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FNCS 2026 Global Championship tops one million viewers on fewer channels
Esports Charts put the Fortnite Global Championship in Antwerp above one million peak viewers, the best for Fortnite in seven years, while hours fell 23.6 percent and channels dropped to 253.
TournamentsSwizzY Becomes the First Player to Win Back-to-Back Fortnite Globals
SwizzY and Pixie won the Fortnite Global Championship 2026 in Antwerp, making SwizzY the first player to win the Globals in consecutive years.
TournamentsBIG Win the Fortnite Reload Elite Series at the Esports World Cup 2026
BIG's vic0 and Malibuca became the first duo in Fortnite history to win back-to-back Tier 1 LAN titles, closing out the Esports World Cup 2026's new Reload event.
TechnologyFortnite at the EWC 2026: controllers, macros and restart rules explained
Mouse and keyboard or a PC controller, no turbo or macro input, a signed checklist and a short list of restart cases: the technical rules of the Fortnite Reload event in Paris.
SponsorshipsHot Toys signs as official sponsor of the Fortnite Global Championship
BLAST has named collectibles maker Hot Toys official sponsor of the Fortnite Global Championship 2026, with a stand in Antwerp, broadcast segments and collectibles sold in the FNCS stores.
PlayersWho can enter Fortnite tournaments: age 13, level 350, region lock
Epic Games' Fortnite Competitive Master Rules of June 4, 2026 set who may compete: the minimum age, parental consent, account level, FNCS activity, regions and team lock.
TournamentsBIG's vic0 and Malibuca Win the FNCS Major 1 Summit in Düsseldorf
BIG's duo of vic0 and Malibuca won the first FNCS Summit held in Germany, taking $250,000 and a spot at the Fortnite Global Championship.
TournamentsFortnite moves its Global Championship to Antwerp in September
Epic Games has brought the 2026 Fortnite Global Championship forward to September 26 and 27 in Antwerp, moved FNCS Major 2 to July and replaced Major 3 with a Last Chance event.
OrganizationsTeam Vitality Enters Fortnite Through a Co-Branding Deal With HavoK
Team Vitality struck a co-branding partnership with the French Fortnite club HavoK, which will compete as Team Havok by Vitality while keeping its own roster.
TechnologyFortnite tournaments to require Secure Boot, TPM and IOMMU on PC
From February 19, every Fortnite tournament asks PC players to enable three security features, a year after Epic Games first applied the rule to its Account Level 350 events.