fortnite

Official Site: Fortnite
Studio: Epic Games
Launch Date: July 25, 2017
Genre: Battle royale survival shooter
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, mobile, console

And this fad can end any time now, I'm not going to lie.

Fortnite updates with limited-time sniper shootout while players grumble over patch revert

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It's not going to surprise you that there's a new batch of stuff out now for Fortnite. That's largely to be expected; if you've...
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Fortnite’s latest limited-time mode literally turns the floor into lava

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Ah, the childhood game of "Floor is Lava." We've all played it at some point in our formative years, mostly because regular hopscotch was...
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

Lawful Neutral: Dancing around Fortnite’s copyright lawsuits

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Welcome friends to the inaugural post of Lawful Neutral on Massively OP. I'm Andy, but you know me better as Serrenity, writer of comments...

Superdata February 2019: EA’s Apex Legends and Anthem crushed it as Blizzard fumbled

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If you were wondering exactly how Apex Legends stacks up against Fortnite since the former's debut earlier this year, SuperData's February 2019 global revenue...
I'm doing this why, exactly?

Vague Patch Notes: Finding motivation within MMOs

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Here's a fun question to ask yourself when you're doing basically anything in an MMO: Why am I doing this? It's usually at once...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Fear not this night – there is hope for Guild Wars 2’s future

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The last two weeks of February were devastating to the Guild Wars 2 community. Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet announced the layoffs of nearly...

The MOP Up: Aion’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring

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The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full bloom over at Aion Europe, with this spring festival offering a hero trial, a "topsy-turvy" laboratory, a...

Massively Overthinking: MMOs as distraction vs. culture

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Earlier this month, there was a fascinating conversation swirling around a Gamasutra article by Bryant Francis, specifically a quote from game dev Patric Mondou. "We're moving away...
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Reports say Ninja earned a cool $1 million to play Apex Legends

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How do you get your stock price to jump 16%? Well, if you're EA, you pay Twitch streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins to play your...
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Fortnite’s newest patch adds in a Baller ride and a new limited-time getaway

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If you've ever really wanted to ride around in a ball while being shot at, Fortnite's latest patch has you covered. Those of you who...
We don't mean anything bad!

Fortnite adds treasure maps and the best ice slide mode ever

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So that new pirate theme is still creeping its way across Fortnite, continuing today with the release of 8.01 - and treasure maps. The...

Apex Legends just secured its 50 millionth player

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Respawn and EA announced this morning a big milestone for surprise battle royale hit Apex Legends: It's just racked up its 50 millionth player. Like...

MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite’s lockbox lawsuit, Riot’s diversity boss, Take-Two’s stock, Acti-Blizz’s investor warning

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Business business business! What's on the weekend agenda? Oh heck, let's just throw Fortnite, lockboxes, and a lawsuit in one sentence. It's like catnip. Fortnite's...

Fortnite launches season 8, new battle pass, Save the World AMA – and contends with Apex Legends

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Fortnite's season 8 is live today with a new battle pass to buy and a very Apex Legends-style feature: a ping system. I'm trying...

Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!

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It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...

SuperData January 2019: Digital gaming revenue is down across the board as Fortnite has ‘increasingly lumpy revenue profile’

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Hey so can we just get a do-over on January and maybe February? No? Sigh. SuperData's released its January 2019 report, and surprising no...
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

Fortnite touts $100M prize pool for World Cup and 2019 esports, new 7.6M player concurrency record

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Howsabout a slice of $100,000,000? That's the total prize pool for Fortnite's 2019 esports lineup, with a significant portion of that going to the World...

Epic Games yanks Fortnite ads from YouTube over super gross child exploitation expose

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Welp, if there's anything that might finally convince Google to overhaul its horrible, awful, no-good YouTube video algorithms that somehow start you with puppy...

Fortnite’s rad new hoverboard mode goes live as Carlton’s dance copyright claim hits a snowdrift

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New court documents show that the United States Copyright Office has ruled that Alfonso Ribeiro cannot copyright the dance that he popularized as Carlton...
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

The UK’s Fortnite Live event is another convention giving you a free hour in the ball pit; Epic Games takes organizers to court

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Let's be real, the disaster of Fortnite Live in the UK is not on par with DashCon or Fyre Festival. There will not be...

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