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

Carlton is making trouble in Fortnite’s neighborhood – by suing Epic over his dance

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Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor probably best known for playing Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and now the host of America's Funniest Home...

Ultima Online’s Raph Koster says Fortnite is more like an MMO than we might think

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It's like people are discovering MMOs all over again. Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies creator Raph Koster recently expressed amusement at the culture and...

Fortnite streamer arrested after alleged domestic abuse is caught on camera

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Australian police have arrested Twitch streamer MrDeadMoth for allegedly abusing his girlfriend during a Fortnite livestream Sunday night. Video clips of the incident, which...
And this fad can end any time now, I'm not going to lie.

Fortnite’s Season 7 brings new content for Battle Royale and Save the World, introduces Creative mode

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Fortnite has received an update of titanic proportions with the commencement of Season 7, bringing with it new content and features for both Battle...
No, this isn't it.

Rapper 2 Milly files lawsuit against Epic Games over Fortnite dance emote

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Epic Games is under fire from rapper 2 Milly, who has filed a lawsuit against the Fortnite developer that alleges that one of the...

Fortnite: Epic announces sandbox Creative mode, streamer donates $164,000 in tourney prize money

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It looks as if you're getting some Fortnite Game Awards announcements early thanks to (what we'll assume is) an accidental upload from Fortnite...

Epic will challenge Steam with the Epic Games Store’s pro-developer policies

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Hey Valve, it's not just Discord coming for you: Epic Games wants a piece o' that action too. The Fortnite-and-Unreal-Engine developer today announced the Epic...
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

So-called gaming addiction and Fortnite myopia aren’t just a problem for The Children

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If you're over that whole lockbox politics thing, you can always fall back on the moral panic that's gripping parents and teachers instead: video...

SuperData says RDR2, Fortnite, and IAP propelled record Black Friday weekend sales

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So, how many yachts did you guys buy for the EA and Rockstar execs over the holiday buying weekend? SuperData has a rough count:...
Why are you supporting this?

Fortnite now has 200 million registered users

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To get the obvious fact out of the way, yes, the latest Fortnite milestone is counting only how many registered users the game has and...

SuperData: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty dominate October as Blizzard titles slip

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Surprising absolutely no one, Red Dead Redemption 2 killed it (and the horse it rode in on) in October. According to SuperData's digital games...

Fortnite Battle Royale announces Winter Royale online tournament series

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Last month, Fortnite Battle Royale rolled out its online tournament system with the Fall Skirmish series, which has since come to a close, but...

The US Army is fielding esports teams for Fortnite, Overwatch, and more

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In an apparent effort to connect with America's youth and drive up recruitment numbers, the United States Army has announced that it will be...

Fortnite’s Save the World 6.30 overhaul is on the way

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Although Fortnite's cooperative multiplayer component, Save the World, doesn't tend to get quite as much love as its little brother Battle Royale, the folks...
Go punkin' when you get the blues

Fortnite hits 8.3 million concurrent players

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Belaying any claims that it's last year's fad or on the way out, Fortnite has surged forward to cross the 8.3 million threshold. And...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end

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"The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza" - that's the brutal headline plonked onto this week's Bloomberg report on Japanese lockboxes....

Blizzard talks Overwatch’s Echo character, big-screen ambitions, and crossplay potential

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Most of the buzz coming out of BlizzCon's Overwatch reveals centered on the new playable bad-girl Ashe, who is totally not just McCree but...

SuperData: World of Warcraft’s expansion surge ends as Destiny 2’s expansion surge begins

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Dungeon Fighter Online is continuing its run raking in more money than League of Legends, but World of Warcraft's expansion blast seems to be...

MMO Business Roundup: Fractured Space, Runic Games, Michael Jordan esports, Epic investment, and the China problem

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Welcome back to another quick trip through some of the week's business bits and bobs. First up, some bad news. Edge Case's gorgeous F2P MOBA...

Massively Overthinking: Is there too much negativity in the MMO genre?

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MassivelyOP reader Threespeed posed us an interesting question for this week's Overthinking that I thought was particularly appropriate given the Trion Worlds situation. "Everyone has...

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