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credit//Epic Games Epic Games is bringing Fortnite to mobile platforms, and iOS users will be the first to get a shot at the game The Fornite Inivite Event is currently open for sign-up, which will allow iOS users to be put on the Fortnite Invite waiting list If you do sign up, you'll receive an email alert[...]

credit//Epic Games Several Fortnite players have reported to Kotaku that their account information has been stolen and used to rack up some impressively hefty bills The fraudulent charges have reached upwards of a hundred dollars, which is a pretty impressive amount of microtransactions. Epic Games, while aware of the problem, is still working to resolve the issues which[...]

A fun little bit of news from Epic Games as their team announced that cross-platform play will be coming to Fortnite on Xbox One The company already announced plans for the PS4 version to be able to connect with PC and mobile players for cross-platform but have now included Microsoft's console in the mix About[...]

Epic Games, looking to keep the updates coming to Fortnite, decided to do a developer update video today and released it on Twitter, covering a number of topics that people have already heard about and some that are brand new to the player's ears We'll let you watch it first with our own thoughts below. Systems[...]

Epic Games has announced that Fortnite's hugely popular Battle Royale mode is coming to mobile devices with cross play. credit//Epic Games Recently interest has peaked in Battle Royale mobile games After a ton of clones came out trying to cash-in on the craze, behemoth PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds got onto the platform It was a good port, certainly better[...]

credit//Epic Games Fortnite's Battle Royale mode is getting a new limited time squad mode, which will allow players to come together into 20-person teams The leak comes to us through a screenshot posted to  Reddit, which gives us a glimpse of the Raptor and Empire Axe as well as a few details on the incoming squad mode. The[...]

credit//Epic Games Despite being PUBG's zany cousin/knockoff, Fortnite has gone on to become the most-watched game on Twitch Part of that is likely down to accessibility and lack of cheaters, as Fortnite is available on more platforms than PUBG, and doesn't have the same cheating problem that has plagued Bluehole's battle royale game since launch[...]

Prepare to have the Jump Pad rendered near useless as Epic Games announced through the updates area on Fortnite that Jetpacks are on the way as the latest addition to the Battle Royale section The logo below has been making the rounds all afternoon as people are getting excited at the possibility of air-to-air combat,[...]

In the latest "I asked the world to retweet something as a favor and the results were awesome" category, a student is in debt to thousands of players from the game Fortnite for helping her with her AP Chemistry class. 

Season 3 of Fortnite is underway now that patch v.3.0.0 is live, adding 60 frames per second support for PlayStation 4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One, and Xbox One X consoles. 60 FPS will be the new standard on all console versions moving forward.

credit//Epic Games Fortnite's upcoming v.3.0.0 update will offer some new changes and options to make building both faster and easier In an official blog post, Epic Games detailed four key ways they would be speeding things up, the first of which is a toggleable "Turbo Building" option that allows you to hold down your primary fire button[...]

credit//Epic Games Fortnite's Season 3 Battle Pass has been detailed, and it includes 76 items over 30 tiers, including 'back bling' which are really just fancy backpacks EpicGames posted the Battle Pass breakdown now that Season 2 has wrapped up You can buy new emotes, outfits, gliders, banners, and other cosmetic items for the in-game currency of 150[...]

Epic Games has been paying close attention to fan outrage as Fortnite has grown, keeping a close eye on issues that may come up and make the game hard to play So when fans started raging about how the Double Pump Shotgun worked during a match, the devs finally took a hammer to it and changed[...]

The season event comes including rewards like the legendary soldier Love Trooper Jonesy, a choice of three legendary Dragon ranged weapons, a new legendary melee defender, Firecracker tickets, V-Bucks, and seasonal Spring It On! gold. On the PlayStation 4 side of things, Epic Games has been working with Sony to "resolve the issue that occurred for[...]

The latest change from Epic Games to Fortnite may just divide their audience a bit, as they have decided to put the SMG (one of the most coveted weapons in the game) into the "Vault" and out of regular gameplay The SMG is considered one of the most powerful guns in the game and having[...]

