The holidays are over and we’re well into 2022 and the New Year – seems like the perfect time for a new tournament, right? If you’re playing Fortnite on a PlayStation, you’ll be pleased to know that there’s a new PlayStation Cup coming to Fortnite in January 2022. We have absolutely everything you need to know about this platform-exclusive event below.

When does the PlayStation Cup Start?

Fortnite’s first PlayStation Cup tournament for 2022 is due to start on January 14th and should run until January 15th.

Fortnite hasn’t clarified exactly when it’s due to start, though – however, we can look at the last PlayStation Cup to get some idea of what to expect.

Round 1 should start between 16:00 GMT and 19:00 GMT and Round 2 should begin at 20:00 GMT and conclude at 23:00 GMT.

” The tournament is a Solo competition with two rounds. Round 1 is an open competition where you’ll have 3 hours to play a maximum of 10 games and earn as many points as you can. Only the top 100 players in each region will advance to Round 2.”

What can you win from this tournament?

As always, there’s quite a lot of prize money on offer – here’s the “prizing breakdown” from Epic Games…

EU, NAE, NAW, Brazil

• 1st – $1,200
• 2nd – $1,100
• 3rd – $1,000
• 4th – $800
• 5th – $725
• 6th – $600
• 7th – $550
• 8th – $500
• 9th – $450
• 10th to 25th – $400
• 26th to 50th – $300

• 51st to 64th – $200

Oceana, Middle East

• 1st – $650
• 2nd – $600
• 3rd – $550
• 4th – $500
• 5th – $450
• 6th – $400
• 7th – $350
• 8th to 9th – $300

• 10th to 20th – $200

If you think you can get yourself onto the scoreboard, here’s the points breakdown for each game in Round 1. Just to remind you, you have 10 games in three hours to get the highest possible score.

• Victory Royale – 30 points
• 2nd – 25 points
• 3rd – 22 points
• 4th – 20 points
• 5th – 19 points
• 6th – 17 points
• 7th – 16 points
• 8th – 15 points
• 9th – 14 points
• 10th – 13 points
• 11th to 15th – 11 points
• 16th to 20th – 9 points
• 21st to 25th – 7 points
• 26th to 30th – 5 points
• 31st to 35th – 4 points
• 36th to 40th – 3 points
• 41st to 50th – 2 points

• 51st to 75th – 1 point

In Round 1, Eliminations are worth an additional point. In Round 2, each Elimination is worth two points – however, the placement values remain the same.

What do you need to know about this event?

There are a few more details you should be aware of if you’re thinking of taking part in this PlayStation Cup. Firstly, the PlayStation Cup for January isn’t available for Fortnite players in Asia or Japan. This might change in the future, but for now, it’s not available.

In addition to this, you’re going to need two-factor authentification on your Fortnite account to be eligible to participate. As always, your account level will also need to be above 50 – however, this doesn’t take as long as you think it would.

If you’re looking for more information, you should check out the rules page from Epic Games.