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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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Microsoft wary of making a battle royale in a saturated market

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Microsoft's Phil Spencer has taken to Twitter recently to point out that making a battle royale game at the moment seems to be a fool's errand. Making a game just for the sake of making a game is not what Microsoft is about, Spencer thinks.

Fortnite's comet might actually flatten Dusty Depot (Updated)

Spoof image of a comet approaching Earth in Fortnite Battle Royale
Speculation about the impact point of Fortnite's comet has been going on for a month now and while everyone thought it's going to flatten Tilted Towers, there are clues bubbling to the surface that it may be headed for Dusty Depot instead.

Epic tease superhero themed Season 4 for Fortnite: Battle Royale

Poster for Season 4 of Epic's Fortnite Battle Royale
Epic seem to be aiming for a superhero flavoured Season 4 to their massively popular Fortnite Battle Royale. After teasing the Flash looking fellow, the company rolled out another Season 4 poster, this time with a Wonder Woman lookalike.

Fortnite wrecks PUBG in March, becomes biggest f2p console game

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Bean counters at Superdata have revealed that Fortnite: Battle Royale has officially become the biggest free-to-play console game of all time, dismantling PUBG in the process. Of course, many would argue that this outcome was inevitable.

Fortnite's comet is still in the sky but meteorites are raining

A meteorite is falling in Fortnite Battle Royale.
Meteor sounds were datamined from Fortnite's files on 25 April 2018 flaring up speculation that the comet might finally fall down from the sky. Well it didn't, but meteorites are raining, likely serving as an intro for the main event.

Epic continues pursuing the 14 year old hacker in court

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Epic ain't kidding around when it comes to Fortnite and if you needed any proof that the company is adamant on zero tolerance when it comes to cheating, then wait no more as the company continues its legal pursuit of a 14 year old cheater.

Rumour has it Epic's set to unleash Fortnite on Nintendo's Switch

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Even though it's still a rumour at this point, it didn't take a rocket scientist to see it coming, what with Epic already porting Fortnite to everything they can get their hands on. However, it is said Save The World will have some changes.

Fortnite data mining blows lid on Week 10 challenges

Showcase of The Reaper skin from Fortnite - he looks like John Wick.
It seems to have become customary to find out about Epic's weekly Fortnite challenges from data miners but who are we to complain. It turns out that the list of Week 10 Challenges for Battle Pass owners holds seven challenges in total.

Fortnite's next update is underway with a new grenade weapon

Fortnite's Clinger Grenade
Epic Games have taken the servers offline for maintenance, but Fortnite's patch will be dropping today no matter what. Hopefully they won't be experiencing server issues like the last time. This update adds the Clinger Grenade and more.

Epic's Fortnite Battle Royale gets its first scholarship

Fortnite player skin mockingly presented as university graduate
It seems that wherever we look, there is something Fortnite related, although the latest news seem to really take the cake. Namely, Epic's Battle Royale title is included in the esports scholarship program at Ohio's Ashland University.