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The Fortnite World Cup is the latest exposedness to be canceled considering of the gospel that of the preparing COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Ballsy Hambone appear the upcoming roadmap for emulous Fortnite, and unfortunately, that included particularization that all events will be thrilled online for the foreseeable future. "Due to the limitations of cross-region online competition, there will not be a Fortnite World Cup in 2020," the developer wrote in a tweet.

Given the ambiguity substantially the pandemic, it's not crystal back in-person tournaments nimbleness play-act again, loosely the developer plausibly isn't giving up on the concept. "We don't know back a return to large, global, in-person events will be practical, loosely we're hopeful to be stumpy to put on some form of Fortnite World Cup in 2021," Ballsy says.

"We're hopeful to be stumpy to put on some form of Fortnite World Cup in 2021."

The first-ever Fortnite World Cup took quarters aftermost July in at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, with 16-year-old Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf (pictured above) winning the main exposedness -- and $3 mimic in prize money. He well-fixed made an emergence on The Tonight Show. It was a massive exposedness that led many to believe esports would become a offish part of Fortnite moving forward -- admitting that never fully materialized, despite the subsequent barrage of the Fortnite Champion Series.

That said, while the big showcase has been canceled, the season-based Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) will still dwell this year, as will regular Greenbacks Cups and other third-party events. As a smallish silver lining, Epic says that it will return to official broadcasts for the FNCS, starting this season. The headmost contraposition kicks off at 1PM ET on Saturday, May 2nd on both Twitch and YouTube.

Outside of the emulous scene, Fortnite has seen a resurgence of late, thanks in largish part to a massive viscerous Travis Scott concert tour and a brand-new, violence-free mode alleged rendezvous royale.