Epic’s Fortnite E3 Tournament Has Attracted Several Celebrities
As you’ve no doubt already heard, Epic Games is holding the first official Fortnite tournament this year at E3 2018. It’d already be a huge event because of that fact, but there’s also another reason to take note: it’s going to have some pretty huge names on its guest list, and not just from the streaming community, if you can believe that.
The 2018 Fortnite Pro-Am will feature 50 pro players paired up with 50 celebrities, and they’ll all be facing off against each other. Before you get outraged, however, remember that it’s also for charity. They’ll be competing for winnings donated to the charity of their choice, with a prize pool of $3 million. Winners will be splitting $1 million between their favorite charities, and the rest of the money will go to charities chosen by the rest of those competing in the tournament.
The event has attracted several big names from the entertainment industry, such as Marshmello, Desiigner, Joel McHale, Pete Wentz, and Janina Gavankar. They’ll be playing alongside hot streamers like Ninja and Markiplier, which should no doubt attract some serious audience numbers.
For the full list, see below:
- Ninja and Marshmello
- Myth and Paul George
- Pokimane and Desiigner
- Markiplier and Joel McHale
- Gotaga and Demetrious Johnson
- Ali-A and Pete Wentz
- Willyrex and Prince Royce
- Xpertthief and Janina Gavankar
- Nadeshot and Tyron Woodley
- One_Shot_Gurl and Jack Falahee
- King Richard and JT Brown
- Stonemountain64 and Jordan Fisher
- Berkcan and Ryan Cartwright
- Darkness429 and Marcus Scribner
- Orkun and Jordyn Jones
- CDNTHE3RD and Xavier Woods
- Lachlan and Robbie Amell
- Muselk and Liam McIntyre
- Lolitofdez and Ron Funches
- Jeriicho and Dillon Francis
- Gizzorz and Reggie Jackson
- NoahJ456 and Madilyn Bailey
- Skyyart and Nathan Kress
- SypherPK and Tarik Cohen
- Izak Live and Drezo
If you’re going to E3 2018, make sure you don’t miss out on this enormous tournament, which will be streamed from E3 on YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer when it all goes down. There are still more teams to come in term of announcements, so we’ll keep you posted as more are released. It’s going to be a battle royale in itself, that’s for sure.