Tapping into the passion for gaming, community and competition among school students in Australia and New Zealand.

Video game marketing leader Livewire has created a high school tournament ft. Fortnite for Acer’s gaming-focused brand, Predator, to give high school students across Australia and New Zealand the chance to play with their classmates to win a national championship.

The inaugural Acer Predator League Academy is supported by Intel and is run online using custom Fortnite Creative maps designed to promote teamwork, strategy and entertaining competition. Students will form teams of four representing their school to battle it out for glory in the tournament that runs between April and October. Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams via the official Acer Predator League Academy website.

The league will be split into two online seasons (called splits), with the Championship taking place at SXSW Sydney® in October 2024.

The tournament will be promoted across Acer and Intel’s channels, by League Ambassadors and global Fortnite gaming icons Lachlan (24m+ followers), and Loserfruit, 13m+ followers), both part of PWR, an Australian gaming and entertainment organisation. The pair will spearhead awareness during the tournament’s launch period, amplify content as the tournament progresses and will make a final event appearance to crown the champions.

Livewire will also drive awareness of the league via Gameview, its exclusive gaming media marketplace and audience SSP.

To sign up and find more information - https://www.apl.academy/

Gaba Cheng, Oceanic Managing Director of Acer, said: “We love creating campaigns that help gaming community spend time with their friends and compete, while engaging with brands through unique concepts that add value to their experience.”

Lachlan Power, the first Australian to reach 10 million subscribers on YouTube and founder of PWRsaid: “We are super excited to be partnering with Acer to bring such a fantastic gaming initiative to life. This is more than entertainment for students; they will need to bring teamwork, communication, strategy, and competitive skills to succeed, culminating those abilities to ultimately create a really high level of competition, this is what it is all about.”

Loserfruit, a trailblazer for women in the gaming industry also added, “Gaming and competitive Esports is a huge industry, so being able to help promote an experience such as the Acer Predator League Academy that enables young people to showcase their skills in a fun and competitive environment, is great and something I’m really looking forward to.”

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