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- Fortnite tournaments will be held at DreamHack Winter and DreamHack Anaheim.
- Each competition will feature a $250K USD prize pool and will be open to all attendees.
- According to the company, these the largest community tournaments to be held at DreamHack festivals.
DreamHack will hold Fortnite tournaments at two of its upcoming gaming and esports festivals, with a combined prize pool of $500K between them.
The first Fortnite tournament will take place at DreamHack Winter in Jönköping, Sweden, from Nov. 29-Dec.1, with the second happening at DreamHack Anaheim in Anaheim, California, from Feb. 21-23, 2020. Each tournament has a $250K prize pool.
According to a release, these are the largest community tournaments ever held by DreamHack. Each competition is open to all attendees, with those who purchase tickets for the “bring your own computer” area guaranteed a spot in the tournament. There will be no advance qualifiers for the competitions, and neither tournament will be broadcast.
“We are extremely happy to be able to bring this huge tournament to our festivals. It really gives the core of the DreamHack festivals, the visitors, a chance to play for the big money,” said DreamHack Co-CEO Marcus Lindmark, in a release. “With the support of Epic Games, we’re now writing DreamHack history by setting up the biggest community tournaments to date, which couldn’t be more perfect as we celebrate 25 years of DreamHack.”
