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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 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.

Fortnite's gnomes have returned, Epic sticks it to data miners

The mysterious villain lair from Fortnite: Battle Royale
Epic Games seem to have finally stuck it to data miners, instead choosing to keep their Fortnite: Battle Royale cards as close to the chest as possible. And kept them they did but now it's time for Week 8 challenges for Battle Pass holders.

Fortnite's villain lair gets countdown timer, badaboom incoming?

A picture of a timer on a rocket in Fortnite: Battle Royale
Fortnite's in-game TVs have been tuned into the skull channel for a while now and with the Switch version's timer now appearing on the rocket found in the villain lair near Snobby Shores, it's clear - Epic are blowing something up. Again.

Is Sony really the villain for not allowing Fortnite crossplay?

Fortnite character is facepalming at the failure of the game's community
Sony is suffering major backlash for not allowing Fortnite or any other game crossplay between PlayStation 4 and either Nintendo Switch or Xbox One. It sounds, and is, terrible but it's not only Sony to blame for the mess paid by players.

PS4 crossplay with Xbox One shouldn't happen, says MIDiA Research

A man standing with a shotgun with Fortnite logo above
According to Karol Severin, lead analyst for game research at MIDiA Research, Sony can and should block any attempts at cross-play coming from Xbox One. This is because Sony and PlayStation 4 have incomparably less to gain from cross-play.

Fortnite v4.4 content update adds stink bomb and new skin

Fortnite: Battle Royale's newly added skin called 8-Bit Demo
Epic Games have rolled out their v4.4 content update for Fortnite: Battle Royale and although it isn't the richest of updates, you are bound to smell it eventually. Yep, Epic reworked the smoke grenade into a viable weapon - the stink bomb.