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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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Fortnite: Battle Royale is up to 250 million players

One would think Fortnite's rapid growth stage is over but it seems like Epic's phenomenon isn't yet done growing. In fact, the latest data says that Fortnite is up to 250m players, and there's a new concurrent player record of 10.8 million.

Tim Sweeney says Epic Games Store won't launch crappy games

Logos of the Epic Games Store and Steam
Epic's CEO Tim Sweeney recently discussed the selection process that will go into deciding what games end up on the Epic Games Store, and he insists they'll take steps to prevent crappy games, bloatware, asset flips, porn games and so on.

Epic Games add Flint-Knock Pistol in latest Fortnite update

Picture of a new gun in Fortnite Battle Royale
Epic Games have released update 8.11 for Fortnite Battle Royale which brings the new Flint-Knock Pistol, brings back Impulse Grenades from the vault and changest the Limited-Time Mode to One Shot sniper fiesta, among other changes.

Epic fork out $500,000 in Unreal Dev Grants to complete $5m goal

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Epic Games have announced that $500,000 has been paid to the final recipients of Unreal Dev Grants, which completes the company's goal of giving $5 million to developers using Unreal Engine 4. That's not the end of their support though.

Epic Games Store will support key sales for non-exclusive titles

The Epic Games Store logo
Epic Games Store and the company's CEO Tim Sweeney have been pretty busy lately, not least over the recurring need to explain that Tencent and China do not own Epic, and the latest news is that the store will support game key sales.

Epic temporarily remove The Baller vehicle from Fortnite

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Fortnite's The Baller that was introduced in the latest update has been temporarily disabled it's been confirmed by the developer. The reason is a stability issue and Epic say they will reveal more details once they find the solution.

Fortnite crossplay for Nintendo Switch partially discontinued

Three in-game characters on Fortnite: Save the World poster
Epic Games have revealed new patch notes that state Nintendo Switch players will no longer be able to crossplay with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This is not much of an alarm and Switch users' experience should improve after the update.

Fortnite update adds The Baller vehicle, nerfs Heavy AR

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Epic Games have released the full patch notes for Fortnite's latest update which is now live on all platforms. The update introduces a ball-like vehicle named The Baller, changes to Vending Machines and nerf to Heavy Assault Rifle.

Fortnite dance lawsuits dismissed by US Supreme Court

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Well there you have it - rapper 2 Milly, actor Alfonso Ribeiro, Backpack Kid, Orange Shirt Kid and whoever else who mistakes Epic's Fortnite for an opportunity to make some quick cash, will now have to submit proof of their copyright.

Nvidia's research reveals how frame rates impact K/D ratio

picture showing players wearing backpacks in PUBG game
Nvidia latest research reveals data collected from popular battle royale games such as Fortnite, PUBG, Apex Legends and Blackout. The data shows that players with better graphics cards and higher frame rates have a higher K/D ratio.