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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 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.

Epic Games sued the leaker of Fortnite comet strike location

People are fighting all over the place in Fortnite Battle Royale
Epic Games have sued Thommas Hannah on 07 May 2018 for breaching NDA and spoiling Fortnite Season 3's finale among other things and Hannah filed defence against Epic Games' lawsuit on 25 June 2018. Both documents can be found below.

Sony's reply to being rigid is a Fortnite PlayStation 4 bundle

Royale Bomber, a PS4 exclusive skin from the upcoming PS4 bundle
Sony have found a perfect response for being lambasted in the media over their insistence on snubbing cross-play with Nintendo Switch by offering this simply amazing PS4 bundle that comes with a free copy of Fortnite: Battle Royale.

Microsoft and Nintendo fire shots at Sony in Minecraft trailer

Microsoft and Nintendo's splash screen for Minecraft crossplay
Microsoft and Nintendo's PR machines haven't wasted any time capitalising on the entire ruckus raised over Sony's insistence on selective crossplay for Fortnite, with the new Minecraft trailer milking the controversy for all its worth.

Epic to nerf shotguns, rockets and building in Fortnite

Picture of Fortnite's Heavy Shotgun on an orange background indicating its legendary status.
It appears that Epic is a bit concerned about the current state of Fortnite's endgame, announcing more changes to the game. The company says that dependence on shotguns, rockets and uncapped building isn't what Fornite is all about.