Fortnite Archives

A few weeks ago you could probably make the joke that Twitch is almost nothing but Fortnite streams This week, there's data to back it up. Dexerto ran a piece this week in which they examine all of the top streamers on the social streaming platform, along with the numbers when it comes to total streams[...]

Epic Games has added a new minor update to Fortnite today that includes a few new pieces of gear to help you wreck a room The latest patch, which you can read more about here, is giving you a new Typewriter Assault Rifle in "Save The World" mode, and the Submachine Gun (seen below) for Battle[...]

If you managed to get into a game during Fortnite's first week of the Summer Skirmish Series, congratulations You're one of the lucky few While the reasoning behind the entire situation isn't all that clear, what we do know is that Epic Games first jump into the realm of holding their own esports events took[...]

Considering how much Epic Games doesn't like people messing with their games, it'll be interesting to see how they respond to the latest Fortnite intrusion The DieBuddies have taken to their Twitter feed to show off a bunch of stuff they datamined from the game, which includes basically everything the developers have created for Season[...]

For who knows what reason, Epic Games decided to give Nintendo Switch Fortnite players a little something extra with the latest update The new ability came with the 5.0 update that launched this week, and now that fans have access to it, there have been people experimenting with it The results vary depending on the skill[...]

We now know what the hell is going on with Fortnite Season 5, and it's actually much tamer than we expected. Epic Games released these two trailers below hyping the season and the Battle Pass, along with a complete set of 5.0 Patch Notes for you to read up on But the short version to all the[...]

We gotta hand it to Epic Games, as they have become masters of stirring the pot about Fortnite without lifting a finger some days Take, for example, their latest tweet, which already sent a ton of people into a frenzy over what was essentially nothing As you can see below, the company teased the big[...]

A couple days ago we talked about how people found a giant Fortnite hamburger in the middle of the desert, but today someone found a llama! Whatever the endgame is for Epic Games will be revealed in a couple days when they show off what the theme behind Season 5 is and what the giant[...]

credit//Epic Games Rifts are the newest anomaly to hit the Fortnite: Battle Royale map after a rocket launched in game on July 2nd The rifts appear as cracks in the sky and have mostly just been decoration in the background of the free-for-all PvP Now, however, it appears as if those rifts are spawning item drops[...]

With all the speculation of what the giant crack in Fortnite's sky could mean, Epic Games is set to give us an answer within a matter of days The game's developers went onto their subreddit today and made the official announcement below, letting players know that Season 5 will kick off on July 12th. We're actually[...]

Well, if you were curious as to where they were planning to take season 5 for Fortnite, the people over at Epic Games may have tipped their hat a bit. There are a few conversations currently happening on Reddit, where people have been finding objects from the game out in the wild, like how Sela Shiloni found[...]

Once upon a time, in the grand land of Fortnite, there was a special rare Red Knight skin that everyone wanted and few got their hands on Then the skin went away and, like a lot of players, we just assumed it was retired forever and would be sitting in the fabled "vault" that Epic[...]

Epic Games has made Fortnite's 4.5 update live and brought in some new toys to play with. Aside from some patriotic costumes to match the 4th of July today, they threw in the Freedom Herald Pistol and a Stink Bomb for Save The World mode They also dropped the gun you've been waiting to try out, the[...]

Less than 24 hours after telling players they were working to fix some issues with it, Epic Games announced on Reddit that Fortnite now has Playground LTM The company plans to go over what exactly went wrong and share it with the public down the road, but in the meantime, we have a brand-new mode to[...]

After getting delayed and having nothing buy questions from their community, Epic Games took to Reddit to update fans on Fortnite's Playground LTM The short version: the team has some very specific goals they need to meet and reach before they're comfortable putting out for the public to play with. We can't blame them, there have been[...]

If you're craving a new weapon to do some damage with on the Fortnite island with the sky all cracked and whatnot, there's a new option coming Epic Games has started posting some new stuff coming on their feed, and the latest item to appear is a brand-new Drum Gun. The image below was loaded up[...]

Wanna know the best way to get the most kills during a Fortnite game? Do it when everyone is distracted and can't do a thing about it As we were watching the Twitch feed from Ninja's stream, we eventually saw how everything broke down, and Ninja nearly put on a clinic before being put down[...]

This morning, everyone was made aware of a new Fortnite event where a rocket would be launched into the air, but the results left more questions than answers If you were playing the game or, more than likely, tuned into Ninja's Twitch feed, you saw a rocket get launched off from a mountaintop and speed[...]

You ever wanted to be that character who holds two guns and blasts people into oblivion in Fortnite? You can be now after the latest patch The company released their 4.5 patch this week, which aside from adding these babies you see below, adds in the finale of the Blockbuster event, visible map markers as[...]

The studio behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has officially ended its lawsuit against the makers of Fortnite in what was probably going to be a hotly contested copyright claim. According to Bloomberg, a letter was sent withdrawing the complaint this week, but there was absolutely no comment as to whether or not they were simply dismissing their claim or[...]

You may have forgotten this along the way, but yes, Fortnite has an actual Campaign mode that people still play beyond Battle Royale The next update, 5.0, will be adding a few things to different parts of the game An updated reporting system, fixed controls, a few bugs are taken care of, but the big[...]

Remember back when we first found out about the crater in Fortnite? Like a lot of new content, we found out sooner than we should have Now it appears the company is taking the same steps toward stopping leaks as they are with hackers: taking people to court Polygon posted an update to what may[...]

When the entire Fortnite controversy with PS4 players having to make new accounts on their Nintendo Switch broke out, people were pissed off and yet unsurprised by Sony's decision not to participate But at the same time, people wanted an official reason why Which prompted John Smedley, a former CEO of Sony Online Entertainment, to[...]

Epic Games has responded swiftly to an image that showed it was possible for an unintentional swastika to show up when building in the game, saying a fix is being worked on immediately. credit//Epic Games Fortnite is the biggest thing the world now There aren't many, if any entertainment properties with as much prevalence at the moment[...]

After all, gaming addiction's possible causes mostly follow the same pattern as a gambling addiction or other impulse control disorders. The WHO is the largest medical body to classify gaming addiction as a distinct disorder, and due to the popularity of Fortnite, the game has come under heavy fire. From Comicbook.com: As you can imagine, the news that "Gaming Disorder"[...]

As those of you who play Fortnite on the PS4 may have discovered, you have to make a new account on the Switch because Sony chose not to do cross-play, as predicted Those actions have apparently earned the company some backlash from it's two biggest competitors as figureheads at both Microsoft and Nintendo weighed in[...]

Epic Games has brought Fortnite to the Nintendo Switch We knew this was coming, thanks to a series of leaks about Fortnite content hitting the Nintendo Treehouse schedule and the game's logo and update file being found by data miners, but its always nice for full confirmation And if that wasn't enough, the game is available for[...]

credit//Epic Games More leaks of the Fortnite Switch port have been unearthed, this time featuring a game update file and logo found on the Switch eShop by data miners. Twitter user SciresM uncovered some Fortnite details on the eShop, despite the fact that Fortnite hasn't officially been announced for the Switch[...]

After being teased last week and almost assuredly being added to the game in no-time float after the word got out, Epic Games just added the new 4.3 update to Fortnite that officially brings back the Bouncer Trap to the game The update isn't all about the trap, but it is the highlight after dataminers found[...]

Epic Games will probably be checking over its security for the game after today as another item has been discovered ahead of time in Fortnite due to datamining This time around it appears an old item will be making its way back into the game in the form of the Bounce Pad The item was[...]