Epic Games has invested a cool $100 million in its effort to turn Fortnite into the world?s leading esport in 2019. That has seen it dwarf every other competitive title in one fell swoop and allowed it to regain the initiative from rival battle royale games like Apex Legends. Each week a tournament carries prize money of $1 million, while New York City will host the first ever Fortnite World Cup in July. The top 100 solo players and the leading 50 duos will qualify, and each of these players will be given at least $50,000, while the winner will take home $3 million.
This development alerted the world?s leading esports franchises and the vast majority of them have put together professional Fortnite rosters. Players compete solo or in duos, but franchises have signed up multiple stars to represent them in the tournaments. Here are the top five teams so far in this flourishing scene:
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan is renowned as one of the greatest Call of Duty collectives of all time and it has also emerged as a leading light within CS:GO. Moving into Fortnite has been a natural progression and the American team has amassed a truly formidable collection of stars. The jewel in the crown is Tfue, a Floridian with a phenomenal success rate in every game he has turned his hand to. He began a rivalry with Ninja when they traded first and second on the H1Z1 leaderboard, and he was among the earliest stars on the Fortnite scene. He has gone on to accumulate more than 10 million YouTub...