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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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All the winners from the Golden Joystick Awards 2018

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God of War was the big winner of this year's Golden Joystick Awards taking home some big prizes like PlayStation 4 Game of the Year and Best Storytelling among others. But Epic's Fortnite took the main trophy - Ultimate Game of the Year.

Fortnite jumps on Red Dead Redemption 2 bandwagon with new mode

Fortnite's leaked item dynamite that's coming with Wild West LTM
Fortnite: Battle Royale will be riding some of that Red Dead Redemption 2 hype train with a Wild West themed limited time mode next week. The leak came at a price though, as Epic Games shifted their leak-fighting efforts into overdrive.

Falsely banned Fortnite players are getting free V-bucks

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Epic games are apologizing to wrongly banned Fortnite players by reactivating their accounts and giving them 2,000 V-Bucks for free. This policy comes after some players were caught in the crossfire of Epic's recent cheater hunts.

Xbox One mouse and keyboard support is now available

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The long-awaited mouse and keyboard support for Xbox One was added in Microsoft's latest update. Fortnite and Warframe are the only titles to support the newest feature with 5 more games coming in November and another 7 at later date.

US Army starting its own esports team to attract more soldiers

Esports arena filled with fans of League of Legends
The US Army has announced plans to field their own esports team in an attempt to bolster their ranks, further the Army's brand and address the growing disconnect with the society, as staff sergeant Ryan Meaux revealed in a Reddit AMA.

Fortnite 6.30 adds Food Fight LTM and mounted turret trap

Mounted turret trap from Fortnite's 6.30 update
Epic Games have rolled out Fortnite's new update 6.30, which brings a new limited time mode called Food Fight, a new mounted turret trap, removal of the much-maligned glider redeploy feature and of course, a bunch of other tweaks and fixes.

Epic are removing Fortnite's glider redeploy feature as of v6.30

Five character skins from Fortnite: Battle Royale's Season 6
It seems that Fortnite: Battle Royale's glider redeploy feature is going the way of the dodo, as Epic Games announced that it will be removing it as of version 6.30. However, it will stick around the larger team modes for the time being.

Xbox's keyboard and mouse support starts with Fortnite

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During the XO18 showcase, Microsoft have confirmed that the announced keyboard and mouse support for Xbox is coming on 14 November 2019, with Fortnite and Warframe the biggest names to take advantage of the new feature after launch.

Fortnite launches in South Korea, hits 8.3m concurrent users

Interior of a PC Bang in Fortnite: Battle Royale
Ever since it launched, Fortnite has been going from strength to strength and despite gamer forecasts, or more like desires, prophesizing that Epic's monster will be put out of business by whatever new game comes next, it's not stopping.

Fortnite's 6.22 update adds a new gun and Team Terror mode

A man and a woman shooting monsters in Fortnite's Team Terror LTM
Epic have rolled out the 6.22 update to Fortnite: Battle Royale, which adds a new heavy hitting gun dubbed the heavy assault rifle and as Fortnitemares came to an end, players can indulge in Team Terror, a brand new co-op limited time mode.