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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's rifts are getting bigger, did Epic crack Fortniteland?

A mysterious crack that appeared on the sky in Fortnite
So what's cracking down at Lonely Lodge? Well, reality apparently, as a rift similar to the one that appeared on Fortnite's sky seems to be cracking open on a Lonely Lodge bungalow. Season 5 draws closer and Epic are up to something. Again.

Epic Games still fixing Fortnite's Playgrounds limited time mode

Picture of Playground mode announcement with stencil letters on top of it reading "On Hold"
Epic Games have released the Playgrounds limited time mode along with update 4.5 on 27 June 2018, but removed it shortly afterwards due to issues preventing players from launching the mode. The devs have been trying to fix this ever since.

PUBG Corp and Bluehole forbid PUBG related leaks now

Newly announced PUBG gun called the QBZ95
Bluehole's legal goon squad is at it again but their sights are now set on Skin Tracker, which is a site collecting and publishing data mined cosmetic content. The first thing Skin Tracker did? They switched to publishing Fortnite content.

Fortnite v4.5.0 cosmetics data mined, star spangled skins coming

Fortnite's upcoming cosmetics data mined from patch v4.5.0, part two
Proving once and for all that earth-bending is the best bending, brave data miners dug into Fortnite's patch v4.5.0 and uncovered a bunch of delicious cosmetics coming to Epic's addiction royale, with some 'Murica flavoured skins as well.

Fortnite pulls Playground Mode sooner than you can say "no mom"

Fortnite: Battle Royale's new vehicle called the Shopping Cart
Gotta love the internet, especially when they counter Epic's pulling of Fortnite's recently introduced Playground limited time mode with some puntastic replies, such as "5 more minutes" and "but mom". Also, shopping carts are back.

Sony looking into solutions for Fortnite cross-play blunder

Legolas and Gimly as hint to Sony and Nintendo rivalry
Sony America CEO and president Mark Cerny was asked to comment on the company's Fortnite-Switch cross-play blunder. Speaking to Eurogamer on this year's Gamelab Conference in Spain he revealed that Sony is actually looking into this.

PUBG Corp drops lawsuit against Epic Games and Fortnite

Courtroom hammer with Fortnite's Victory Royale sign on it
Victory court royale, am I right? Anyway, it turns out that Greene and Co have retracted their lawsuit against Epic Games in South Korea, where PUBG accused the developer of Fortnite: Battle Royale of stealing their intellectual property.

Dual Pistols and Playground LTM arrive with new Fortnite update

Fortnite is bringing new time limited mode in the 4.5 update called Playground
Epic Games have rolled out a major update for their relentless money maker that is Fortnite. The update added new content for Save the World as well, but Battle Royale is in the spotlight, with the new Playground LTM and new Dual Pistols.

Fortnite Week 9 challenges leaked, data miners strike back

Fortnite pickaxe on a blue background.
It's actually becoming interesting to witness an ongoing fight between Epic Games and data miners, who've mined most of Season 4's weekly challenges so far. For a moment there it seemed as if Epic had a handle on things. Guess not.

Fortnite finally getting Playground LTM, think Minecraft

A Llama shaped pinata from the popular game Fortnite
As was announced via the game's introduction screen, Fortnite: Battle Royale is finally getting the free roam, free build limited time mode called Playground, giving Epic's game somewhat of a Minecrafty twist. Not too Minecrafty though.