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How to enable 2FA in the Fortnite account settings
William Davis
One of the most important Fortnite account settings is two-factor authentication, often referred to as 2FA. This is the best way to protect your account from potential hacks and password leaks. Unfortunately, we live in a time and age where passwords can be compromised, and losing data is more common than we’d like. Game developers do everything in their power to protect their users, but it is the user’s responsibility …
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Fortnite sued by parents for being dangerously addictive
Fariha Bhatti
A class-action lawsuit filed against Epic Games contends that Fortnite is highly addictive to the point where kids have panic attacks over the game’s pressure. According to the parents, their children — age 10 and 15 — are losing sleep over a game that is intentionally designed to cause addiction and they have hired a law firm, Calex, to represent them. Calex has drawn similarities with a recent tobacco industry …
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New MrBeast Fortnite skin could win you $1 million
Nicholas James
The Fortnite Icon series brings popular content creators, streamers, and entertainers to Fortnite, and a MrBeast Fortnite skin is the next one to arrive. MrBeast is an absolutely massive YouTuber and content creator, knowdn for his over-the-top video concepts and contests. He’s already collaborated with Fortnite earlier this year when a promotion for his restaurant, MrBeast Burger, appeared as a part of the FNCS series. Now it seems like that …
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The three best items in Fortnite Chapter 4
Nicholas James
Fortnite’s yearly change has brought tons of new content to the island, here are three of the best new weapons in Fortnite Chapter 4. As with any new chapter of the game, a bevy of new items and weapons have been unvaulted and added to the game. If you’re looking to switch up your playstyle from last season, here are some of the best new weapons in Chapter 4 that …
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How to get the LeBron James Fornite items
Nicholas James
Fortnite has crossed over with all sort of media properties and real-life figures, but there’s likely none quite as iconic as basketball legend LeBron James, who has plenty of different items in Fortnite. Fortnite has taken to immortalizing some streamers, actors, and other famous figures with skins or non-player characters depicting them in the Icon Series. Basketball all-star and actor LeBron James is likely the largest name to collaborate with …
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New Fortnite Chapter finale event Fracture announced
Nicholas James
The new Fortnite Finale Event for Chapter 3, Season 4, has been announced with the title Fracture, to take place on December 3, 20 at 4 pm ET. Fortnite has made an active effort to have every new season of the game feel unique. Season three, Chapter four has involved the mysterious Chrome trying to infect the island. This story arc is coming to its presumably climactic conclusion on December …
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How to get the Chrome Punk skin in Fortnite for free
Nicholas James
There’s a spooky new skin available for free in Fortnite. Here’s how to get the Chrome Punk skin in Fortnite for free. Fortnite decided to bring back the Halloween season to fans with a brand new outfit available by completing some quests. They also did this with the Pickle Rick back bling, a Rick and Morty tie-in that you can claim by participating in the Zero Build Horde Rush game …
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Mr. Beast Burger and Fortnite collaborate for FNCS
Nicholas James
The Mr. Beast Burger chain, founded by YouTuber Jimmy “Mr. Beast” Donaldson, is collaborating with Fortnite as a part of the FNCS. Mr. Beast seems to be all over esports these past few weeks, appearing on the League of Legends world championship broadcast at the grand finals to say he’d “100%” be buying an LCS team, and now collaborating with Fortnite. The collaboration was seen at the FNCS event and …
How to earn the Pickle Rick back bling in Fortnite for free
Nicholas James
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A brand new Rick and Morty tie-in cosmetic is available in Fortnite, so here’s how to earn the Pickle Rick back bling by playing Zero Build Horde Rush. The new back bling was added as a way to incentivize players to try out Fortnite’s new PvE horde mode Zero Build Horde Rush. If players complete a series of Zero Build Horde Rush-exclusive quests, they can claim a Pickle Rick back …
All of the NPC locations for Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4
Nicholas James
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The new Fortnite season has brought new NPCs to interact with and buy items and services from. Here’s a full list of all NPC locations in Fortnite Chapter Three Season Four. Part of what sets Fortnite apart from its battle royale contemporaries is its frequent use of non-player characters, or NPCs, both hostile and non-hostile. Here’s an alphabetical list of the NPCs’ locations, from whom you can buy items and …
Star Wars returns to Fortnite with Skywalker week
Nicholas James
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Star Wars in Fortnite is back, with lightsabers, E-11 blasters, and a villainous miniboss gracing the game for the next several days as a part of Skywalker Week. Fortnite has more IP crossovers with major universes and properties than most games could possibly hold, and one of those is back for a full week. Skywalker Week pays homage to the original Star Wars trilogy and brings back some fan-favorite mechanics …
How to beat Zero Build Horde Rush in Fortnite
Nicholas James
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Fornite has brought back the Horde Rush mode for Halloween during Chapter Three Season Four. Looking to beat it as quickly and easily as possible? Here is how to beat Zero Build Horde Rush in Fortnite. Zero Build Mode has been an incredibly popular addition to Fortnite, taking away the game’s signature building mechanic in order to focus on gunplay, movement, and more typical shooter mechanics. This means you’ll need …
All the Fortnite Chapter Three Season Four Battle Pass skins
Nicholas James
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The Fortnite Chapter Three Season Four Battle Pass is here, here’s everything you need to know about the skins you can collect from it. Like every season, Fortnite Chapter Three Season Four’s premium pass offers a variety of new skins to players who decide to purchase it. Each page of the pass has one new skin for players to collect, with the bonus rewards for players who pass level 100 …
Doctor Who may be coming to Fortnite, multiple leakers say
Olivia Richman
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Fortnite leaks are pointing to Doctor Who as the next wild crossover. Fortnite is known for its massive crossovers, bringing superheroes, anime characters, celebrities, and more into the colorful battle royale. Now, two prominent Fortnite leakers are speculating that a Doctor Who crossover is on its way. Doctor Who is a science fiction show with a massive following. The Time Lord takes on a different appearance each season, traveling through …
How to unlock Super Level Styles in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4?
