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

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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...

Wild West Online’s studio collapsed, but it’s now soft rebooting with separate battle royale and building modes

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Remember back in July, when Wild West Online starting murmuring about a soft relaunch and rework of major game systems? The game had only...
This is love.

Fortnite Halloween event announced, new skins and cosmetics leaked

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Halloween is bringing some big changes to Epic Games's popular battle royale title Fortnite, courtesy of the recently announced Fortnitemares seasonal event. The battle...

MassivelyOP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2018

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Whether or not you consider yourself too old to put on that Hulk or Sparkle Twilight costume and prance ("HULK PRANCE") around the neighborhood...

Fortnite delays Save the World F2P, promises sweeping PvE revamp, and teases Halloween

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We're actually surprised that Fortnite's PvE mode, Save the World, does so well. Relegated to the virtual backburner ever since the game's hastily constructed...

Epic Games is suing still more Fortnite cheat creators

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Looks like we've got another entry in the seemingly perpetual saga of game developers vs. cheat creators, as Epic Games is suing a pair...
Hooray-ish.

Fortnite offers a new vehicle in Battle Royale and new test options in Save the World

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In a move that will no doubt stun and amaze longtime players, the latest Fortnite update actually comes close to having an equal amount...

The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot allows name, gender, and race changes

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Dark Age of Camelot is testing its next major patch, and it has a major surprise in store for its playerbase. "Patch 1.125 is chock...
Oh, well this is fine.

Betawatch: Fortnite begins true Android open beta

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Fortnite rolled into a true open beta for Android this week, allowing everyone a chance to get in there and die on a phone,...
On the other hand, it's possible that this is the price you pay for playing Fortnite

Fortnite’s latest patch adds in an epic dance fight

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The newest limited-time mode in Fortnite does not allow you to do the safety dance. In fact, you will be explicitly doing the unsafety...
No, this isn't it.

Fortnite announces Deep Freeze Bundle coming to retail stores

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The folks at Epic Games have announced that they're partnering with Warner Bros. Interactive to bring their popular battle royale title Fortnite to store...
Support... this?

Fortnite launches a ‘Support-a-Creator’ program to reward streamers with a little bit of money

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Good news, Fortnite fans, you'll be able to support your favorite streamers with money now! A small amount of money. Starting with the next...

Fortnite Save the World update features Canny Valley part two, mission req changes

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It seems like these days the only things we ever hear about Fortnite have to do with its immensely popular competitive Battle Royale mode,...
It's a playground.

The Daily Grind: What online game template will be the next to take off?

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Like many of you, I remember the rise of MMOs when it was actually happening. I remember when shooters were king too. And I...
jump, jump, glide, glide

Fortnite patches in a chilly new panel and the Soaring 50s limited-time mode

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The latest Fortnite patch is here, and it invites you to chill out. We're sorry, there's legally no better way to discuss the inclusion...

MMO Business Roundup: FIFA lockboxes, anti-swatting policy, Fortnite on SNL, Free Guy, UO postmortem

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Whenever our newsroom gets overloaded with weird industry-related articles that nobody feels like writing, another edition of the MMO Business Roundup gets its wings! FIFA...

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