Fortnight: An American earns $ 3 million and becomes world champion of the game

An American won a record $ 3 million after becoming the World Champion in Electronic Fortnight.

The biggest gaming prize in the history of electronic games, where the winners participate in prizes of $ 30 million.

Kyle Gersdorf, 16, won the individual competition at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, where the US Open is taking place.

The Briton, Jadin Ashman, won about one million pounds, after winning second place in the bilateral matches.

Gersedov, known on the Internet as Buga, laughed and nodded to the crowd, who showed up at the moment of being named winner.

After announcing his victory, Gersudov told the BBC that he wanted to save the bulk of the prize money. "All I want is a new office and maybe an office for Cbadie," he said.

The event marked a milestone in the global eSports market, whose revenues will exceed $ 1 billion in 2019, according to badysts.

However, the record for the highest number of prizes should be exceeded thanks to another contest called "International" lThe "Internationa" will take place next August.

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The final phase of the Cup fortnight saw 100 players face each other on giant computer screens.

Some 40 million players tried to qualify for the tournament in ten weeks of online competition, but only 100 managed to qualify for the final.

More than 30 countries participated in the tournament, including 70 players from the United States, 14 from France and 11 from Great Britain.

Fifteen days are played by 100 players, who are placed on an island where they must find weapons, build fortifications and eliminate, so that a player remains seated above.

There are about 200 million players registered in the game, worldwide, and the download is free, but players can spend money on in-game purchases.

Players can play alone or in teams of 4 or 20, with friends or people they do not know.

Last month, British MPs asked EpicGames, the developer of the game, whether they had done enough to check the players' lives or to encourage users to take breaks after long periods of play.

In April, Prince Harry, Duke Susbad, called for Fortnite's ban, saying the game had been "developed for the purpose of addiction".

The company's legal advisor, Canon Pines, told MPs that EpicGames employees had been "surprised" by Prince Harry's comments.