Studio:Â Epic Games
Launch Date: July 25, 2017
Genre:Â Battle royale survival shooter
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, mobile, console
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Official Site:Â Fortnite
Studio:Â Epic Games
Launch Date: July 25, 2017
Genre:Â Battle royale survival shooter
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, mobile, console
Studio:Â Epic Games
Launch Date: July 25, 2017
Genre:Â Battle royale survival shooter
Business Model:Â F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, mobile, console
Kids these days: Fortnite fights a 14-year-old in court, signs 13-year-old to e-sports team
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Fortnite has become the ‘largest free-to-play console game of all time,’ SuperData says
"Fortnite is now the largest free-to-play console game of all time, in revenue generated and monthly active users," SuperData has declared in its monthly...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds balances weapons, brings Miramar map to the Xbox One
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Ohio college begins Fortnite e-sports team and scholarship
E-sports programs and scholarships at universities stopped being newsworthy years ago once they were a dime a dozen, but a new one from Ohio's...
Fortnite: Downtime, weapon swapping, week 10 challenge leaks, and Ninja’s Vegas tourney
Epic Games is super sorry about all the Fortnite downtime earlier this month, so sorry it spent 11 seconds talking about it in its...
Massively Overthinking: What we really mean when we talk about ‘difficulty’ in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader Steve wants us to revisit the Daily Grind on making death more meaningful without making it more annoying. His letter was long, so...
Fortnite brings out a newer, better 50v50 battle mode
People liked the 50v50 mode in Fortnite, but it had some issues. Fortunately, it was only a limited-time mode, so the developers could take...
Boss Key owner Cliff Bleszinski claims that Epic Games is poaching his staff
If Radical Heights is not a success, it's the fault of Epic Games, according to Cliff Bleszinski. The head of Boss Key Studios recently...
MOBAs provide a template for the future of the battle royale genre
So where will battle royale games be in another five years? We don't know just yet, but from a purely business standpoint we can...
Portable forts and a replay function parachute into Fortnite
Just when you thought that Fortnite's battle royale couldn't get any crazier, Epic Games keeps upping the ante with ideas like Port-a-Fort.
That's right: There...
Perfect Ten: Why trend-chasing doesn’t work at all for online games
Video games have always been a remarkably insular field; that's the nature of development. Someone produces Super Mario Bros, and a few years later...
The MOP Up: Paladins’ newest hero will punch your head off (April 8, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
DayZ to reboot with a new game engine but still won’t leave early access
Is it weird that it seems so long ago that DayZ was the "it" survival arena game for streamers? How quickly we've moved on,...
Citadel: Forged With Fire upgrades to the newest Unreal Engine
Today's patch for Citadel: Forged With Fire brings the game up to the latest iteration of the Unreal Engine! That's great news, isn't it?...
Rumor: Ubisoft and Massive are building a battle royale game
According to a report on Gamereactor, Ubisoft would like a piece o' that PUBG and Fortnite action.
The publication claims to have an "anonymous source...
Fortnite’s sky is falling (but its iOS version is rising)
If you were to believe Fortnite players, the end of the world is coming -- and the sky is literally falling.
A mysterious comet in...
PUBG: Record profits in 2017, Savage map, PC patch, and the doom of mobile
PUBG may be giving up ground to Fortnite, but it made Bluehole a crapton of money last year. MMO Culture reports that the company...
SuperData’s February 2018 revenue summary shows Fortnite’s dominance
Fortnite isn't just a hit for Epic: It's a hit for the whole industry. That's according to SuperData's latest report, which ranks PC, console,...
Fortnite passes $5M in mobile sales while adults grapple with its popularity
Like it or not, the Fortnite wave has yet to crest in our culture. The multiplayer shooter just passed $5 million in mobile sales...
GDC 2018: Making sense of battle royale MMO Mavericks with Automaton Games
So as you may know, I'm an MMORPG guy - not really a battle royale guy. There are some cool ideas for people who like...
