Viewers watched more than 8.2 million hours of Apex Legends<\/em> on Tuesday, beating out the most-watched day in Fortnite<\/em> history, according to The Esports Observer.<\/p>
Thanks to the Twitch Rivals tournament, which featured popular streamers Michael \u201cShroud\u201d Grzesiek, Jaryd \u201cSummit1G\u201d Lazar, and Tyler \u201cNinja\u201d Blevins, Apex<\/em> had its biggest day on Twitch yet. In total, viewers watched a collective 8.28 million hours of the game, which exceeded the game’s previous record of 5.87 million hours that it set the day before.<\/p>
The mark also shot past the best day of Fortnite<\/em> on Twitch, which came on July 20, 2018, when the game garnered 6.6 million hours watched during the Summer Skirmish event.<\/p>
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And while Shroud didn’t come out on top in the actual Twitch Rivals tournament standings<\/a>, he had the biggest day on Twitch. He led all streamers with 1.1 million hours watched, with Ninja coming in a distant second place with 573,840 hours.<\/p>
Over the past week, Apex Legends<\/em> has been making its mark on the gaming and streaming industries. Like Fortnite<\/em> and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds<\/em> before it, the hype is very much high for the battle royale game. Apex<\/em> has already reached the 25 million player mark<\/a>, and it seems to keep picking up steam.<\/p>
