‘Fortnite’ Chapter 7 Season 2 has been built around the idea of picking sides ever since it launched. Players have to choose between Team Foundation and Team Ice King before even getting into a match, and that same concept is now extending into competitive play. Epic Games has announced the Showdown Series, which is a set of weekly tournaments tied to the faction theme of the season, and the first one is a ‘Game of Thrones’ crossover where players have to commit to either a Jon Snow Cup or a Night King Cup before they start competing.
The tournament takes place on Friday, March 20, 2026, and it is a solo competition set in the standard Battle Royale mode. Players get a three-hour window to play up to 11 matches and score as many points as they can through Victory Royales, top placements, or eliminations. However, the twist is that you cannot enter both cups. You pick one, and that is the one you are locked into for the entire event. Which cosmetics you are playing for comes down to which side you pick.
Jon Snow And Night King Each Come With A Full Cosmetic Set For The Winners
The Jon Snow Cup rewards include the Jon Snow skin, a House Stark Shield back bling, and the Longclaw pickaxe. On the other side, the Night King Cup gives out the Night King skin, the Night King’s Falx back bling, and the Night King’s Falx pickaxe. Both sets will hit the Item Shop later on March 20, so anyone who does not place high enough can still buy them, but the tournament is the only way to get them for free before they go on sale.
The number of winners varies by region. The EU has the most spots at 2,350 players, while NAC gets 900 and NAW gets 400. OCE, Asia, and ME each have 250 spots, and BR gets 400. So the competition is going to be tighter in smaller regions where fewer players walk away with the cosmetics. If you are in the EU, you have a better shot just because of the larger pool, but that also means more people are going to be queuing up.
This Is The First Showdown Series tournament But More Are Coming Weekly
The ‘Game of Thrones’ cup is just the start of the Showdown Series. Epic has said these tournaments will run weekly throughout the season, with each one asking players to pick a side and compete for a different set of cosmetics. It ties directly into the faction system that already has the community working toward unlocking new loot pool items through rivalry progress. The whole season is structured around these choices, and the competitive side is no different.
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The thing with this format is that you have to commit before you know how stacked each cup is going to be. You might pick the Jon Snow side because you want that Longclaw pickaxe, only to find out that most of your region did the same thing, and now you are competing against a larger field for the same number of spots. There is no switching once you are in.
