Epic Games announced that it has canceled the 2020 Fortnite World Cup through its official Twitter account on Thursday. In addition, all remaining Fortnite competition in 2020 will be played remotely online. Last year 16-year old Kyle “Bugha” Giersdork won the solo portion of the 2019 Fortnite World Cup taking home $3M USD.
Last month we said we would provide our evolving 2020 competitive roadmap. Today we wanted to provide updates on where we’re at with plans in 2020!
— Fortnite Competitive (@FNCompetitive) April 30, 2020
The cancellation of this year’s world cup has led Epic Games to the decision to bring back official broadcasts of competitive play that previously could only be seen by watching streams of the competitors or amatuer casters. Starting with the Fortnite Championship Series Invitational (FNCS) on Saturday, official broadcasts will be back.
Broadcasts – We’ve heard the feedback. We are bringing back official broadcasts starting with the FNCS Invitational this weekend! Tune in for all of the action and more competitive news.
Week 1 Broadcast starts at 1PM ET Saturdayhttps://t.co/dunlRT7iRvhttps://t.co/8Tp4qcfhCX
— Fortnite Competitive (@FNCompetitive) April 30, 2020
The $2M Fortnite Championship Series Invitational features solo competitions by the best players from North America ( East and West), Europe, Brazil, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, in addition to some being directly invited by Epic Games.
The FNCS starts on May 9 and will run for three consecutive weekends.
