TwitchCon Blackout tournament will feature world famous game-streamers
What's the story
The TwitchCon 2018 will happen next month. The event will witness several tournaments, being organized for the popular games, that are streamed on Twitch.
The first 'Call of Duty: Blackout' tournament will also take place at the TwitchCon and is being hosted by Doritos.
The tournament will be a crowd-puller as it will have popular streamers from the gaming community.
Read about it here.
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Call of Duty: Blackout, the newest 'Battle Royale'
Call of Duty: Blackout is still in its beta mode but players have praised it and called it a 'polished PUBG'. The newest addition to the 'Battle Royale' genre of games will look to make its mark in the gaming community through this tournament.
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All about the upcoming tournament
Activision Blizzard announced that the Blackout tournament would take place on October 26 and 27.
Famous online game streamers, Tyler Blevins aka Ninja, Michael Grzesiek aka Shroud, Ben Lupo or DrLupo and Jack Dunlop, also known as CouRage, would participate in the tournament.
The famous streamers would form their own squads and join on the second day as they compete with other players.
Celebrity gamers
A little about the celebrity participants
Ninja is one of the most popular 'Fortnite' gamers and extremely skilled at the 'Battle Royale' format of the game.
Shroud aces in PUBG and is a force to be reckoned with for his spotting and shooting accuracy. Both celebrity streamers have promising teams.
However, team CouRage is the current favorite as two team-mates Tyler 'TeePee' Polchow and Damon 'Karma' Barlow are CoD veterans.
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Shroud expresses excitement for the tournament
Shroud was quoted saying, "I am very excited to be involved in Doritos Bowl; the event should be really fun, and I am quite interested to see how my team will stack up against the squads that Ninja, DrLupo and CouRage have put together".
Fortnite tournament
Old acquaintances not to be forgotten
Notably, Fortnite is organizing a tournament in TwitchCon. The final of the Fall Skirmish will take place with a prize pool of $ 10 million.
It remains to be seen if Ninja, the Fortnite star, will participate.
However, with Blackout announcing its entry in a grand fashion, the future of this genre looks interesting.