Ai seh. Looks like Fortnite got some good stuff happening soon. Epic Games had announced in a blog post that they will be providing $100,000,000 (S$134,025,000) for the first year of competitive play.
Epic Games posted:
In the 2018 – 2019 season, Epic Games will provide $100,000,000 to fund prize pools for Fortnite competitions. We’re getting behind competitive play in a big way, but our approach will be different – we plan to be more inclusive, and focused on the joy of playing and watching the game.
Epic Games has yet to release further details but promises to release more information in the weeks ahead.
Epic Games’ monetary contribution is no small sum either. Valve contributed an estimated $38,000,000 (S$50,899,100) to competitors across 159 tournaments last year according to Esports Earnings. Other esports like CS:GO or League of Legends provided $19,000,000 (S$25,449,550) and $12,000,000 (S$16,073,400) respectively. Don’t play play hor, got some big money involved with games leh.
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Epic Games’ decision to help out Fortnite‘s competitive scene is a good sign for players. Having the backing of the developer of the game would help the competitive scene to take off. Perhaps this could kick-start a positive new change in various games’ competitive scenes. Good job la Epic Games, setting a good example for other developers to follow.
