Europe’s largest live Fortnite tournament is coming to Vienna!
The eSport Association Austria (ESVÖ) organized again Fortnite is the largest live tournament at Vienna’s city hall square. In the context of the GAME CITY 2019 Fortnite Fans to be able to of 18. to 20. October to participate in the A1 eSports Arena for free at the tournament.
Every year in autumn, the Vienna city hall square is transformed during the GAME CITY, the Gaming Mecca of Austria. One of the eSports Highlights of the eSport Association Austria announced today will Fortnite on all three days of the GAME CITY, is the largest live tournament held.
“Fortnite has evolved into a real eSports Hit that thrilled many generations and in the prize money in the millions can be obtained. We are very happy that we not only Epic Games for this tournament as a license partner, but also that the tournament in the A1 eSports Arena will take place and we allow A1 as a strong Partner at our side“, says Manuel Hasel Berger, press Secretary of the eSport Association Austria (ESVÖ).
The tournament is played on a Custom Server to run smoothly for the over 50 rounds of the game to guarantee all three days of the tournament. For a fair on-the-spot about 30 certified eSports referees of the ESVÖ to worry about. “For us it is a matter of concern for the electronic sports in all its facets, to support and develop. The GAME CITY offers an excellent framework to the fun of the game together to share with others“, explains hazel Berger more. The tournament will Premiere in the autumn of last year, the 17-year-old David “RLB Zoom” Chojnacki in the decisive game against a total of over 5,000 participants through. The participation in the tournament is free of charge.
Million in gains in the case of Fortnite tournaments
Fortnite is a free Multiplayer Co-op Survival game that is released in 2017. According to Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite, are around 250 million users registered worldwide. The game is now one of the most popular online Multiplayer Games in the world, more and more high-profile tournaments are held. Only at the end of July, the 17-year-old David “Aqua” Wang from Klagenfurt won a million in prize money at the Fortnite world Cup in New York. Wang sat in the double with his Norwegian teammates Emil “Nyhrox” by Bergquist Pedersen against 49 other Teams from around the world. In the Multiplayer Game, players land on an island and have to prove themselves against other players by collecting building materials, and useful items in the game use. In the game mode, Battle Royale to compete in an ever-smaller circle of 100 players to ultimately be a winner go to waste. The Comic-game landscape of Fortnite is colorful and the colorful Skins (costumes) of the avatars as well as their dances to reach outside of the Fortnite Community are already cult status.
