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Be forewarned, if you're going to go out of your way to mess with Fortnite by cheating the system, Epic Games will go after you in court, no matter how old you are That's the case we're finding out today as the company is taking a 14-year-old cheater to court According to GameIndustry.biz, as the[...]

credit//Epic Games We've all known this for quite some time now, but research firm Superdata has confirmed the obvious: Fortnite is now the largest free-to-play console game of all time, both in terms of player count as well as earnings, raking in a combined $223 million USD last month alone. From IGN's report: Fortnite's revenue is up 73% from February,[...]

That game just changed with the latest signing for a Fortnite pro team. Team Secret, who you may know best from Dota 2 competitions, has signed on a 13-year-old kid to play on their four-squad team, who was revealed to be Kyle "Mongraal" Jackson from the U.K The news broke via ESPN, who spoke with the[...]

credit//Epic Games While Fortnite as an esport is still in the early days, and therefore rather unstructured, DOTA 2's Team Secret has decided to put together a team for the game That team includes a player still in middle school, which was a surprise to Team Secret CEO John Yao. Yao started the team already because he wanted to get[...]

credit//Fortnite Epic Games has been having a lot of fun with player's theories on the comet and meteor shower that have taken up thr sky on the Fortnite Battle Royale map Today, they decided to compound that with an emergency test pattern image on their Twitter account In proper Fortnite fashion, the test pattern had a[...]

While Epic Games has not announced the start date for Fortnite Battle Royale Season 4, players are already placing bets that the new content season will launch next week The theory is based on the above image, which is a screenshot of the Battle Pass landing page on the official Fortnite site The pass gives the dates[...]

Yesterday we got a new video from the Epic Games team regarding some issues and changes coming with the next update to Fortnite, including the most recent service interruption as well as the issues people have been complaining about when it comes to weapon swapping The developers posted the video on Twitter hosted by Zack Estep,[...]

Would you like to get an entire education and earn a degree to use later in life all by playing Fortnite? Well, that dream exists, and it's now sitting in Ohio Ashland University is the first college in the U.S who will offer a scholarship specifically for playing the game as an esport Variety got[...]

One of the biggest markets that Fortnite has yet to make their way into is China, and whether or not you care about China gamers is insignificant because game developers do as the country is one of the biggest places you can go to gain an online audience Up until now, the game hasn't been[...]

credit//Epic Games On the surface, both PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite are rather similar games Both are battle royale multiplayer machines that drop players off on a deserted island in groups of 100 so they can take eachother out in insane free-for-all style There are some key differences – you jump out of a plane in PUBG,[...]

50 mode back to Fortnite for a limited time The news came down today along with a trailer to hype the event, which you can watch below Starting today the game mode will be available to all players as you can join in and be randomly placed on one of two teams with 49 of[...]

After the recent comet hit Tilted Towers in Fortnite, a lot of people assumed that was a one and done kind of event and we could simply move onto the event that they're setting up Not so fast, kids There's more of this on the way The Twitter account Fortnite Intel got a couple of[...]

Fortnite probably isn't going to be expanding its map pool for some time as lead designer Eric Williamson has said that the team is putting its priorities elsewhere in development. The map in Fortnite is well and truly established at this point Much like Erangel in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it has become such a staple for so long that[...]

Epic Games has announced in a new update that Fortnite's controversial guided missile is going to be put away into the vault while the developer decided how to make it a fairer weapon to use. credit//Epic Gamesnite The guided missile has been a much-discussed weapon since it was brought into Fortnite a few weeks ago[...]

It was only a matter of time before someone with the video editing skills and the talent to capture every nuance between Fortnite and PUBG would finally make an epic film about it all That's what we're getting today as this fan-made film is going viral on social media today, showing the hardcore but laggy world[...]

Apparently, the entire mess behind the SMG bug in Fortnite has gotten so bad, that Epic Games has decided to address it and will be fixing it in their next patch If you're not familiar with the whole fiasco, ever since the weapon swapping mechanic was introduced into the game, the SMG has found more[...]

