Fortnite: parents hiring video game tutors for children

Coaches being paid up to $50 an hour to improve young players’ performances

Parents in the US are paying private tutors as much as $50 (£38) an hour to help their children get better at playing popular video game Fortnite, according to media reports.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) spoke to several families who have hired coaches specialising in the online game’s survivalist Battle Royale function - where around 100 players compete in a fight to the death, with just one winner.

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