Historic Anchor
A real championship artifact connected to one of the most iconic eras in sports.
Don’t Drop the Ball
Founded by NBA Legend Scottie Pippen, Don’t Drop the Ball is a competitive Fortnite experience inspired by June 12, 1991, the night Chicago captured its first championship in Los Angeles and a dynasty was born.
Players race through a stylized 1991 Inglewood-inspired world, enter the arena, and battle to capture the original championship game ball.
In this game and in life, the rules are simple. Don’t drop the ball.
!Limited Season One inventory is available for select brands, platforms, and communities.
Play Now
Season One Early Access is Live!
Open Fortnite, select Search, and enter the island code:
Fortnite Island Code8996-5981-8979
Game Overview
June 12, 1991. The night the game changed forever.
The championship ball is still inside the arena, and the world is coming for it. One ball. Ten minutes. Hold it the longest, and survive the chase.
Official Trailer
Grab the Ball
The Day a Dynasty Was Born, Rebuilt for Competitive Play
On June 12, 1991, the Game 5 championship ball sealed a legacy. Don’t Drop the Ball brings that moment into Fortnite, where pressure, speed, and possession collide. Inspired by history. Built for a new generation of competitors and fans.
Competitive Pressure
A simple, high-stakes loop: get the ball, hold the ball, survive the chase.
Cultural Relevance
A sports story reintroduced through gaming, creators, tournaments, and social competition.
Don’t Drop the Ball
Gameplay Video
Sports Culture Meets Gaming Attention
The strongest brand moments are no longer just watched. They are played, clipped, shared, challenged, and repeated.
Reported Fortnite registered players
Global basketball fan audience
Scottie Pippen social ecosystem
Creator Network
Access to top creators and communities.
Fortnite + Mobile
Cross-platform reach that scales globally.
Audience figures are directional and based on public reporting, third-party research, and internal campaign reach. Final campaign delivery depends on scope, timing, creator support, and activation structure.
Own the Moment
What a Partner Can Own
Season One partner windows are built for brands that want more than static placement. The right partner can own a visible and playable role across the world, the tournament, the social conversation, and the player journey.
Arena Takeover
Hero signage, exterior branding, marquee placement, and sponsor cues around the main competition point.
City Real Estate
Billboards, storefronts, branded buildings, route signage, and high-traffic city zones.
Tournament Sponsorship
Sponsor a tournament window, challenge weekend, leaderboard, or branded competition moment.
Branded Challenges
Treasure hunts, reward quests, hot spot missions, screenshot challenges, and creator prompts.
Branded Utility
Vehicles, bikes, scooters, power-ups, reload zones, branded drops, and gameplay-linked items.
Mobile Tournament Extension
Extend participation through Meme Ball, mobile, web, Telegram, and social-driven score competitions.
IRL Extensions
Launch parties, watch parties, creator meetups, live tournaments, brand pop-ups, and physical prize moments.
Activations
From Visibility to Participation
Partner activations can be built around awareness, social growth, user acquisition, community growth, product trial, creator content, or tournament ownership.
Creator Culture
Ball on Fortnite Activates Culture
Real sports history, reimagined for the streaming era.
Ball on Fortnite connects the Game 5 Ball story with the creators, gamers, streamers, and influencers shaping culture today. From live gameplay to viral social moments, this activation is built to be played, shared, clipped, and talked about.
Bitcoin.com Is the Official Media Partner for Don’t Drop the Ball Season One
The Season One announcement explores how Scottie Pippen’s championship history, competitive Fortnite gameplay, and Bitcoin culture come together inside the experience.
Read the Announcement on Bitcoin.com NewsBuilt for Attention, Structured for Brand Safety
Don’t Drop the Ball is engineered for visibility, participation, social growth, user acquisition, creator content, cultural alignment, and white-label tournament potential, delivered through a brand-safe framework.
Visibility
Brand presence across arena assets, billboards, city routes, and tournament content.
Participation
Players engage through tournaments, challenges, leaderboards, and sponsored moments.
Social Growth
Optional mechanics can drive follows, tags, reposts, screenshots, joins, and branded engagement.
User Acquisition
Landing pages, QR codes, reward flows, app installs, signups, or account creation where appropriate.
Creator Content
Gameplay clips, live reactions, sponsored challenges, winner recaps, and social edits.
Cultural Alignment
A brand can align with sports history, gaming culture, competition, and NBA Legend Scottie Pippen.
Reporting Snapshot
Post-window recaps can include participation notes, social activity, content links, creator highlights, and winner moments.
Brand-Safe Rollout
Partner-approved creative, optional white-label framing, controlled launch messaging, and custom rollout language.
For premium partners, Don’t Drop the Ball can be scoped as a brand-safe or white-label tournament experience.
Let’s Ball
Our Founder
Scottie Pippen is a sports icon and Hall of Famer, celebrated globally as a six-time NBA Champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. As the founder of Game 5 Ball and The BALL Foundation, Scottie’s legendary career and legacy now inspire groundbreaking innovation in sports heritage and digital culture.
Request a Season One Partner Window
Season One inventory is limited by design. Tell us what your brand wants to own, and our team will respond with the cleanest lane for the current rollout.
FAQ
The experience is in development and early rollout. Select partners are being evaluated for launch windows, private previews, tournament sponsorships, and Season One activations.
Yes. Partner opportunities can include billboards, storefronts, arena signage, branded zones, challenges, tournament naming rights, and gameplay-linked moments.
Yes, depending on the activation structure. Entry mechanics can include following a sponsor, tagging a brand, joining a community, submitting screenshots, visiting a landing page, or completing a reward flow.
Yes. Tournament windows can be scoped separately from larger Season One ownership.
Yes. Mobile tournaments, creator campaigns, social content, live events, and IRL activations can extend the experience beyond Fortnite.
Yes. We can support partner-safe creative, white-label framing, approved messaging, and custom rollout language depending on brand requirements.
No. This is an independently created experience in Fortnite using Epic Games’ tools. It is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Epic Games, Inc.