The best Fortnite players in the world land in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the biggest LAN event since the 2019 Fortnite World Cup, with a whopping $2 million in prize money to play out!
You've done it again, Gamers8. After recently hosting one of the biggest Rocket League LAN tournaments ever (which we were there to report live for you, by the way), we're now continuing with Fortnite!
The tournament is part of the Gamers8 Esports and Music Festival - a futuristic experience that aims to "bring the virtual world of gaming into the physical world".
Top Fortnite pros, content creators, and some coming from community qualifiers will compete live in Saudi Arabia in both Zero Build and Standard Battle Royale modes for a total prize pool of $2 million.
Fortnite is finally back on LAN. Join us for Gamers8 Featuring Fortnite!44 top duos competing in Riyadh $2,000,000 USD total prize pool 28-31 July pic.twitter.com/ytoHmPuALk
— Gamers8 Esports (@Gamers8GG) July 25, 2022
$2M Gamers8 ft. Fortnite Tournament: Schedule
Both the Zero Build and the standard Battle Royale modes consist of 12 fixed lobby matches, similar to the FNCS, each offering its own $1 million prize pool.
The schedule for the tournaments is as follows:
- Zero Build 1-6: July 28th 18:00 CEST
- Zero Build 7-12: July 29th 18:00 CEST
- Battle Royale 1-6: July 30th 18:00 CEST
- Battle Royale 7-12: July 31 18:00 CEST
$2M Gamers8 ft. Fortnite Tournament: Where To Watch
The full event will be streamed live on the official Gamers8 Twitch channel. Popular Fortnite casters, including ShyoWager, have also made the journey to Saudi Arabia to host the tournament for you.
In addition, some of the participating Fortnite pros will of course also broadcast the tournament live on Twitch.
$2M Gamers8 ft. Fortnite Tournament: Prize Pool
There is $1,000,000 up for grabs in both Zero Build and regular Battle Royale, broken down as follows. Since this is a duo tournament, the prize money will of course be split between the duo partners:
$2M Gamers8 ft. Fortnite Tournament: Participating duos
There are quite a few big names among the participants. Almost every Fortnite pro will start in Saudi Arabia. The exciting thing is that all the pros will be playing in the same region. Here are the participants:
- Amar & Vadeal
- Anas & Pinq
- Aqua & Veno
- Arab & Bloomy
- Arkhram & Falconer
- BadSniper & Merstach
- Bizzle & Dubs
- Chapix & zAndy
- Clix & Duke
- DRAFTell & Kai
- Edgey & Acorn
- EpikWhale & Malibuca
- FHD & Yonx
- Falcon Nm7 & KAL ROCKY REELS
- Fatch & wCarey
- Frosty & redlee
- FКS & Balor
- G2 MackWood & Threats
- GUILD Аnas & p i n q
- Hellfire & trippernn 323
- Hen & Queasy
- JannisZ & Khanada
- Jelty & VIC0
- K1NG & Seeyun
- KAL & Nm7
- KaKaRoT & Adapter
- Knight & RogueShark
- KovaaksXD & Refsgaard
- LeTsHe & Swillium
- Maufin & dokn
- Mitr0 & Milan
- Naetor & Qjac
- Okis & Nutiffy
- Pilky & SJcash
- Pulga & leleo
- Rapit & P5EK
- Ronaldo & Kreo
- Scoped & Blake
- Setty & BL Kami
- Skram & Andilex
- Spy & Hero
- Stenno & Liwshe
- TaySon & Th0masHD
- UNHYDRA & Naiad
Der Liste nach zu urteilen, wird es also ziemlich wild werden. Wir sind gespannt, wie sich die Profis schlagen werden und wünschen allen Teilnehmern viel Glück.
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