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Fortnite Battle Royale

Fortnite Battle Royale is a world-famous free-to-play battle royale game developed and published by Epic Games. It's a companion game to Fortnite: Save the World.
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Epic extend Fortnite: Chapter 2 - Season 2 and reveal S3 launch date

Golden Fortnite characters
Epic Games have posted an update on Fortnite: Battle Royale's upcoming schedule, specifically the extension of Chapter 2 - Season 2 and the launch date of Season 3. For the latter, the dev is aiming for 4 June 2020.

Fortnite's latest PlayStation Plus exclusive skin and back bling leak

Fortnite - Point Patroller skin
Fortnite players subscribed to PlayStation Plus will soon be getting another skin and back bling if the latest date-mine information is anything to go by. Point Patroller skin and Recon Strike back bling should go live on 14 April.

Fortnite World Cup 2019 winner chimes in on controller aim assist debate

Three Fortnite characters looking at the new island
In the absence of mass outrage every time Epic tweak a stat on so much as a tree stump, the community's attention has focused on Fortnite's controllers and whether their aim assist constitutes cheating or not.

Deadpool drops into Fortnite in style, with a yacht and fresh remixed track

Fortnite's depiction of Deadpool
Fortnite players have been waiting for Deadpool's arrival for a while now and the wait is finally over. Coming as part of Chapter 2 - Season 2 Battle Pass, Fortnite's Deadpool looks every bit as mischievous as his cinematic counterpart.

Fortnite 12.30 patch notes crowdsourced, changes to recoil/bloom, new items

Fortnite, Chapter 2: Season 2, Battle Pass items
Epic Games don't seem to be interested in changing anything about their patch notes, or lack thereof to be exact, but that didn't stop the Fortnite community from investigating and chipping in with their own crowdsourced version.

Legendary Oro Outfit is now live in Fortnite

Fortnite - Legendary Oro Outfit
Fortnite players can now sport the Legendary Oro Outfit. The outfit was leaked back when v11.40 update launched and the Oro Challenges were data-mined from v12.21 update's files. Complete two challenges for the Greed Wrap and four for the Gilded Scepter Pickaxe.

Epic's employee apologises and explains Fortnite's ongoing lag troubles

Fortnite, Chapter 2: Season 2 characters flying
It's not every day that you see a message like this coming out of Epic Games, albeit it doesn't seem to have been officially cleared. Alas, their employee spilt his heart out and responded to the recent torrent of complaints aimed at Fortnite's rampant lag.

Fortnite adds Choppa, Spy Games and more in v12.20 update

fortnite artwork showing the choppa
The Choppa is now live in Fortnite on all platforms. It is a brand new vehicle that you and up to four other squadmates can use for safer and easier travel around the map. On top of this, update v12.20 adds new locations and The Spy Games LTM.

Fortnite's Champion Series 2020 separates PC and consoles/mobile tournaments

Three Fortnite characters escaping an explosion
Epic Games posted the latest update for the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS), and as usual, it's time to be looking for your Duos soulmates if you want to take part. FNCS' action will even be getting a training simulation soon.

GeForce Now is most dev friendly, so Epic and Fortnite are behind them

Fortnite female character in black-and-yellow outfit
In one of his recent tweets, Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney reaffirmed his company's support to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service, calling it the most developer and publisher friendly model that might help tear down the entire 30 per cent revenue-taking "rotten structure".