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Fortnite has a $100 million esports warchest, and here’s its first official tournament

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Epic Games announced today that it will give away $8 million in prize money for its first major Fortnite esports competition, the first of the $100 million kitty it has for competitions in the next year.

Participants will be made up of community creators and Fortnite players. The format and competitors may change from week-to-week, the company said. Invitations have already been sent.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.