Virtus.pro trekker seg helt fra Fortnite

Den russiske esportorganisasjonen Virtus.pro har avslørt at de kommer til å trekke seg helt fra Fortnite. Etter å ha sluttet seg til det for tre år siden, da de skrev kontrakt med deres første Duo-lag, har de besluttet å "temporarily leave the discipline."

I en pressemelding sendt til Gamereactor sier de følgende:

"Leaving the discipline was a tough decision to make, as we had a team of very talented and charismatic people. I'm not only talking about the players, but content creators, managers, and everyone involved. Not to mention that I've always been happy with our sports performance," sier Sergey Glamazda, som er CEO hos Virtus.pro.

Glamazda antyder dog litt at det ikke har vært lukrativt for oranisasjonen å ha et Fortnite-lag:

"The Fortnite ecosystem mostly revolves around players. Competitive scene and Creator Code feature are turning organizations into something unnecessary. The audience of this game mostly consists of very young people, which is not necessarily a good thing when it comes to sponsorship deals. And some categories of sponsors are straight-up denied by the publisher."