018 Launched in August, Salty Summer is set to become one of the main European tournaments for Fortnite streamers and pros. A host of major names from the world of streaming and the professional game \u2013 64 to be exact \u2013 will be featuring. The likes of Anomaly, POW3R, Kinstaar are already confirmed with many more to come. Tournaments will take place every other weekend throughout August. Competitors will face off online in a double elimination format tournament, and the winning duo each week will earn themselves $5,000. Each weekend, tournaments will be streamed online by the participants directly. Wouter Sleijffers, CEO of Fnatic explained that there exists a void for European Fortnite competition, one that Salty Summer aims to fill. \u201cAs it stands, a tournament like Salty Summer doesn\u2019t currently exist in Europe, so with this in mind and the popularity of Fortnite amongst our fans we decided to create this for ourselves. It\u2019s another example of the way Fnatic is always looking to. This is a brilliant opportunity to unite the streaming and pro community across Europe on a weekly basis, and deliver entertainment and competitive games for our fans.\u201d POW3R, a former CoD Pro turned Fortnite streamer and member of Fnatic added. \u201cI cannot wait to start playing the Salty Summer Tournament! We need some tournaments to refresh us from the heat of the sun in Fatal Field!\u201d The first duo has also been announced ahead of the opening week of competition, with POW3R teaming up with fellow streamer ErycTriceps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fnatic Launch Weekly Fortnite Tournament \u2018Salty Summer\u2019 \u2013 Featuring YouTubers Anomaly, POW3R and Kinstaar European esports organization Fnatic are launching a new weekly Fortnite tournament called \u2018Salty Summer\u2019, feature some high-profile YouTubers and streamers, starting on August 12. The tournament follows in the footsteps of other successful weekly online tournaments like KEEMSTAR\u2019s Friday Fortnite and […]<\/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-72457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72457","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=72457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}