Essex teenager WolfiezGG won nearly £1m at the FortniteWorldCup this weekend 🕹️🏆 His mum once threw out his Xbox, as she thought he was 'wasting his time' - but now he thinks he's proved he can make a living out of gaming. Read the full story here:
"The atmosphere in the stadium, if you made a good play, the crowd cheered you and you could hear it through your headphones... the crowd was so loud," he said.
However, he nearly did not make it to this year's tournament, after a mistake on his ESTA travel form meant a dash to the US embassy to rectify the issue. Fortnite is a free-to-play game where you win by being the last person standing on a island packed with guns and resources.
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