British boy becomes Fortnite millionaire in World Cup tournament

A British teenager whose obsession with video games caused years of arguments with his despairing mother has won almost £1m and become an overnight star after finishing second in the hugely popular Fortnite World Cup. Essex schoolboy Jaden Ashman, 15, competing under the name Wolfiez, finished runner-up with his Dutch team-mate Dave John (Rojo) in the duos event, landing a $2.25m (£1.8m) prize fund, which they will split. Ashman was one of several UK gamers to fly to New York to take part in the tournament where 100 competitors, many aged between 12 and 16, battled it out for a total prize pot of $30m – the largest ever for an esport event. While many of those taking part were professional Fortnite gamers with legions of fans, Ashman was a relative unknown with only a few thousand followers on social media. The teenager put his success down to the many hours he has devoted to Fortnite since the day it came out in September 2017, sometimes playing it for up to eight hours a day.