Epic Games have found themselves in a peculiar predicament recently, after they learned that a 9-year-old Brazilian player cheated the age limit to compete.

According to the latest data mining expeditions, Fortnite is getting a brand new island map, which will be focusing more on the social side of the game.

Fortnite's Travis Scott: Astronomical event has officially ended and Epic Games posted the new impressive numbers to go with the earlier stats snapshot.

Epic Games announced the next round in Fortnite competitions, the FNCS Invitational, and players are looking at a prize pool of $2 million to be won come May.

There's no doubt Fortnite has grown into much more than just a game as Epic Games have proven once more with a record-breaking event for Travis Scott's Astronomical.

It's been 18 months since Epic Games circumvented Google Play and made Fortnite available for Android users, but Sweeney and Co finally budged. They did, however, issue a lengthy statement explaining why.

Epic Games continue to surprise with Fortnite's events, often making things that normally have no business in games work wonderfully. This time, it's an in-game tour with Travis Scott.

Talk about a well-tailored narrative - the loudmouth ninja Deadpool is leaving The Agency, and players will even have to help him pack up his stuff. There will be no shortage of heroes in Fortnite though, as three others took his place.

Just as Epic Games promised in yesterday's announcement of Chapter 2 - Season 2's extension, Fortnite will continue to receive fresh new content, starting with spy-based, rotating LTM missions Operation: Dropzone and Operation: Knockout.

Epic Games have previously sued leakers of the upcoming Fortnite content but they just can't plug all the holes. Now a pile of new skins, including three from the Marvel line, have leaked along with three emotes and a new game mode.