Epic Games shared details about the big Fortnite Tournament on Tuesday. The Fortnite Champion Series, will be called the FNCS Grand Royale. The event will have a whooping 5 million dollar prize pool. The Grand Royale tournament will bring online competition for Europe, Brazil, Asia, Middle East, Oceania and North America.
Any player who has made a single-lobby round of FNCS (Round 4 of an FNCS Qualifier, Semi-Finals, or Finals) in 2021 can take part in a Trio for the event with other eligible players.
The distribution of the $5M prize pool by region is as follows:
- Europe – $2,250,300
- North America East – $1,055,250
- Brazil – $699,300
- North America West – $398,850
- Asia – $248,400
- Middle East – $198,400
- Oceania – $151,800
Format
On the other hand, the format of the tournament is completely new. Tournament is divided into two parts. Two weekends are reserved for the Grand Royale, which will take place in November. The qualifiers will take place on the first weekend of November 11-14. Then the Finals will take place on the second weekend between November 19-21.
The tournament will start on 12 November with a 3-hour open session. Teams will take part in 10 matches to collect as many points as possible. These points will then drag them one of two ways. Road to Victory (top 33 teams) and Road to Reload (everyone else).
Teams that fail to qualify for the FNCS Grand Royale will also have additional opportunities to participate afterwards. Epic also announced that more information about the event. It will be announced in early November. To learn more about the Fortnite Grand Royale FNCS event, click here.
