A 15-year-old British lad is coming home with $1,125,000 (Dhs 4.128 million) after his team came in second during the first Fortnite World Cup finals, making him a gaming millionaire.
Jaden Ashman (ingame handle: ‘Wolfiez’) and his Dutch teammate Dave Jong (ingame handle: ‘Rojo11’) won a total of $2.25 million (Dhs 8.257 million) in a duos round of the battle royal style shooting game where over 40 million players competed to qualify.
Ashman, in an interview with BBC, said he started playing the game since it was released in 2017.
His not-so-secret key to winning? He practices eight hours every day in his room.
Fortnite is an online game developed by Epic games.
This tournament is considered the biggest ever in e-sports as $30 million total prize was up for grabs.
What will Ashman do with the money? He told BBC that he will save half of it and the other half would go for their house and other expenses.
