KFC Blackout tournament finished up Sunday, giving Call of Duty Blackout one of its first esports tournaments. The tournament featured 16 of the biggest Call of Duty influencers in the United Kingdom teaming up with fans who earned their places at the event through qualifiers. The winners took home the lion's share of a £50,000, or $65,347.50, prize pool and a mythical KFC black card. Here's everything you need to know about how the tournament went down.
KFC Blackout Tournament: Everything You Need to Know
KFC announced the tournament Jan. 14 alongside the 16 influencers set to compete in the event. Those influencers included Syndicate, Terroriser, MiniLadd, Daithi, MarleyThirteen, iTemp Plays, MrDalekJD, Tommy T, Spratt, ZerkaaHD, Vikkstar123, Cyanide, PsiSyn, CodeNamePizza, Gaz and TheGamingLemon
Qualifiers over the courses of the last five weeks determined each influencer's teammate. The tournament culminated Sunday, as the team of OpTic Gaming-sponsored Spratt and Itz_WarsZ took home £15,000, or $19,605.52, plus a KFC black card that entitles each of them to $200 to spend at KFC restaurants in the UK each and every day.
Photo courtesy of Activision/KFC
