Fortnite Returns to the Australian Open in 2022
98The collaboration between AO and Epic Games through Fortnite commenced in 2019 with the first ever AO Summer Smash, the largest competitive gaming event seen in Australia, and saw the likes of Lazarbeam, Lachlan, DrLupo, Vikkstar, Loserfruit, MrFreshAsian, Muselk and Valkyrae team up with Aussie electronic-duo Peking Duk, Dave Hughes and Nick Kyrgios in the celebrity ProAm.
One of Australia’s top competitive Fortnite players X2Twins Jesse took out the main prize, earning more than $100,000 in front of a packed crowd at Margaret Court Arena.
2020’s AO Summer Smash played host to competitors from over 11 countries and was Fortnite’s most watched event ever in the APAC region.
The event was held across two days and included a $100,000 Charity ProAm and $400,000 solos championship tournament.
The solos championship included 90 of the biggest Fortnite players from across Australia including MrFreshAsian, Muselk, Mitch Robinson, Lachlan, x2 Twins and international stars BenjyFishy, EpikWhale, Zexrow, Jaomock and Airwaks.
With AO 2021 held in February due to COVID, the collaboration shifted to the Fortnite Champion Series Oceania which was presented by Australian Open and featured five weekends of top-level competitive gaming. Offering US$90,000 in prize money, the tournament series was broadcast live on Australian Open Twitch and YouTube across February and March. The seven broadcasts had more than 413,000 live views and 4.55 million minutes watched on AO channels across Twitch and YouTube.
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There are 547,468 views in 11 videos for Fortnite. This game accounts for over 1 day of watchable video on his channel, roughly 1.07% of Fortnite content that Australian Open TV has uploaded to YouTube.