The Fortnite community in China is in the grip of an infamous scandal as five professional players suddenly decided to retire after the Fortnite World Cup, with no further explanations.

As reported by local media, the organization Newbee Gaming has come under fire with accusations of match-fixing and other unsportsmanlike practices, which result in the departure of those five players as well as a slew of doubts among other competitive players.

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Both xMende and XXM were playing for Newbee Gaming.

Five pros mentioned above include xMende and XXM from Newbee Gaming, KBB, and YuWang from Team World Elite (WE), and Evilmare from FunPlus Phoenix (FPX). All of them have yet to drop a line about the problem they’ve come across during the Fortnite World Cup.

Reasons for their retirement may fall in line with how Fortnite has been failing the Chinese region, considering that some organizations started to make use of that situation.

In fact, both Team World Elite and FunPlus Phoenix announced they would be disbanding their squads right after xMende and XXM settled on their retirements, leaving KBB, YuWang, and Evilmare in vain.

And as it turned out, some leaked information unveiled that two members of Newbee Gaming never saw any part of the prize money they should have been awarded, at least a payout of $50,000 (approximately Rs. 37.5 lakhs) for everyone who got qualified for the Fortnite World Cup.

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Leaked information unveiled that two members of Newbee Gaming never saw any part of the prize money they should have been awarded.

Criticism came out against this organization as all the money was swallowed by Newbee Gaming other than handing over players. Recently, Newbee Gaming was also caught getting involved in unfair activities in the competitive DOTA 2 landscape as this Chinese organization did stick to match-fixing and thus got banned from all DOTA 2 tournaments.

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Newbee Gaming was also caught getting involved in unfair activities in DOTA 2.