Fariha Bhatti
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Chrome has consumed everything in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4 and it’s now becoming more prominent in the super level styles. Season 3 of Fortnite brought in a shimmery substance that is wrapping everything in chrome. The holographic shades may be easy on the eyes but they’re a dangerous virus that keeps swallowing everything in the arena. The chromatic effect has now reached the super level styles in Fortnite and …
Newest Fortnite update adds Grapple Glove, DMR, and more
Fariha Bhatti
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Fortnite chapter 3 season 4 hasn’t precisely been the most thrilling, but the latest V22.10 update will shake things up. Each Fortnite season brings exciting quests, challenges, and in-game items for players to sink their teeth into. However, the latest season 4 content was nothing to write home about, and Epic Games seems to be making amends in the newest patch. The developer has rolled out the season’s most significant …
Become A Goat in Fortnite in celebration of Goat Simulator 3
Olivia Richman
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The latest Fortnite crossover is definitely a weird one as Goku and Spiderman will be joined by the likes of Goat Simulator. A skin inspired by Goat Simulator has come to Fortnite. And like the game that inspired it, the skin is quite comical. Here is how you can get your own buff Goat skin in Fortnite. Goat Simulator was launched in 2014, a game where players took the role …
Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4 teasers hint at Spider-Gwen skin
Olivia Richman
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Epic Games has revealed some interesting teasers for Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4 including some highly anticipated skins, headlined by Marvel Comics’ Spider-Gwen. For the past few weeks, leakers have continued to spill information about the next season, including the possibility of Spider-Gwen joining the battle royale. Another rumor revolved around a skin for Meowscles that appeared possibly gothic in style. Epic Games was quiet for a while but eventually …
Late Game Arena returns to Fortnite, brings back Pump Shotgun
Olivia Richman
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Late Game Arena has returned to Fortnite, bringing some of the community’s favorite weapons back including the Pump Shotgun. Fortnite announced on Twitter that the game mode has officially returned. Late Game Arena is a 60-player game mode that has competitors fighting to be the last squad standing using weapons, utility, and materials given to them at the beginning of each round. While this is not a new game mode, …
Is Breaking Bad coming to Fortnite? More crossovers may come
Olivia Richman
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With crossovers continuing to be a hugely popular way to market games, publisher Epic Games is looking to bring even more of them to Fortnite. Breaking Bad and other popular properties may be coming next to Fortnite if a new survey is any indication. Fortnite is no stranger to crossovers. In 2022 alone the battle royale has seen Darth Vader, Goku, and Indiana Jones. It now looks like Epic Games …
Fortnite has come a long way over the course of the game’s lifespan. What began as an upstart early-access title with base-building mechanics would eventually transform into the world’s most popular and lucrative video game, capturing the attention of millions upon millions of players across the world and entering into the mainstream cultural lexicon.
But how exactly did that happen? How did one of many games released by developer Epic Games manage to transform in real-time into something with such potential, and to what extent did Fortnite really grow? The answers are indicative of what it takes for a game to go from new and struggling to becoming a global phenomenon.
The original vision for Fortnite was very different compared to the game that is so widely popular today. Developers at Epic Games intended to create a game that would merge base-building mechanics with the popular shooting gameplay that the company was best known for, from its experience releasing such titles those found in the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises.
While that vision was altered even prior to Fortnite’s initial release, with a darker creative look becoming brighter and more reminiscent of children’s cartoons, the first release of Fortnite did feature that original focus. Titled Fortnite: Saves the World, this was a paid early-access release that met moderate fanfare and player enthusiasm.
A follow-up release would do far better. That follow-up was Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play version of the game that featured the core mechanics and experience players most associate with the Fortnite name today. The battle royale game mode, thrown together in just a couple of months by developers, was at the time a relatively new concept. A multitude of players would be dropped onto one map to do battle with each other, accruing resources and weaponry in an open-world environment to better equip themselves for combat. Eventually, the game’s playable map size would shrink over time, forcing players to engage with each other until only one winning player was left standing.
It’s a simple concept, but in 2017 it was fresh and new. Players quickly flocked to try this early battle royale game, and within weeks of its free-to-play release, Fortnite Battle Royale was playing host to millions of players.
First and foremost, the success of Fortnite can be seen in the extreme revenue numbers generated by the game for maker Epic Games. Just a few short years after its release, Fortnite had already led to billions of dollars in revenue for Epic. This success was enough to send reverberations throughout the entire video game industry. Dozens of clones would follow, trying to recapture the battle royale magic that Fortnite had so successfully crystallized, but it proved difficult for most.
Money wasn’t the only marker of the game’s ascendance, however. Fortnite broached popular mainstream culture in a way that few video games ever have. Popular streamer and former Halo pro Tyler “Ninja” Blevins was at the fore of this wave of popularity, co-streaming with rap superstar Drake and appearing on numerous television talk shows to discuss the game and the craze surrounding it. Popular musicians beyond Drake also got involved with the game, as Travis Scott and Marshmello hosted live, in-game concerts to both popular and critical acclaim.
The Fortnite World Cup raised the game’s profile even further in some circles. Held at the famous Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, the event awarded $3 million to 16-year-old phenom Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, who then found himself paraded through mainstream media circles just as Ninja had been before him.
While its apex may have come and gone, Fortnite remains one of the most popular and successful games in the world today, continuing to play host to many millions of players while generating major revenues for Epic Games.
