Fortnite announce collegiate esports league with PlayVS

• Fortnite partner with PlayVS for college esports program.
• Seasons will be divided into a preseason, eight-week regular seasons, and playoffs.
• Tournament format will be Duos.

US students will soon get the opportunity to play for their schools after Fortnite announced a partnership with PlayVS to create a collegiate esport program.

The tournament will be open to all US enrolled college students over the age of 16, with registration for the Spring 2020 season closing on 28/02/2020.

Each school year will have two seasons, a Fall season running from October to January and a Spring season from February to May. Each season will culminate in the Championship playoffs.

Matches will be played every Wednesday at 8pm ET, players will have a two-hour window to collect as many points as possible.

The top duo of each week will automatically qualify for the end-of-season playoffs called the Championship where the top 50 Duos from across the country will play 5 games to decide the season winner. Up to 6 Duos from each institution can be represented at the Championship. Players will be expected to play all their matches from computers on consoles located on-campus.

There is no announced prize pool for the tournament - duos will be playing for prestige and for the chance to represent their university at a national level.

PlayVS currently runs leagues in League of Legends, Rocket League, and Smite, with over 80,000 students signed up from over 13,000 schools. Players pay $64 per season to cover the cost of the league's administration.

Fortnite's entry into collegiate esports is just the latest in a number of opportunities for college students to get involved in esports. Psyonix, developers of Rocket League, hosts an official Collegiate Rocket League tournament with a scholarship prizing pool of $75,000, while an increasing number of universities have varsity esport programs.