Ever thought that playing a game could help you earn more than a million pounds, at the age of 15? Surely this can’t be true, can it?! Well it’s certainly the case for one Essex school boy who made history when he was the runner-up at the 2019 Fortnite World Cup. He and his partner bagged a whopping 1.8 million pounds from a long stint of game play!

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Jaden ‘Wolfiez’ Ashman, along with his Dutch gaming partner David ‘Rojo’ Jong fell short to Emil ‘Nyhrox’ Bergquist Pedersen and David ‘Aqua’ W at the World Cup finals in the Big Apple. In all, over 60 players from 30 different nationalities participated in the event, with around 11 players representing the United Kingdom.

For those who are unaware about Fortnite, it was launched in 2017, and more than 250 million people have registered on it. In 2018, the reported revenue of the game was 1.9 billion GBP. It is developed by Epic Games involves 100 players playing simultaneously and the last man standing is the winner.

As far as the gaming industry in the UK is concerned, it has been projected that it will cross the 4 billion mark in 2020. Here at Dotsquares we have a whole gaming extension called Inventive Studio where our game developers have extensive experience designing highly immersive games! If you think you have a multi-million game idea and need some guidance on where to start, get in touch today for a no obligation estimation! So what are you waiting for? Contact us today and flag off your dream gaming project with us!