Kudos to Epic Games for having not one but two epic moments with Fortnite this week, one they'll be celebrating for a while and one they probably wish didn't come with the first We'll start with the good news as the game broke PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Concurrent Player Record on February 4th with 3.4 million players online,[...]

Epic Games have just made a lot of people very happy as they've introduced some new skins and a fresh weapon for the Valentine's Day event Take a good look below at the awesome crossbow that will be added to Battle Royale, as well as that awesome Cupid skin Below those images are the latest[...]

The devs at Epic Games took to Reddit today to let their fans know of a delay to Fortnite's next update, while also letting fans know they are aware of the bugs with the most recent update and that it would be fixed in due time Below is a snippet from the post, which didn't give a[...]

credit//Epic Games With the PlayStation Network being down yesterday, it seemed as though Fortnite was one of the games affected In Fortnite's case, however, it seems as though it's a larger issue.  The game's servers are still down and will be a for a while. Yesterday, players were unable to log into the game across all platforms,[...]

Epic Games is shutting down free-to-play MOBA Paragon in April This falls in line with their recent decision to focus exclusively on development for Fortnite. As detailed in a recent blog post, Epic will continue operating Paragon's servers until April 26 Until then, matchmaking times and quality will continue to degrade throughout these few months as the player population decreases. "After[...]

credit//Epic Games   There are no definite plans for Fortnite to appear on the Nintendo Switch, but there is interest from a key member over at Epic Games that could make it happen Specifically, Epic Games worldwide creative director Donald Mustard has responded positively when asked if Fortnite might be joining the legion of games making their way to the hybrid[...]

Epic Games' third-person MOBA certainly has some depth, looks great and could be pretty fun to play For someone who likes the idea of MOBAs conceptually, but hateed contending with the baggage of League of Legends or Dota 2, it seemed like a good fit However, the game has failed to really find its audience[...]

Epic Games has announced that its game Fortnite has reached an astronomical milestone. credit//Epic Games Fortnite is in a weird place The paid portion of the game, the game that launched as a survival zombie game, has seemingly fallen far behind the popularity of the game's Battle Royale mode The PUBG-like mode was added to the game[...]

UPDATE: We received a message from Epic Games, letting us know that the information in our story is incorrect and that the development team is, in fact, working on weekly updates to the game And also stressed that the company was working on updates over the holidays while most other companies were closed We apologize to[...]

We suggest quitting early, because Epic Games actually catalogs that behavior and bans people who frequently ditch their teammates That way, you won't have to worry about playing anymore. credit//Epic Games We've received a lot of feedback on this subject, and it's something we've been watching closely. Today we're making a change in an attempt to reduce team[...]

The dev team at Epic Games wanted to show off some of the new highlights that will be coming to Fortnite in the next update, so the crew put together a lovely short video (which we've loaded up at the bottom) to go over some of the grander details The biggest announcement to come out[...]

We have a complete list of patch notes from Epic Games, who added a brand new update to Fortnite this week, including a "Cozy Campfire" trap Technically, it isn't a trap, as this is a blue rarity item that can be found anywhere on the map and heals 2HP per second However, keen trappers could[...]

Just in time for the holidays, Epic Games has added a fun little weapon to Fortnite's Battle Royale mode called the Boogie Bomb This little sucker won't cause any immediate death or destruction, but instead will force your opponents to dance uncontrollably for a period of time, leaving them vulnerable to be shot That is,[...]

At The Game Awards, as Epic Games announced a new 50 vs 50 mode is coming to Battle Royale You will be in squads of four like normal battle royale, but obviously part of a larger 50 player whole The best bit? It's available now. However, there is a bit of a catch, the mode is[...]

This week, Epic Games just dropped a ton of info regarding the next update for Fortnite The 1.91 version is set to correct a lot of bugs and add in some new additions Among them are smoke grenades, which people have been begging for since day one, as well as Leaderboards for those of you[...]