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

Fortnite’s expensive race cars are now slightly less expensive after players revolt

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How much would you be willing to pay for a car in Fortnite? Besides $0 anyway; we see you, commenters. Epic Games asked that...

LEGO Fortnite reels in over 2M concurrent players in its debut as Epic continues to evolve the shooter into a games platform

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The evolution of Fortnite from a co-op wave survival shooter to a primary battle royale game to a full-blown games platform continues. Readers will...

The MOP Up: Alganon shows its first signs of life in ages

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Could we be hearing a heartbeat in the long-dormant Alganon? This past week, the official account announced that the website is back online and...

Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions

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We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...

The Game Awards 2023: Light No Fire, Warframe, Skull and Bones, Palia, Bellwright

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(Scroll down to the end for the recap of everything MMOsy!) The Game Awards have become one of the key games industry productions of the...

The MOP Up: Into the Echo’s crafting ties into exploration and socialization

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Upcoming time travel MMO Into the Echo posted a high-level overview of its crafting system, saying that it'll be necessary to make spells and...
Must we?

MMO Business Roundup: Gaming addiction, GTA6, Ubisoft layoffs, Epic v. Google, and more

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. There's been a lot this week, so we'll keep 'em brief! Addiction: A woman...
why does this continue

The Epic Games Store is apparently still not profitable for Epic Games

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It's now been five years since Epic Games launched the Epic Games store with an eye toward dethroning Steam, as epitomized by the fact...
why does this continue

Fortnite’s Season OG brought back a record-breaking number of players over the weekend

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The idea behind MMOs and multiplayer games hearkening back to "classic" times is ostensibly an attempt to capture some old magic and ideally a...
A prison of your own making.

Fortnite returns to the past with its Season OG

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Out of all of the crazy vehicles that Fortnite boasts, did you know that the battle royale apparently has a time machine among the...

Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons

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My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...
I hate so much about the ways you choose to be.

Fortnite hints at a return of its Chapter 1 content on November 3

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Do you yearn for the halcyon days of 2017 when Fortnite kicked off its very first season? If you're the sort of person who...

Massively Overthinking: Are there any MMOs for which a spin-off mode would be welcome?

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Pantheon's announcement that its developers are working on spinning out a monetized "247" extraction mode hasn't engendered a whole lot of hope for the...

Fortnite embeds an official Alan Wake gameplay experience as Fortnitemares is underway

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Who wouldn't want to play the somber and atmospheric Alan Wake within the cartoon-y and generally more colorful pastiche of Fortnite? Yes, it's true:...
Bye, I guess.

Vague Patch Notes: Pivots don’t work with MMOs

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So we can pretty much confirmed now that Pantheon's goose is thoroughly cooked. Yes, I know, the folks at Visionary Realms are claiming that...
I hate so much about the ways you choose to be.

Epic Games raises Fortnite prices in wake of layoffs and financial woes

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Once again, Epic Games is asking for your help. Well, it's not so much asking anyone for assistance as it is jacking up the prices...
YOUR MONEY IS NOW OUR MONEY, AND WE WILL USE IT TO BUY DRUGS

Fortnite’s Epic Games confirms mass layoff of 830 workers

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Epic Games has joined the long list of gaming companies to slash its staff after winding up during the pandemic gaming boom. Following a...
Burn it all.

Fortnite’s $245M FTC settlement over COPPA violations means you might be entitled to a refund

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All right, people, hold your horses. The FTC is indeed giving out money from its settlement with Fortnite developer Epic Games, but it's specifically...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard of: Hawked, Glassbreakers, Jam Cloud 95, WorldShards

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Welcome back to another quick run-down of some MMOs and multiplayer titles you've probably never heard of. If you have, then you get exactly...
BANNED, you're all BANNED.

Epic Games job posting offers first word of a Fortnite ‘open world survival crafting game’

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If segments of the technology sector have proved anything, it's that it likes to try to spin old things as brand-new. That argument could...

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