Australian Open Summer Smash ft. Fortnite is back for 2023
The AO Summer Smash featuring Fortnite is set to return in 2023 with an online competition, with US $100,000 up for grabs in prize money and charitable donations.
The competitive gaming event will return to the year’s first Grand Slam with Oceania’s best Fortnite players set to battle it out for US $50,000 over the final weekend of the AO from 28-29 January.
The weekend will also feature a unique first Summer Smash Creator series, teaming up with Lachlan, Loserfruit, and LazarBeam to deliver a Fortnite Icon Series tournament across three matches, with US $50,000 in charitable donations on the line for the winning creator’s team. The creator event will be held prior to the competitive Solo tournament on Sunday morning.
The competitive event invites players from Oceania to participate in a four hour Battle Royale online qualifier running on Saturday 28 January, with the 80 best-performing players progressing to the Solos Final held on Sunday 29 January, alongside 10 wildcard competitors.