How to watch $480,000 Ninja Battles Fortnite series: dates, players, more

The Fortnite circuit has expanded with stream star Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins now hosting his very own series of tournaments with massive prize pools – and here’s everything you need to know to tune in.

‘Ninja Battles featuring Fortnite,’ an event series named after the streaming giant, will encompass six tourneys, each with $80,000 on the line. The invitational included popular Fortnite personalities like World Cup winner Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf, FaZe Clan’s NateHill, star streamer Nick Eh 30, and much more.

With the amount of cash bankrolling the event and the star-studded competition loading onto the Fortnite island, there’s going to be plenty of reasons to tune in to the new competition.

Ninja Battles ft Fortnite – stream

The weekly events are hosted and broadcasted by the titular streamer himself on Twitch and YouTube. Every streamer who participates in the event is also allowed to simultaneously broadcast on their own separate channels.

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As for commentating, Ninja Battles will be casted by familiar Fortnite faces Ballatw and MonsterDface. The two will tackle the challenge of making sense of what will undoubtedly be a chaotic battlefield.

Ninja Battles schedule

The Battle series is made up of six events, starting on May 28 and was supposed to be scheduled to weekly. The idea was to give participants a buffer of six days in between the next iteration to prep for the main stage.

However, there have been delays in the action starting in the third week of the series following problems with server stability, latency issues in Fortnite after the season 3 update, Mixer shutting down, etc.

To catch the live show tune into any of the competitors’ streams starting at 12 PM PST / 3 PM EST on Thursday. You can find the full event schedule and previous winners below.

Who is playing in the Ninja Battles?

Ninja is handling the roll call for the Battle Bus and have already pulled in some of the biggest names to take part in the action.

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While there are many new competitors are joining each week, previously he’s hosted Fortnite stars such as Nick Eh 30, Bugha, Ewok, NateHill, Reverse2K, and plenty more.

However, with a battle royale island that can inhabit up to 100 players at a time and interest from many of Fortnite’s top creators and pros, there’s bound to be more high-profile signings along the way.

As well as hosting the tournaments, Ninja himself has been competing during the first few weeks, alongside regular teammates Vivid and Co1azo, providing Fortnite fans with something they won’t want to miss.