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 cracks down on cheaters, banning ‘thousands’

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Smack talk all you want, but cheaters aren't lasting long in Fortnite. In fact, apparently "thousands" of miscreants have been banned already. Earlier this week,...

Battle royale mode propels Fortnite to over seven million players, adds supply drops and duos

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One million players? That was September. Now it's (early) October, and Fortnite Battle Royale has already shot across the seven million player line without...

Fortnite buffs its PvE mode in this week’s Horde Bash update

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PvE players, this Fortnite update's for you: Epic's plotting what it's calling "Horde Bash" for the game's PvE side, due out on Thursday of...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Final alpha is go for Legends of Aria (September 29, 2017)

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Well, Legends of Aria fans, it's the final... alpha? That doesn't sound like a 1980s power ballad line at all, someone should get on...
A win, sort of.

Fortnite’s F2P Battle Royale draws 1M players in spite of PUBG, PvE criticism

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If the developer of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was hoping that Fortnite's new battle royale mode would flop on impact, then it is sorely disappointed with...

The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on the Fortnite-vs.-PUBG feud?

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Ever since Bluehole threw down a gauntlet at Epic's feet over the similarities between PUBG and Fortnite's battle royale mode - or more specifically,...

PUBG dev argues Fortnite spat is about Epic and Unreal Engine’s conflicts, not about owning the battle royal genre

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Last week, following Epic's announcement that PvE-centric Fortnite would be getting a PvP-centric battle royal mode its paying PvE players apparently didn't want (but that's...
Oh, well this is fine.

Betawatch: Fortnite rolls out a free-for-all mode that’s free for all (September 22, 2017)

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Remember when Fortnite's whole thing was that it was going to be about co-op survival gameplay without any PvP aspects? That clearly didn't last,...

PUBG ‘contemplates further action’ against Epic’s Fortnite battle royal mode

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Remember that whole ordeal earlier this week when Epic announced that next week's Fortnite patch will be a free-to-play PvP-centric battle royal mode? PvE players...

PvE-centric Fortnite’s new battle royal PvP mode will be free-to-play

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Epic Games announced this morning that Fortnite's upcoming PvP mode will essentially be free-to-play. The game was originally touted by Epic as a PvE survival...

Fortnite accidentally adds then removes crossplatform Xbox One/PS4 play

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Update: Aww, nuts. Epic has already disabled it, calling it a "configuration issue" and bug. Bet you've never actually ridden a physical lockbox from an...

Fortnite begins testing its battle royal game mode, launching September 26

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Epic Games heard you liked battle royal game modes, so it's putting one into Fortnite. The so-called Fortnite Battle Royale is "an all-new PvP mode...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West

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PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...

Fortnite’s survival update dares you to outlast a storm for a literal fortnite

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After the wacky deluge of gotta-launch-before-school-starts releases creating a pileup on the video game interstate yesterday, one might almost have missed Fortnite's big update,...

Fortnite prepares for one heck of a storm in Aug 29 update

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A storm is rolling into Fortnite next week, and it's promising to be a doozy. The zombie survival game is prepping its "Survive the Storm"...

Epic is working on a ‘hardcore survival version’ for Fortnite

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Epic's early access PvE-centric survival sandbox Fortnite has been heavily criticized for having a messy, micromanagey progression system that is inextricably linked to its pay-to-progress...

The Stream Team: Base building in Fortnite

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When Massively OP's MJ first tried Fortnite, she made it through the tutorial enough to build and defend a little base. Now she wants...

Fortnite devs apologize for unintended base demolition

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When money is put down on the counter and the word "launch" is used, it doesn't matter if you say your game is in...

Fortnite touts sales figures while players lament pay-to-progress model

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Epic Games' PvE multiplayer zombie tower defense survivalbox MMO thing Fortnite is doing well in its launch week, at least in terms of non-Steam...

The Stream Team: First foray into Fortnite

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Did you say building game? You did! The idea of a new sandbox to build in makes Massively OP's MJ a very happy camper...

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