British/Lithuanian professional Fortnite player Henrik ‘Hen’ Mclean achieved first place in the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) EU final yesterday.
The player, representing UK esports organisation Guild Esports, took home home half of the tournament’s $300,000 top prize with his duo partner, Serbian player Aleksa ‘Queasy’ Cvetkovic.
Guild Esports said in an announcement they were pleased to have won their fifth major trophy, with director of esports Grant Rousseau praising Hen on Twitter:
Guild’s other players, Jannis ‘JannisZ’ Matwin, Lennard ‘Rezon ay’ Sill and Anas ‘Anas’ El-Abd rounded off the showing, finishing in fourth, seventh and eighth place respectively.
The victory has cemented Guild as having the number one ranking spot in Europe – and earned Guild’s pro players a total of $260,000 in prize money from the event.
Kal Hourd, chief executive of Guild Esports, said: “We are incredibly proud to have the top Fortnite roster in Europe. Winning trophies and generating media value is exactly what our brand partners expect.
“We are building this business the right way and I remain confident in securing significant partnership revenue in 2022.”
Hen celebrated his victory on Twitter with the following clip:
Hen added: “Thank you for all the support, you honestly don’t understand how much this means to me. Just chilling with the fam now.”
Hen joined Guild in December 2020 aged just 15 years old as the esports organisation’s second Fortnite player after Flikk (who is no longer with the organisation).
Last year, Guild launched a sustainable Fortnite tournament, with a real tree planted for every tree chopped down in-game (Hen took part in this – see the picture at the top of the article).
Other recent Guild Esports news:
- UK orgs Guild and Tenstar finish in top three at Valorant Game Changers EMEA Series 1
- Guild Esports makes education move after posting a loss in its first full year of operations
- Guild Esports reveals more info on new headquarters, academy and merch shop in London
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
