IN DC WHERE THE AVERAGE PRICE IS
$3 OR MORE.
STABLE PRICES.
COMPETITIVE GAMING, REALLY BIG
BUSINESS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE LEADING
GAME?
IT'S FORT KNIGHTS, 12 MILLION
ACTIVE USERS ALL PLAYING, MAY
HAVE BEEN COMPETING AND THEY ARE
COMPETING FOR BIG MONEY PRIZES,
I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
JOINING US NOW ANDREW ANDERSON,
GAMER WORLD NEWS HOST, YOU, SIR,
ARE MY WINDOW INTO AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT WORLD BECAUSE YOU KNOW
ALL ABOUT THIS GAMING.
OKAY, LET'S START WITH FORT
KNIGHT, HOW BIG IS IT?
>> FORTNITE, THE NUMBERS SAY
THEY GOT OVER $300 MILLION IN
REVENUE LAST MONTH ALONE WHICH
IS JUST CRAZY.
IT'S THE MOST POPULAR GAME OF
2018 SINCE FEBRUARY, EVERYONE IS
PLAYING IT.
IT'S PLEASING TO WATCH.
IT'S DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST
TALKING POINT OF GAMING IN 2018.
STUART: AM I RIGHT IN SAYING
THAT THE CASINO IN LAS VEGAS,
THE BIG PYRAMID, I'M TOLD THEY
HAVE A 50-FOOT SCREEN, SORT OF
ENTERTAINMENT AREA AND YOU CAN
GO WATCH COMPETITIVE -- PEOPLE
COMPETING TO WIN AT FORTNITE FOR
BIG PRIZES, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES, THEY DO.
54 LED SCREENS, GAME STATIONS
AND PLAY THE GAMES, IT'S MADE
VEGAS TAKING TO WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
THEY RECENTLY HAD TOURNAMENT
WHERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS
HELD EVENT WHERE THEY RAISED
100K FOR GREAT CHARITIES DEALING
WITH ALZHEIMER'S, THE BENEFITS
COMING FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS
IS AMAZING.
STUART: WHY IS FORTNITE SUCH A
HOT PROPERTY?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, STUART, IT'S
ULTRA COMPETITIVE, IT'S EASY TO
PLAY, IT'S VERY PLEASING, GREAT
CARTOONISH EFFECTS TO IT AND IT
HAS LITTLE THINGS WHICH HAVE TO
DO WITH POP CULTURE, LIKE
DANCES, BUT THE BIGGER THING IS
IT'S FREE TO PLAY.
WE SPEAK ABOUT THE REVENUE IT'S
MAKING, IT'S FREE TO PLAY WHICH
NOT A LOT OF GAMES DO.
YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE A LOT OF
THEIR MONEY THROUGH IN-GAME
PURCHASES.
IT'S A CROSS-PLATFORM GAME WHICH
NOT A LOT OF GAMES DO.
YOU CAN PLAY BETWEEN PS4,
MOBILE, X BOX.
STUART: LOOK, THIS IS A
FINANCIAL PROGRAM.
WE DABBLE IN ELECTRONICS SPORTS
AS WELL, I HAVE TO SAY.
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT,
FORTNITE, 10-CENT, THE CHINESE
COMPANY, THEY HAVE A 40% STAKE
IN NOTERNITE, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES.
STUART: BACK DOOR WAY OF
INVESTING IN FORTNITEI BUY THE
STOCK OF TEN CENT, ACCURATE?
>> THAT IS ACCURATE, STUART.
A COUPLE OF OTHER BIG
DEVELOPERS, EPIC GAMES, THERE'S
A COUPLE WHICH ARE EXPERIENCING
DOUBLE DIGIT AND SOME
TRIPLE-DIGIT GROWTH THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR.
SO BEING A BUSINESS PROGRAM,IC
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
INVESTMENT IN SUCH A RAPID
RISING INDUSTRY WHICH WE ARE
ONLY STARTING TO SEE SORT OF
TAKE PLACE.
STUART: YOU'RE AS RALLIAN, I
THINK.
>> YES, YES YOU DO WELL TO PICK
THAT UP.
[LAUGHTER]
STUART: IT'S BLOODY OBVIOUS.
ARE YOU A GREEN CARD GUY?
>> YES, I AM.
I CAME HERE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
I WAS GOING TO STAY FOR SIX
MONTHS BUT HERE I AM.
STUART: ONCE YOU'RE HERE FOR A
FEW MONTHS, YOU CAN'T LEAVE.
APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP, I DID AND
IT WAS THE BEST THING I EVER
DID.
GREAT COUNTRY, JOIN THE CLUB,
YOUNG MAN.
JOIN THE CLUB.
>> I MIGHT BE HERE FOREVER NOW.
STUART: YOU SHOULD BE.
ANDREW ANDERSON, PLEASURE TO
HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW, WE WILL