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The death knell continues to ring for Fortnite as a professional eSports game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following months of public musings and various franchises dropping their dedicated Fortnite squads, one of the biggest eSports franchises in the USA, Optic Gaming, has joined the mass exodus.<\/p>\n

Optic Gaming officially released its two remaining Fortnite players last week, Kenneth \u201cBaldy\u201d Anderson and Stephen \u201cGunfly\u201d Brown.<\/p>\n

Optic Gaming, one of the biggest esports organizations in North America, has parted ways with its Fortnite: Battle Royale esports team by releasing its two remaining players,<\/p>\n

Both players went to Twitter to announce their free agency status.<\/p>\n

Optic Gaming has now officially withdrawn from competition in the two biggest PUBG tournaments, citing doubts over the game’s future.<\/p>\n

Optic’s owner and CEO, Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2018 Rodriguez, has been very public about his lack of confidence in the title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kodiak, the eSports director at Infinite Esports, did not completely rule out any future in competing in Fortnite, but added, \u201cwe will continue to keep a watch on the scene and rising talent, but for the time being will not have players rostered on a competitive team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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