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News Use Fortnite Chat In Docked Mode With This Officially Licensed Switch Pad
Meet the Faceoff Deluxe+ with its beautiful 3.5mm audio jack
There are many ways in which Nintendo has absolutely hit it out of the ballpark with Switch, but there are a couple of areas which could undeniably use a little more attention. Even the staunchest Nintendo devotees would be hard-pressed to defend the company's convoluted voice chat...
News Stranger Things Turns Fortnite Upside Down With New Crossover Content
Friends don't lie
Yesterday saw the launch of the third season of Netflix's Stranger Things - we haven't quite finished binging our way through it yet so no spoilers, please! As well as the official Stranger Things 3: The Game release landing on the same day, the much-loved series is also festering its way into Fortnite (because super-popular plus...
News Former Epic Games Director Says He Tried To Axe Fortnite
"That game would not have passed my bar"
What would gaming be like right now if the insanely popular title Fortnite didn't exist? It's obviously something we'll never know, but if the former Epic Games production director Rod Fergusson had got his way, we might have found out. In a recent interview on the Game Informer Show podcast at E3 2019,...
News Fortnite Teams Up With Jordan For An Epic Downtown Drop Event
Fresh kicks
Following on from a John Wick and Avengers: Endgame collaboration, the free-to-play battle royale Fortnite is now teaming up with the sportswear brand Jordan, to promote the NBA finals at the end of this month. This latest update adds a new free event called "Downtown Drop" requiring players to bomb hills, launch off massive jumps,...
News John Wick Is Thinking He's Back Thanks To New Fortnite Crossover Event
"Do I look civilised to you?"
There's been a skin in Fortnite called 'John Wick' for ages, but now Lionsgate and Epic Games have made the whole deal official with an in-game event which showcases the movie character, who is famously played by the one and only Keanu Reeves. You can see him face off against the original 'John Wick' skin in the short...
News Fortnite Season 9 Takes You To The Future With Improved Switch Performance
New locations, weapons, and more
The volcano has erupted, forever changing some of the most famous locations on the map. There are new areas to explore, new goodies to acquire, and a brand new battle pass. All of this can only mean one thing: Fortnite Season 9 starts today. One of the new features sure to catch your eye from the get-go is the new...
News Fortnite Developers Discuss The Constant Crunch Required To Maintain The Game
"It is a hard, grindy, crunchy life"
A recent feature over on Polygon has highlighted the "stressful" work environment at Epic Games, due to the popularity of its free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite. Due to the explosive growth of the multi-platform title, dozens of current and former employees and contractors have reportedly worked "in excess...
News Fortnite Is Teaming Up With The Avengers To Promote Endgame
Time to end the fight
Avengers: Endgame is expected to be one of the biggest movies of 2019. It arrives later this week and will conclude the battle between Thanos and Marvel's all-star cast. If you think back to when Infinity War was released last year, you might recall a special promotion in the free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite. The...
Random Prince Harry Thinks Fortnite Should Be Banned
"It’s so irresponsible"
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and member of the British royal family, thinks that gaming phenomenon Fortnite shouldn't be allowed. The Daily Express reports that, during a visit to a YMCA in West London, Prince Harry urged parents to protect their children from “irresponsible” games, using Fortnite as an example. He...
News Fortnite v8.11 Update Brings The Flint-Knock Pistol, And More Besides
Knock, knock... who’s there?
Fortnite on Nintendo Switch is the game that keeps on giving. Updates to the game are coming thick and fast, the latest version 8.11 looks like a good one. It offers a new weapon (in keeping with the pirate theme) as well as a new game mode, and much more besides. Let's take a look at the patch notes... WHAT’S...
Random Why Is The Fortnite Logo In This Official My Nintendo Kirby Wallpaper?
The battle royale you've always wanted
In case you missed it, Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn was recently released on the 3DS. This is an enhanced version of the 2010 Wii title. As with all of its software releases, Nintendo made a number of appropriately-themed goodies for this game available over on the rewards website, My Nintendo. One of these was a...
News Fortnite's New Single-Player Vehicle Is The Baller, Essentially A Human Hamster Ball
With a Grappler on the side
Fortnite developer Epic Games recently hinted at a new, single-player vehicle coming to the game at some point in the future and, as you might expect, fan speculation immediately went into overdrive. That new addition appears to be The Baller - a giant hamster ball-like vehicle with a Grappler plonked on the side. We...
News Fortnite Season 8 Arrives Today With New Locations, Weapons, Lava And More
And a banana skin (skin, get it?)
At the time of writing, downtime has begun for the eighth season of Fortnite, meaning new areas, weapons and more are just around the corner. As you may well have noticed, a giant volcano has appeared this time around. Pirates, ninjas, and plenty more fighters have started tussling over treasure, with an 'X marks...
News Epic Doesn't Plan To Improve The Frame Rate In The Switch Version Of Fortnite
Don't expect in-game recording to make a comeback, either
As portable as the Switch version of Fortnite is, there are admittedly a few setbacks when it comes to the game's performance. It's capped at 30 frames per second and Epic even had to remove the video capture feature. During a recent Reddit AMA, the developers of the free-to-play battle...
