Fortnite superstar and Mixer streamer, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has announced that he will be hosting an online Fortnite invitational series featuring six events from May 28 up until July 2.
Each event will take place every Thursday and will have a US$80,000 prize pool, which adds up to a massive US$480,000 series pool total.
The tournament will follow a Fortnite Trios format and will feature 60 of the best Fortnite players and streamer personalities including Nicholas “NickEh30” Amyoony, Soleil “Ewok” Wheeler, Nate “NateHill” Hill, Malachi “Reverse2K” Greiner, and Fornite World Cup 2019 champion Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf.
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The Ninja Battles series is Blevin’s latest community event, which hopes to boost his Mixer viewership since he decided to leave Twitch last year. But all participating players will be able to stream from their own preferred channels as well.
The event will be premiering on Ninja’s Mixer channel on May 29 at 3:00 a.m. GMT+8.
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