Fortnite
"Fortnite Battle Royale" has also become a cultural online phenomenon, with several celebrities reporting they play the game, and athletes using "Fortnite" emotes as victory celebrations. A notable streaming event in March 2018, with streamer Ninja playing "Fortnite Battle Royale" alongside Drake, Travis Scott, Kim DotCom, and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, broke viewership records for Twitch to date, and led to Epic arranging a "Fortnite Battle Royale" pro–am with 50 pairs of streamers and professional players matched with celebrities at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 in June 2018. Epic Games is working to develop organized eSports competitions around "Fortnite Battle Royale", including a "Fortnite" World Cup tournament in 2019.
Battle royal
Along with the "Battle Royale" franchise itself, other examples of battle royale films include "The Hunger Games" franchise (2008 debut), "The Purge" series (2013 debut), and "Assassination Nation" (2018). Popular examples of battle royale games include "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" (2017), and "Fortnite Battle Royale" (2018).