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Fortnite's Premium Monthly Subscription Just Got A Lot Better
20.11.2024
Fortnite Crew, the popular shooter’s premium monthly subscription plan, will now provide players with premium rewards for all future passes—battle and otherwise—as Epic continues to streamline the game’s rewards and leveling systems. The publisher also announced a small price increase for those...
Fortnite's Ice Spice NPC Wouldn't Stop Tossing Ice Grenades So Epic Had To Take Them Away
19.11.2024
Last week, famous rapper Ice Spice was added to Fortnite as part of the free-to-play shooter’s ongoing Chapter 2 Remix mini-season. If you hired her, she could help out during matches by throwing ice grenades at enemies, but she would often spam them, annoying and hindering even the players she...
Fortnite's Default Texture Looks Like 'Mold' Because Of A Choice Tim Sweeney Made In The '90s
15.11.2024
A confused Fortnite player noticed something while playing the popular free-to-play battle royale shooter and posted a screenshot on Twitter. In the shared image, it looked as if a weird picture of mold had popped up in the game. Why was there mold in Fortnite? Turns out, you can blame Epic CEO...
These Two Classic Shooters Just Became Completely Free, Forever
14.11.2024
Epic, now primarily known for Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, has given permission for two of the most significant video games ever made, Unreal and Unreal Tournament, to be freely accessed via the Internet Archive. As spotted by RPS, via ResetEra, the OldUnreal group announced the move on their...
Seven Years Later, Fortnite Is A Better Game Than It's Ever Been
5.11.2024
As Fortnite turns seven years old, Epic’s cash cow has grown in scale and scope in ways that can make approaching the game feel daunting. Isn’t it just for kids? Aren’t you supposed to be playing PUGB instead? No! Because as nauseating as the infinite merch and all-pervading presence of the game...
9 Of Our Favorite Halloween Gaming Updates To End Spooky Season
28.10.2024
The era of the Halloween-themed cartoon and sitcom episode has been replaced by the seasonal Halloween gaming event. Whether you like battle royales or car soccer, sci-fi shooting or life sim-ing, there’s plenty of scary game updates to partake in this year. If you’ve already picked up the best...
Fornite's Convoluted Battle Pass Is Getting Streamlined
28.10.2024
Despite its many convoluted systems that weigh down the overall experience, Fortnite remains one of the most popular multiplayer games. When was the last time you checked its battle pass system? For the longest time, the battle royale game required multiple forms of currency to progress through...
Babička propadla hraní Fortnite, trápí ji však, jak jsou jiní hráči toxičtí
27.10.2024
Šestasedmdesátiletá Cath Bowieová ze Skotska se stala nečekanou hvězdou streamovací platformy Twitch. Její v podstatě každodenní hraní střílečky Fortnite pravidelně sledují tisíce lidí, společnost Ikea z ní dokonce udělala tvář své nové řady nábytku pro hráče. Opakovaně se ovšem nechala slyšet,...
Fortnite Flays Peely, World Cheers
24.10.2024
Over the last few years, Peely, a disturbing anthropomorphized banana, has become Fortnite’s de facto mascot. We here at Kotaku don’t like that. This creepy bastard keeps coming back, even after death. So we are all happy to learn that Fortnite has finally skinned and flayed Peely. The bastard...
2K Reveals Colorful Hero Extraction Shooter That Already Feels Dated
17.10.2024
Today, 2K games and 31st Union finally revealed Project Ethos, the studio’s first game since it formed in 2019. And uh, it looks...well...have you ever played Overwatch? Or Fortnite? Then a lot of this will look familiar. Read more
Ex-PlayStation Boss Warns Of 'Death Sentence' For Gaming
17.10.2024
There are more games coming out every day than ever before, but the total number of people playing them hasn’t seemed to grow by nearly the same amount. Former SIE Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden says that mismatch can’t be fixed just by churning out endless big-budget sequels and more...
A New Futuristic Sport Is Being Added To NBA 2K25
16.10.2024
A new futuristic sports game has been revealed by 2K Games. And weirdly, this new game, Gravity Ball, will be playable in NBA 2K25 later this month as paid DLC.Read more
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: Five Epic And Exciting Games We’re Getting Lost In
11.10.2024
Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Ball Z: Sparking Zero are out this week, so many of you are probably set for video games to play this weekend (and beyond). But if you’re not a fan of social sim RPGs or Dragon Ball, you might be lacking a piping hot new release to play with your precious downtime....
Fortnite's Halloween Update Adds Disney Villains, Edward Scissorhands, And Chainsaws
11.10.2024
On October 12, following a last-minute 24-hour delay, Fortnite’s massive Halloween update will go live on all platforms, bringing Edward Scissorhands, Leatherface, Cruella DeVille, Billy the Puppet from Saw, useable chainsaws, and more to the battle royale. Read more
Epic wants Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox to become interoperable metaverse
7.10.2024
Unreal 6 is being designed as a platform for metaverse development
The Disneyfication Of Fortnite Won't Let You Take Mickey Mouse On A Killing Spree
7.10.2024
Back in February, we learned that Disney had invested an astonishing $1.5 billion in game developer Epic, as the two companies set out to create what they called “a new persistent universe.” Little more was known how this integration would work, but now an interview with Epic management by...
You'll Never Guess What Game This Is From
4.10.2024
I shared the image above with some co-workers at Kotaku and asked them what game they thought it was. The most popular answer was Call of Duty. And that’s totally fair. It looks like a new Call of Duty game, maybe a mobile port of one. But nope. The screenshot above is from Fortnite. Read more
Epic Fires Off Fresh Lawsuits Over What A Pain It Is To Download Fortnite
30.9.2024
Epic, the company behind the Unreal Engine and infinite money machine Fortnite, are yet again suing Google. Having recently won against Google in an anti-competitive practices suit, the games company is doing it all over again, this time dragging in Samsung in a suit over the way their tech...
Overwatch 2’s Fortnite-ification Continues With My Hero Academia Crossover
26.9.2024
Lately it feels like every time we get a big Overwatch 2 announcement it’s about a collaboration with another IP. The hero shooter just wrapped up a Transformers crossover and is in the final days of its World of Warcraft celebration. That trend continues with a new My Hero Academia-inspired event...
Kotaku's Weekend Guide: 5 Terrific Games To Say Goodbye To Summer With
20.9.2024
It’s fall, y’all. Well, almost. Officially, summer ends this weekend on September 22. So this is the last weekend for you to get in some quality gaming time before the trees start to change colors and the weather gets to a tolerable temperature. Even that’s not promised, given the state of global...