Epic Games are persevering with their push to make Fortnite: Battle Royale into the most popular esport round, following up their eight-week, $eight million prize pool Summer Skirmish with a brand new six-week collection happening this autumn. Despite being shorter, it’ll squeeze in $10 million in prizes, and a brand new format will see gamers face off in challenges that aren’t simply the usual murder-everyone-on-the-island association.
They’re calling it the Fall Skirmish, even though I specifically suggested some better alliterative terms for them to use, and similar to the summer time occasion ended at PAX West, this one could have its grand finale at Twitchcon, which runs from October 26th to 28th. And once more, like at PAX, Twitchcon attendees will be capable of register to play in opposition to the professionals, so everybody can as soon as once more cross their fingers for an excellent underdog story.
According to Epic’s official announcement, gamers will be capable of achieve factors in the direction of victory in each “competitive” and “entertainment” codecs. The latter will likely be a brand new problem every week, “like white-knuckle ATK races, masterful golf outings, [and] mini-games.”
This is all a part of the experiment as Epic trial varied methods to make Fortnite work as a spectator sport earlier than the “large-scale events” that they’ve deliberate for subsequent yr. Including these quirky alternate modes seems to be one thing that they need to do shifting forwards, which appears good contemplating battle royales don’t always lend themselves to easy viewing. At the very least, it’ll inject some selection and take a look at the gamers’ talents in new methods.
They additionally teased the Showdown Royale, coming in October, which can permit all gamers to compete and win prizes utilizing an in-game event system. The format for this and the complete guidelines and set-up for subsequent week’s Fall Skirmish opening weekend are as but unannounced.
