‘Fortnite’ Is Entering Schools With the Same Playbook as ‘Oregon Trail’

The education system is a powerful sales engine.”

Eric Ravenscraft
OneZero
Published in
5 min readJan 29, 2020

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EEarlier this month, L.A.-based startup PlayVS secured a partnership with Epic Games to bring competitive Fortnite games to high schools and college campuses. PlayVS charges $64 per player per season for its platform (the games it currently supports are all free…

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Eric Ravenscraft
OneZero

Eric Ravenscraft is a freelance writer from Atlanta covering tech, media, and geek culture for Medium, The New York Times, and more.