Fortnite profit goes to animal home

Hot expected, now launched: The “Fortnite’s World Cup Finals” in New York run. More than 40 million players have tried to take part, and only the 200 best are qualified.

The Fortnite World Cup in the USA is the biggest eSports tournament of all time. The solo winner alone receives around 2.7 million euros.

For many fans, the biggest shock came in the run-up to the World Cup: Superstar Ninja had made it to the final neither in the single nor in the duo tournament.

After all, Ninja was on show at the Celebrity Pro-Am event at the start of the World Cup on Friday, together with her partner Marshmello.

As in other Pro-Am competitions, 50 of the biggest content creators of the Fortnite community will play with well-known athletes, musicians, actors and other celebrities at the World Cup. Among others: NBA star Aaron Gordon (23).

Pro-Am winner: The duo of Airwaks and RL Grime, who had already won at the Summer Block Party in Los Angeles in June. Ninja and Marshmello finished 11th.

Previously, Ninja had been the team leader of the Lil Whip Warriors in the Creative Finals. The mode: Eight teams of four compete against each other in different game modes of the creative mode. The goal is to capture and hold a circular platform.

Creative winner: Fish Fam. The German Youtuber HandOfBlood and his team Llama Record Co. finished sixth and received a share of 56000 Euro. Great gesture: HandOfBlood donated all his prize money to the Tierheim Berlin.