Fortnite 'Ninja': Richard Tyler Blevins Becomes 1st Esports Player Featured On ESPN Cover

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The world of professional gaming continues to grow stronger.

This week ESPN Magazine featured a pro gamer as their "cover athlete" for the first time.

Richard Tyler Blevins, is better known as Fortnite's "Ninja."

He is one of the most successful professional gamers to take Esports to the mainstream.

The goal for players of Fortnite is to be the last of 100 fighters standing after being dropped onto an island.

He's taken gaming to new heights.@Ninja is ESPN the Magazine's latest cover athlete. pic.twitter.com/s7mfTCiDuW
— ESPN (@espn) September 18, 2018

The 27-year-old shot to fame in March after he and Drake played the game with rapper Travis Scott.