On Sunday evening, more than 6 million people gathered online via streaming services such as Twitch and YouTube to watch the end of the world. Not our world, thankfully, but the world of Fortnite, which was sucked into a black hole, taking the whole game and all player characters with it. If you try to load Fortnite today, you'll be presented with a blank screen. When developer Epic Games called the finale of Fortnite Season 10 "The End", it wasn't kidding. OK, before confused parents start celebrating, let's be clear: Fortnite will be back, it's just that Epic has closed out the first chapter of the game, which has amassed 250 million players since the launch of its Battle Royale mode in September 2017.

A trio of teens took the top awards at the Fortnite World Cup this weekend in New York. At the biggest "Fortnite" tournament to date, with $30 million in prizes awarded, Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf, 16, won $3 million Sunday by beating 99 others for the solo title. Those 100 made the cut from the 40 million players globally who initially entered the competition. The previous day, Emil "Nyhrox" Bergquist Pedersen, 16, of Norway and Thomas "Aqua" Arnould, 17, of Austria won $1.5 million each when they were crowned the top duo. Need more evidence that esports is big business?