{"id":10561,"date":"2020-12-04T16:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/fortnite-world-cup-wont-return-2021-safety-concerns"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:31:13","slug":"fortnite-world-cup-wont-return-2021-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\/fortnite-world-cup-wont-return-2021-safety-concerns","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite World Cup won\u2019t return in 2021 over safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fortnite World Cup will not return in 2021, developer Epic Games has confirmed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/fortnite\/competitive\/en-US\/news\/whats-next-for-fncs-and-competitive-play-in-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">blog post<\/a> detailing Fortnite&rsquo;s competitive plans for next year, Epic explained they have no plans to hold in-person events due to the uncertainty of safety amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our intent is to eventually hold global in-person tournaments again,&rdquo; the post reads. &ldquo;But our priority for any such event is the health and safety of our players and staff.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With so much still unknown about what is practical and safe, we do not plan to hold in-person events in 2021, including a Fortnite World Cup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\/bugha-ascent-fortnite-world-cup-winner-worldwide-fame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bugha&rsquo;s ascent to Fortnite World Cup winner and global fame<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;We will continue to provide online competitions throughout 2021 with the hopes that physical events, in some form, can return at some point in the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>They also announced FNCS will continue throughout 2021, which will now have Trios as the standardised party size for matches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YHsdYu8RRSI\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YHsdYu8RRSI?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YHsdYu8RRSI?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/YHsdYu8RRSI\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The FNCS season for Chapter 2 Season 5 will start on 4th February, with more competitive events like weekly tournaments and Creator Cups also promised.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\/fortnite-world-cup-2020-is-cancelled-broadcasts-will-return-for-fncs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fortnite World Cup<\/a> next year will likely be a big disappointment for competitive players, especially considering other major esports events have moved the competition online this year in light of COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With questions around Fortnite&rsquo;s popularity as a competitive title, the next big question might be whether we&rsquo;ll see another Fortnite World Cup ever again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fortnite World Cup will not return in 2021, developer Epic Games has confirmed.&nbsp; In a blog post detailing Fortnite&rsquo;s competitive plans for next year,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":10562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fortnite","genre-battle-royal","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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