Have you ever been int he middle of a Fortnite match and thought to yourself, "You know, I could use an extra 50 people to fight against"? Apparently, that's the thought going through the minds at Epic Games In the latest issue of PlayStation Magazine for May 2018, the publication caught up with EG's design[...]

In what is collectively the biggest, the dumbest, and the funniest news on the planet all in one today, the word is out that Canadian rap darling Drake will actually write a song about the game Fortnite if Epic Games makes an emote from his song 'Hotline Bling'. The word came down after the man himself[...]

Today, Epic Games announced a brand new item that will be coming to Fortnite that will, in a sense, basically change the game for people who are in dire need of protection with the Port-a-Fort The minute the image of the square container started making the rounds earlier today, people were wondering just exactly what[...]

Twitch streamer Summit1g has experienced some backlash from his fanbase after making the decision to stream a few rounds of Fortnite with controversial YouTuber Jake Paul The Paul Brothers have attempted to join the Fortnite community before, and it didn't work out well then either. Unfortunately for Summit1g, the hostility toward Jake Paul has been transferred over to him in[...]

A few new items of note just dropped into the latest Fortnite update, the biggest of which (literally) is a new Vending Machine item in the game that will allow you to exchange building items you have in stock for weapons, as easy as buying a bag of chips But it's not just guns, you[...]

In case you've been having issues with the Shotgun being able to do massive amounts of damage in Fortnite at random times, you're not the only one One of the biggest uproars happening on the game's Reddit feed right now is this lovely video showing a shotgun bug that doesn't do critical damage As you[...]

The PUBG and Fortnite steam trains are still rolling pretty fast and others are already jumping on board to get some of the rub Interestingly, hero shooter Paladins is going to be jumping on the wagon, bringing that game's hero pool to the genre That roster bares a stark resemblance to Overwatch, and it has had[...]

Fortnite is now available on iOS, meaning that you no longer have to be invited to play the game. credit//Epic Games Fortnite has blown up on all fronts, and especially recently, on mobile When it was announced that the mobile version was on the way with crossplay, it wasn't clear how it would work or how complete[...]

credit//Epic Games Fortnite players have been noticing some oddities about the game, from random controller vibrations to a mysterious comet streaking through the sky Players have naturally started mapping out locations where the controller rumbles happen, while others have come up with theories to explain the comet. When Kotaku reached out to a representative for Epic Games about[...]

Smith via Twitter Fortnite's Community Manager K.L Smith posted the above photo which shows the new loading screen for Fortnite mobile Some players may have already noticed the change to the game's loading screen, which warns players not to game in class After all, Fortnite has made headlines due to students playing Fortnite instead of paying attention in school. Specifically, the[...]

New numbers are being released regarding Fortnite's impact on gaming clips and streaming when it comes to YouTube, and much like the game's impact on Twitch, it's slowly starting to dominate the site's gaming stats Below are some statistics that Epic Games has released in terms of YouTube viewership when it comes to the game,[...]

A fun surprise popped up today on Fortnite, letting players know that a new weapon would be on the way, as they got a good look at the Guided Missile Obviously, Epic Games didn't include any specific details about the weapon, simply the design along with the words "Remote control destruction from above" added to[...]

credit//Epic Games Fortnite is a great game, and it being on mobile is fantastic Except that the primary target of mobile games is teenagers Which is great for Epic Games, but not so great for schools It appears tons of schools have become overrun with students playing Fortnite and destroying the school's wifi network overloading it with[...]

And at this point, even Xbox's Phil Spencer is on the Fortnite crossplay bandwagon I think pretty much everyone is at this point We've gotten cross-play on Fortnite between mobile and PS4 systems, as well as cross-play between mobile, PC, and Xbox One, so if Spencer is to be believed, the only ones causing trouble are Sony. At[...]