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UK Fortnite player Harry ‘Veno’ Pearson has won the Fortnite FNCS Major 1 Europe finals with his teammates vic0 (Austria) and Flickzy (Germany).
The trio placed first overall in the Fortnite Championship Series tournament, with four victory royales, 83 eliminations and 673 total points.
In doing so, they have qualified for the Fortnite Global Championship 2025, which takes place in France in September.
They will be joined at Globals by the second-place trio in the FNCS Major 1 Europe finals: P1ng (Ukraine), Wox (Sweden) and Malibuca (Russia). More on Globals and the winners of other There’s more on FNCS Major 1 finals further in the article.
‘I want to win 4/4 this year’ – Veno on FNCS Major 1 Europe win and ambitions for 2025
Veno told UK esports host Frankie Ward he has eyes on all three Majors this year, plus the Global Championship, saying: “I want to win four out of four this year.
“I like to set high standards, and I’ll see if I can live up to them.
“I’m starting to make tweaks to my gameplay, I think I’ll be playing for high ground a bit more. We can do everything, so why not make it a mixture?
“Nerves hit everyone a little bit, but butterflies are a good thing.”
Veno also said in the below video posted by his esports organisation Xset: “How does it feel knowing it’s my third FNCS win? I wish it wasn’t years apart, every win was a year apart from the other one, but it doesn’t really affect me too much anymore.
“I just want to win a LAN, that’s what’s left on my Fortnite goals checklist.
“We have to run it back at the next FNCS. I felt like our performance didn’t show how good we are, it showed how good we can be by winning four games.”
When asked who has the most aura on the team, Veno said he does.
Veno also thanked his teammates and coaches after his win, heaping praise on them for being great to work alongside:
You can see more from Veno in our interview with him around the Scotland Fortnite LAN in 2023.
Who else has qualified for the Fortnite Global Championship 2025 in France?
The LDLC Arena in Lyon – Décines, France, will host both the Fortnite Global Championship 2025 (September 6-7) and Rocket League World Championship 2025 (September 9-14) in back-to-back weekends this September.
The Fortnite Globals will feature 33 of the top trios from around the globe, competing for a share of the $2m prize pool.
Veno, vic0 and Flickzy, plus P1ng, Wox and Malibuca will advance to the Globals from the FNCS Major 1 Europe finals.
From NA Central, winners Ajerss, Acorn and Pollo, and runners-up Ritual, former Man City player Cold and Peterbot have progressed to Globals.
From NA West, winners Bacca, Parz and PXMP have advanced, and from Brazil there’s Fazer, Phzin and K1nG. Asia winners are Rise, yuma and Koyota, and from the Middle East there’s 5aald, FKS and Hero.
Finally, the FNCS Major 1 winners from Oceania are danath, Mace and Skits.
You can see all the Major 1 winners from around the world below:
Last year’s Fortnite Global Championship 2024 took place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, USA where Peterbot and Pollo claimed first place and $400,000 in prize pool winnings.
Esports tournament organiser Blast has teamed up with live entertainment company AEG Presents to help support and promote the Fortnite Global Championship and Rocket League World Championship events.
2025 FNCS English broadcast talent line-up includes UK host and analysts
Veno’s win comes a few weeks after Fortnite announced its 2025 FNCS broadcast talent line-up.
This includes UK host Frankie Ward and analysts Leven2K and Miniminer for the European broadcast, as well as casters Taco (US) and Tocata (Spain).
For the NA broadcasts, there’s US host Zeke and analysts Vivid and Kelly Link, plus casters Jacob (Puerto Rico) and MonsterDface (US).
Other recent Fortnite news: Epic Games sets an example with RepulseGod ban, and Chapter 6 Season 2 ‘Lawless’ announced
Epic Games recently took legal action against a player known as Repulse (aka RepulseGod), who shared their account with another player (Forbes) to unfairly qualify for FNCS.
“Now [Repulse is] banned from Fortnite tournaments forever and their undeserved prize money was donated to charity,” Epic said.
The player apologised in a YouTube video linked in the tweet below, which has racked up some 5.5m impressions.
Five years ago, another high-profile Fortnite ban saw UK content creator Jarvis banned for life for using an aimbot.
Elsewhere, Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 6 Season 2: Lawless recently launched.
Players can visit Crime City, mine gold veins to excavate bars, and spend ‘Dill Bits’ and gold bars on mythic and legendary items at three black markets around the map. Big Dill is the newest rap artist on the scene in Fortnite.
Players can also crack vaults with Thermite explosives, the Rocket Drill and access the dual-wield Pump & Dump. Sub-Zero’s Kombat Kit is also up for grabs.
The Lawless Battle Pass lets players unlock rewards in Fortnite by earning XP in all experiences across the ecosystem. Purchasing the Battle Pass auto-unlocks Cassidy Quinn, with progression unlocking Big Dill and Sub-Zero (MK3). Later in the Season, players can also unlock the Outlaw Midas Outfit.
Lawless also introduces ‘moments’, where players can celebrate the start and end of a match with a music moment.
The news also comes a few weeks after Fortnite OG entered Chapter 1 Season 2 went live. It features a new OG Pass with 45 tiers of rewards based on the classic Chapter 1 Season 2. Specifically, unlock items inspired by Sparkle Specialist and Black Knight and Cuddle Team Leader. It ends on March 25th 2025.
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.
