Dignitas today announced that the organization has entered one of the world’s most popular video game titles: Fortnite.
The nineteen-year-old esports organization will focus on both competitive and content creator opportunities presented by the cultural phenomenon that is Fortnite.
The Dignitas Fortnite roster has several of the game’s most talented and recognized stars. Piero “pgod” Ramirez – originally from Lima, Peru and now based in Maryland – is considered the game’s top-ranked Spanish-speaking competitive player. His likable personality and gameplay has resulted in a fanbase of over 2.2 million followers. The bilingual US-based pgod was invited to his first invitational at Streamer Bowl III: Los Angeles in February 2022. Paired with NFL Player Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, pgod made history as the first Spanish-speaking player to win a major Twitch Rivals Fornite LAN event.
Matthew “Mero” Faitel, a five-time Fortnite Championship Series champion from Michigan, joins Dignitas at a time when he is widely regarded as the best player in North America and has developed a social media following surpassing 600,000 fans. Mero’s five FNCS titles are more than any player in the game’s history.
Alongside pgod and their respective trio-partner, Mero recently won two $10,000 Twitch Rivals Series events in April 2022. In the Chapter 2, Season 4 Grand Finals, Mero claimed the title of the highest-scoring player in North America and thus was voted as the best player of 2021. Rounding out the intitial competitive roster for Dignitas Fortnite is two-time Fortnite Championship Series Champion Lucas “Dukez” Cardenas from Tennessee.
The right opportunity
“Dignitas has been scouting for the right opportunity to enter Fortnite, ensuring that our entry into this competitive and culturally relevant title would make a significant splash in the community,” said Dignitas General Manager, James Baker. “We have recruited three of the game’s most successful and promising superstars to lead our competitive Fortnite initiative and are confident pgod, Mero and Dukez will be successful in bringing even more Championships to our ever-growing trophy case.”
Dignitas’ announcement comes days before Mero, pgod and Dukez compete in the highly contested Fortnite Championship Series, which begins on May 4, 2022. Fans can tune in to watch at Twitch.tv/Mero and Twitch.tv/pgod.
In the coming weeks, Dignitas will roll out additional Fortnite-related announcements including the addition of popular content creators and fan engagement opportunities leveraging the Fortnite universe and its community.