Fortnite Battle Royale

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Epic have rolled out the 5.30 update to Fortnite, adding a portable rift grenade Rift-To-Go and a new limited time mode called Score Royale, which is a proper name for what it entails.

Epic seem to be keen on enticing more players into purchasing Fortnite's Battle Pass as this week's gimmick challenge, which is usually reserved for the paying customers, comes in the free section and looks like those Easter Island statues.

Fortnite Battle Royale has had some trouble with its servers during the past weekend. A couple of updates have remedied the issue. The server crashes were due to a record number of concurrent players trying to get a piece of the action.

Fortnite: Battle Royale has been making steady progress on all fronts and Epic has most certainly not forgotten about its iOS fans. Fortnite has since been overtaken by PUBG on App Store but the devs once again take the patient approach.

The update will revamp the map, adding some new areas and fresh biomes. Five named points of interest will show up in the game after the patch rolls around. Epic Games have confirmed that Fortnite had surpassed the 40 million player mark.

The republic of Epic Games continues with its relentless polishing of Fortnite: Battle Royale, with the new 5.21 patch adding a heavy sniper rifle, bringing back Sniper Shootout LTM and introducing a brand new mode called the Soaring 50's.

The celestial crack that has grown to split Fortnite: Battle Royale's sky in Season 5 is now "healing" at the same tempo it grew and the latest data mines have revealed that the crack will be gone in its entirety come 21 August 2018.

We recently wrote about Epic Games' decision to bypass Google's Play store for the Android launch of Fortnite: Battle Royale and Sensor Tower have basically put a number on our estimations of how much money Google will "lose" - $50 million.

Even though we still don't have Epic's official confirmation when the Android version of Fortnite is expected to land, it is increasingly likely it's coming with Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 and XDA-developers have already given us a taste.

The struggle between Epic and Fortnite data miners persists and so far - data miners seem to be winning. Fortnite's Season 5 challenges have been cracked open and Epic will have you hitting golf balls and following treasure maps around.