It now looks like a flash but boy did Fortnite go a long way from its launch on 24 July 2017, taking less than a year to steamroll the undisputed battle royale king in PUBG and set new standards in the process. Celebrations? But of course.

This weekend's Fortnite Summer Skirmish has ended on a bit of a sour note after reddit hordes came after the winner, player called iDropz_bodies, for alleged cheating his way to the $130,000 prize. Epic responded though and cleared it up.

Market research firms are increasingly mindful of the gaming industry, with latest reports by the Wall Street bean counters projecting a 13.3 per cent year over year increase in video game spending, which equates to $16.2 billion.

Microsoft's Q4 fiscal report is in and team Xbox have got a lot to be happy about. The company's annual gaming revenue has exceeded $10 billion for the first time while Xbox software and services reported on-year growth by 36 per cent.

Even though most news coming from Epic Games is either reserved for Fortnite Battle Royale or Save the World, we shouldn't forget that the company has been using both games to perfect and polish that what drives them - the Unreal Engine.

Fortnite's unreal maker Epic have rolled out the second set of weekly challenges in Season 5, tasking their players will scoring baskets, searching between an oasis, rock archway and dinosaurs and, of course, shooting people in the face.

That Epic Megagames have got a mega game in Fortnite: Battle Royale was clear to anyone who has spun it up at the time PUBG was all the rage but I'm not entirely sure even Epic knew what sort of monetary beast they've managed to create.

Epic Games have kicked off Fortnite' Season 5 weekly challenges in a brand new format, where the first four challenges come free to all players, while the other three are reserved for Fortnite: Battle Royale's Battle Pass holders.

It's raining money over at Epic Games and in a move unusual for today's world, they have decided not to hog it all for themselves. They have instead increased Unreal Engine marketplace sellers' sales cut from 70 per cent to 88 per cent.

Epic Games have announced that Fortnite Summer Skirmish series will have a hefty $8 million budget. The series will feature a rotation of Fortnite influencers and competitors, so it begs the question - will Elemental_Ray get to participate?