‘Fortnite: Battle Royale’ is getting a tournament mode

Competitive “Fortnite”
continues to grow with in-game tournaments and esports
events.
“Fortnite”/Epic
Games

• “Fortnite: Battle Royale” is adding tournaments to its
  roster of in-game events.
• Tournaments will have different formats spanning
  several days; players earn points based on performance and will
  be matched up with others at their skill level as the
  tournament progresses.
• “Fortnite” developer Epic Games eventually plans to use
  the tournament mode to award prizes and help players qualify
  for more exclusive competitions.
• “Fortnite” is currently in the middle of the Fall Skirmish, a
  competition among 500 top players, with a $1.1 million prize
  pool.
• Epic Games has committed $100 million in funding for
  “Fortnite” competitions during the 2018-19 season.

“Fortnite: Battle Royale” will add a new tournament mode to the
in-game events menu, giving players across all platforms a chance
to play against each other in a competitive format. According to
developer Epic Games, tournaments will be open to all players and
will eventually be used to award prizes to top players and help
them qualify for future “Fortnite” esports events.

Tournament competition takes place over the course over several
days with different formats. Players will be awarded points based
on how long they survive, and how many players they eliminate
during each battle royale. Teams or individual players with high
scores will be placed in matches with other high ranked players
for a greater challenge, while those who struggle will be placed
alongside beginners. Each tournament will have a target score and
players who reach the target will earn an in-game pin to mark the
achievement. 

Tournaments will pit players from all platforms against each
other, from PC to console to mobile devices, regardless of
whether they use a regular controller, mouse & keyboard, or
touchscreen controls. In the statement announcing in-game
tournaments, Epic Games said that players will be on an even
playing field regardless of what device or control scheme they
prefer.

“We’ve been observing the performance of controller players in
our Summer Skirmish, PAX West, and Fall Skirmish tournaments
while playing against mouse and keyboard players at the highest
levels of competition,” the statement reads.
“Competitors such as NickMercs, Ayden, KamoLRF, and AmarCoD have
shown that controller players can be successful while competing
against some of the best PC players in the world.”

Epic says that grouping everyone into a single competition group
will increase visibility for the best players and help increase
prize pools. They will continue to monitor competitive results
and are already considering limiting some esports competitions to
specific platforms or control devices in the future. The
first in-game tournament will be a event for solo players running
from October 16 to October 21, and the second will be a “duos”
tournament for partners playing between October 23rd and October
25th.

“Fortnite’s” Fall Skirmish
event series will culminate at TwitchCon 2018.
“Fortnite”/Epic Games

“Fortnite” is also in the middle of its Fall Skirmish event, a
series of weekly competitions with $10 million in prize money on
the line. Epic invited 500 “Fortnite” players to compete in the
event, dividing them into five different teams for the six-week
skirmish season. The teams will split $4 million in prize money
and players can earn points during skirmish events to improve
their team’s share. The rest of the $6 million prize pool is
awarded to the winners of specific events each week.

The Fall Skirmish will conclude with a pair of in-person
tournaments at TwitchCon
2018, held at the end of October. The first will be an open
duos competition with a prize pool of more than $1.1 million
split between the top 50 teams; the winning team will receive
$400,000. The second competition will be an invitational event
for 50 Fortnite content creators and 50 random TwitchCon
attendees with another $350,000 in prize money. 

You can watch the Fall Skirmish events each week on the official Fortnite Twitch channel. Nearly 80
million people played Fortnite during the month of August, and
new content was recently released for season 6 of the game. Epic
plans to invest $100 million in prize money
for the 2018-19 competitive season, which will include the 2019
Fortnite World Cup.