Fortnite is scheduled to have a tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between August 8 and 11, 2024. Sixteen teams will take part in this tournament, six having qualified from a LAN tournament at DreamHack Dallas and ten qualifying from online qualifiers. Due to the tournament not being sponsored or sanctioned by Epic Games, the game's developer, the tournament is known as Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Fortnite ESL Featuring Fortnite UEFN mode |
| Location | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | August 8–August 11 |
| Administrator | Esports World Cup Foundation Supervised by ESL |
Tournament format(s) | To be announced |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Teams | 16 |
This tournament will utilize ESL Featuring Fortnite, a separate game made using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) which operates like a team shooter in a manner similar to Call of Duty or Halo as opposed to Fortnite Battle Royale, which is used for the game's official esports circuit, the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS).
Background
editFortnite was officially announced as one of the games at the 2024 Esports World Cup on March 11, 2024. Epic Games, the game's developer, opted not to associate itself with the game's tournament, as they sanction the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS), which is officially run by Blast ApS. As such, the tournament was to be known as Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite.[1]
On April 11, 2024, ESL, which supervises the Esports World Cup tournament series and by extension the Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite tournament, announced ESL Featuring Fortnite, a separate game developed by 404 Creative using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), an editor used to make custom games using the Fortnite engine. ESL Featuring Fortnite operates as a 4-on-4 team shooter, not unlike Call of Duty or Halo, and features familiar team shooter modes like Capture the Flag and Hardpoint. This contrasts to the FNCS, which is played on the Fortnite Battle Royale video game and utilizes two-player teams, known as Duos, who are often are paired from different organizations. On the same day, ESL announced that esports organizations Dignitas, Team Heretics, Karmine Corp and ZETA DIVISION had committed to fielding teams to compete in ESL Featuring Fortnite tournaments, which would also include qualifiers for Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite and the tournament itself, with a then-unnamed Brazilian organization later revealed to be LOUD.[2] Additional teams that would participate in ESL Featuring Fortnite tournaments were announced in May 2024.
Fortnite was one of the games at the Gamers8 festival, which was the predecessor to the Esports World Cup, for both 2022 and 2023. The Gamers8 tournaments for both years used Fortnite Battle Royale Duos like the FNCS, albeit with 88-player (or 44-Duo) fields.
Format
editThe format for this tournament is yet to be known. It is, however, likely that the tournament will use a combination of a GSL-style group stage and a double elimination bracket like what was seen during the qualifying tournament at DreamHack Dallas.
The top 8 teams at the tournament will gain Esports World Cup Club Championship points. Each organization will be able to qualify for the Club Championship itself if they place in the top 8 in another EWC event, with the winning team's organization able to win the Club Championship as well if they also place in the top 8 of another event.[3]
Qualified teams
editSixteen teams will qualify for the Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite tournament: 6 teams qualified via an offline LAN tournament held at DreamHack Dallas in the United States, while 10 additional teams will qualify via online qualifiers held on the FACEIT platform.
DreamHack Dallas qualifiers
edit- Agent Gaming
- Berlin International Gaming (BIG)
- Fnatic
- Heroic
- Karmine Corp
- Team Falcons
Online qualifiers
edit- Europe
- TBD
- TBD
- North America
- TBD
- TBD
- Latin America
- TBD
- TBD
- Middle East and Africa
- TBD
- TBD
- Asia-Pacific
- TBD
- Oceania
- TBD
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Fudge, James (March 12, 2024). "Fortnite Joins The Esports World Cup". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
- ^ Fudge, James (April 11, 2024). "ESL FACEIT Group Reveals 'ESL Featuring Fortnite'". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
- ^ Zalamea, Nigel (May 16, 2024). "Esports World Cup prize pool: Club championship explained". One Esports. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
External links
editEsports World Cup official website
ESL Featuring Fortnite official website