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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...
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...
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...
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
These 9 Live-Service Games Launched And Died In Record Time
5.9.2024
Recently, Sony announced that its next big live-service shooter, Concord, was closing up and the servers were being turned off. It was a surprising and unprecedented move. Usually, AAA live-service games are given more time to turn things around. Read more
It's A Complete Marvel Takeover (Again) In Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 5 Season 4
16.8.2024
Marvel’s heroes and villains are going to war in Fortnite. The battle royale’s chapter 5 season 4 update adds characters from X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and more, just in time to capitalize on the recent hype (or gloom) surrounding Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the MCU as Doctor Doom. Are you ready...
Fornite Will Start Selling Battle Pass Rewards In the Store
7.8.2024
Epic Games is making a big change to its Fortnite rewards moving forward. Skins that used to be earned exclusively from battle passes will now have a chance to show up on the Item Shop years later.Read more
Fortnite Removes Yoda Due To Game-Crashing Bug Involving Zoidberg Emote
8.5.2024
There’s really no gentle way to ease you into this situation so I’ll just be blunt: Yoda got removed from Fortnite because an emote inspired by Zoidberg from Futurama was turning the little Jedi master into a nasty monster that crashed people’s games. What a world we live in?Read more
Ranking Fortnite's Lobby Tracks From Worst To Best
30.4.2024
Fortnite, Epic Games’ wildly popular battle royale, has been a platform for music streaming for quite some time now. Recently, it even launched its own built-in rhythm game, Fortnite Festival, which has been headlined by icons like Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, and most recently, Billie Eilish.Read more
Fortnite Festival's New Season Makes The Game Even More Like Rock Band
23.4.2024
On April 23, Fortnite Festival Season 3 launched, adding new music, skins, features, and tweaks to the popular rhythm game mode that lives inside Epic’s popular online battle royale. The big news is that players can now use plastic guitars while playing Fortnite Festival, making the mode just a...
Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode Was Designed During An Uber Ride
22.4.2024
Fortnite’s battle royale mode is so huge and popular in 2024 that most people forget the game actually launched without it. And Fortnite’s former boss, Donald Mustard, revealed in a recent interview that the popular mode was basically designed in the back of a car on the way to a meeting. Read more
How To Rank Up Your Fortnite Festival Pass Without Actually Playing
1.4.2024
In February, Fortnite Festival season 2 launched and added Lady Gaga songs and the singer herself to the popular online game. It also added a new mini-battle pass known as the Festival Pass that rewards players with new music and—if you earn enough points—a Lady Gaga skin. If you want that skin...
Stephen A. Smith Knows Tilted Towers Is The Fortnite Hot Spot
6.3.2024
Everyone’s favorite out-of-pocket basketball uncle, Stephen A. Smith, knows Fortnite better than you might think. At least, that’s what can be gleaned from a breakout clip of his YouTube program, The Stephen A. Smith Show, that’s making the rounds today.Read more
Fortnite’s Greek Mythology Skins Leak Ahead Of Season 2
5.3.2024
Over the years, Fortnite has done it all. It’s gone to sea, war, space, alternate timelines, and the end (and subsequent reboot) of the world. Most importantly, it recently hosted a Lady Gaga takeover. With its upcoming season 5 though, Fortnite is taking a classical approach to its theme...
‘I Love Fortnite’: Lady Gaga Appears To Be Playing The Battle Royale
23.2.2024
Lady Gaga dropped into Fortnite Festival season 2 just a few days ago, and she’s already shaking up the battle royale—not only with her themed cosmetics, but also with her actual presence. Yes, it appears that Lady Gaga—the woman who once asked “what is fortnight?”—is playing Fortnite. And she’s...
Disney Will Develop A 'New Persistent Universe' With Epic Games
7.2.2024
Disney is making its biggest push yet into video games. On February 7, the Mouse House and Fortnite creator Epic Games announced plans to create new games and an entertainment universe where consumers can “play, watch, shop and engage with content, characters and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel...
Fortnite Is Currently Filled With Racist AI-Generated Art
30.1.2024
If you boot up Fortnite right now and start digging around through the game’s massive amount of user-created content, you’ll quickly notice a strange pattern: Many user-made maps and modes feature AI-generated artwork of large men, often shirtless, smiling, and holding food. Some of these images...
Console Owners Played More Fortnite Than GTA V And Call Of Duty Combined
12.1.2024
Fortnite has exploded in popularity—growing larger than ever—thanks in large part to the well-received OG Season and recent updates that added games like Lego Fortnite into Epic’s free-to-play shooter. Now data shows players on Xbox and PlayStation have spent more hours in Fortnite than Grand Theft...
Fortnite Is Still My Go-To Game Because It Avoids This Annoying Problem
9.1.2024
I ended 2023 playing Fortnite. And I’ve just kept going. We are nearly 10 days into 2024 and I’ve only played one game so far: Fortnite. I almost played some Destiny 2 at one point, but the servers were borked. I then almost played something on my phone, but it needed an update. I tried another...
Fortnite Blows Up Again After Original Map Returns
3.11.2023
Just over a month after Epic Games cut nearly 900 employees, players have come roaring back to Fortnite to play its new nostalgia trip through the battle royale’s original map. Player count trackers like Fortnite.gg estimate the hit free-to-play game peaked at over 5 million concurrent players...