'Fortnite: Battle Royale' Could Be Getting A Competitive Mode Soon, And That Might Mean Esports

Fair warning: datamined files are sometimes reliable indicators of what's coming in a game, like when we get to see the Fortnite challenges a few days earlier or when the skins make it into the game week or so before they actually hit the shop. If there's a full-on skin in the game, for example, you can bet it's actually coming. Sometimes datamined files are less reliable, and we're talking about the latter right now. Recent sleuthing has uncovered a new folder attached to the limited time modes with "comp" in the title, and many are taking this to mean that Fortnite: Battle Royale is getting a competitive mode. Let's think about why Fortnite could use a competitive mode, to start with.