Epic Games is investing $100 million into esports and their first foray into the competitive gaming industry is the Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series. Over the next two months, Epic Games will host a weekly tournament and each week the format will be different. Epic Games promises to award $8 million over the course of the tourney.
On Saturday, the Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series kicked off and it was an unmitigated disaster.The first of many Fortnite tournaments began on Saturday at 4 pm EST and there was prize money of $250,000 up for grabs. The first week was a duos tournament consisting of 35 teams with pros and Summer Showdown high performers. First place would win $50,000 and the team with the most kills at the end of each game would be awarded $6,500. This was to prod players into being more aggressive and to not reward campers.
