Epic Games recently announced that the prize pool for Fortnite Winter Royale Duos 2019 has been increased.
In November, rumours began swirling around on Twitter regarding Winter Royale. A couple of coaches stated that there would be a Fortnite Winter Royale duos tournament, but Epic kept tight-lipped.
At the start of the month, Epic finally announced the Winter Royale Duos 2019 tournament. There was little detail provided in the announcement tweet apart from the prize pool and the start date.
The prize pool was $5 million for each of the three days, a total of $15 million and the start date is 20th December to the 22nd December 2019. Epic have recently announced a change to the prize pool for the Winter Royale Duos 2019 tournament.
Fortnite Winter Royale Duos 2019 Prize Pool
The prize pool was originally set at $15 million over three days, but that’s split with every server region as well a every platform. That meant that the highest prize for coming in first place on any platform or server was $9,000.
When the breakdown of the prize pool was added into the official rules, pro players weren’t happy and took to Twitter to vent their frustration. There were however, many players that thought the prize pool structure was far as it allows a large number of players to receive money from the tournament.
Epic announced an increase to the prize pool on the Fortnite competitive Twitter account. The reasoning behind the increase is due to the number of players that are dropping into Arena Duos in order to prepare for the Fortnite Winter Royale tournament.
Whilst Epic didn’t state exactly how much they’d be increasing the prize pool by, they did state that the are adding over 20,000 new placements to the official rules. This change provides the opportunity for even more players to earn some money from their placement at the tournament. Even with Epic’s terrible communication this season, they always find a way to keep the player base happy.
