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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 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.

Fortnite has reached 125 million players according to Epic Games

Four new skins datamined from Fortnite's patch v4.3
Epic Games have announced the 2018-2019 competitive season for Fortnite Battle Royale and briefly mentioned that the total number of registered players has seen a small growth of 125 million since the game's launch one year beforehand.

Fortnite 4.3 content update adds Bouncer and tweaks weapons

June addition to Fortnite: Battle Royale called the Bouncer trap
Epic Games have rolled out their 4.3 content update for Fortnite: Battle Royale and although the update doesn't add much to the fray, it sure promises more hilarity for existing mechanics. Say hi to Bouncer traps, your cart awaits sir.

Nintendo pretty much confirm Fortnite's launch on the Switch

Photoshop of Fortnite: Battle Royale on Nintendo's Switch
Watchful eyes of Fortnite fans everywhere, and we assure you they are everywhere, have noticed Nintendo uploading Fortnite Switch update onto its content delivery network, or CDN in short, as well as a thumbnail to match. Yep, it's coming.

Nintendo's E3 conference will focus only on Switch games

Nintendo Direct E3 2018 announcement image on a white background
Nintendo have announced that Nintendo Switch will be the main focus during their E3 presentation, with Splatoon 2 World Championship and Nintendo Treehouse thrown in the mix. We're sorry to shoot down any 3DS owners' hopes of new games.

Fortnite's Week 6 challenges will have you vandalising posters

Two skins, one pickaxe and one glider from Fortnite
Do we really need to say where the challenges appeared first - that's right, the brave data miners who leave their wife and children to dig where no Fortnite fan has dug before to uncover the weekly challenges Epic Games have in store.

PUBG's player count is dropping faster than dead flies

Spoof image of a PUBG promotional poster mocking the game shedding players
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds started out as a humble mod but it has quickly become a powerhouse in the gaming industry. Bluehole might get worried now that PUBG seems to be losing players and returning to obscurity at the same brisk pace.

Fortnite gets new competitive mode called Blitz Showdown

Epic's fourth teaser poster for Fortnite Battle Royale Season 4
Epic Games have rolled out their new limited time competitive mode for Fortnite dubbed the Blitz Showdown LTM. Just like its predecessor Solo Showdown, the mode has a ranking system, where the winner runs away with 25,000 V-Bucks.

Fortnite coming to Switch? Korean Ratings Board all but confirms

Cartoon characters from Epic's game Fortnite fighting in the field
Korean Ratings Board has uploaded an interesting listing, where they rated Epic Games' Fortnite: Battle Royale for the Nintendo Switch. The Board reportedly has an excellent track record with early reveals so it's just a matter of time.

Meteorite in Dusty Divot has changed appearance again

Picture of the giant earth anus in Fortnite that people are calling Dusty Divot
Fortnite's meteorite has been talk of the town ever since it first appeared as a mysterious white dot on the sky and it keeps grabbing attention even after tearing Earth a new one. The little robotic hands have revealed more of its content.