News Fortnite Season 8 Arrives This Week, Pirate Theme, Snakes And Bananas All Teased
And no more planes?
Fortnite's eighth season is just three days away, with players across Switch and all other platforms gearing up for a brand new set of challenges, skins, and crazy shooter antics. Epic Games has been leaving teasers for the new season on the official Fortnite Twitter account over the last couple of days. The first one clearly...
News Go Back To The Future In Fortnite With This Limited Time Driftboard
It's like 1080° or SSX with guns
After coming under fire for allegedly stealing dances from famous people and taking ideas from other battle royale shooters, Fortnite appears to be coming up with more and more inventive ideas on a regular basis. This includes recently hosting its very own in-game Marshmello concert, with more than 10 million...
Random Epic Games Sues After Unofficial Fortnite Event Sullies The Brand
100 lawyers parachute into Norwich
Yesterday we reported on an unofficial Fortnite event in the UK (in the fair city of Norwich, to be exact) and it seems that the weekend woes, bad press and refund requests aren't the last of the headaches for the organisers. Not even an attempt to avoid legal complications with that logo According to Eurogamer,
Random Unofficial Fortnite Event Underwhelms Crowds In UK City
“The sort of thing you see at a school fete”
T’is the season of failed festivals, although the latest on the list arguably isn’t quite on par with the high-profile Fyre fiasco. An unofficial event – billed as 'the Fortnite event of the year' by the organisers and promising rock climbing, go karts, laser tag, plus the requisite dose of the...
Random The Carlton Dance Might Be Fair Game For Fortnite After All
Flipped, turned upside down
Has the Fortnite dance craze peaked? You'll have to consult a seven-year-old for an answer to that, but Epic Games is still subject to legal action related to the celebratory dances that players can break into as they battle royally in the free-to-play hit. Other games, such as Microsoft's Forza Horizon 4, have headed...
Reminder You Can Now Merge Your Accounts In Fortnite
Finally
In December, Epic Games announced it would delay the release of Fortnite's account merge feature until early 2019. In case you missed the news, this feature aims to assist anyone who had been forced to create a new account on the Switch after Sony blocked all accounts that had be
News More Than 10 Million Players Attended Fortnite's In-Game Marshmello Concert, And It Was Amazing
Like, seriously
Continuing its apparent bid for world domination, Fortnite held an in-game concert this weekend featuring real-life music producer and DJ, Marshmello, reportedly seeing over 10 million players watching, interacting, and performing their favourite emotes in real time. If at least 50% of that sentence went over your head, you're not...
News An Epic Bullet Glitch Has Been Discovered In The Switch Version Of Fortnite
Oh no...
If you enjoy a round or two of Epic's free-to-play battle royale multiplayer game Fortnite on your Nintendo Switch, you might have noticed a slump in your own performance in recent times. This has nothing to do with your own abilities, according to an in-game test Digital Foundry recently ran in each version of the game, there's a glitch...
News Soulja Boy Says His Next Console Will Feature Fortnite, Epic Games Says "No"
What an absolute mess
Amazingly, despite all of the recent shenanigans and probable legal action, rapper Soulja Boy is back yet again, this time claiming that he's working on another new console which will even be able to play Fortnite. If you're not caught up on your Soulja Boy video game console manufacturing news (who thought we'd ever be saying...
News Nintendo Reveals That Fortnite Was The Most-Played Switch Game Of 2018 In Europe
Beating first-party titles
The Switch has a mightily impressive lineup of games at this point, from the launch year megahits like Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to this year's new additions like Pokémon: Let's Go and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but the game that has really taken
Guide Fortnite: Toys And Merchandise- Spend Your Real-Life V-Bucks On This Cool Gear
Battle Royale with the best merch!
Just in case you haven't noticed, the whole world has gone Fortnite crazy and the Nintendo Switch is the perfect place to play this epic online multiplayer apocalyptic survival game... namely, because you can continue playing even when sitting on the toilet. If you consider yourself to be somewhat of a Fortnite...
News Fortnite Finally Gets A Career Tab On Switch, But It Doesn't Do Anything
A bittersweet Christmas treat
One of the most requested features for Fortnite on Switch, ever since it came to the console earlier this summer, has been to include the missing Career tab. This menu screen, which is present in other editions of the game, tracks your stats, playtime, account level, and crucially those tasty Victory Royales, but Switch...
Random Backpack Kid Suing Epic For Inclusion Of Floss Dance Move In Fortnite
Join the club
Yesterday, we found out Alfonso Ribeiro - who played Carlton Banks in the early '90s television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - would be suing Epic Games for adding his character's dance move to its popular free-to-play multiplayer title Fortnite. Ribeiro is not the first famous person to take legal action against the video game...
Random Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Actor Suing Epic For Adding Carlton Dance Move To Fortnite
The price of success
The success of Fortnite has unsurprisingly placed it in the firing line on a number of occasions. It's been accused of promoting violence and gambling to children and has been targeted for copyright infringement. The developer PUBG Corp - known for Player Unknown's Battlegrounds - even tried to take legal action against the...
News Epic Games Launching Free Cross-Platform Online Services For Developers
Rolling out next year
Epic Games has grown into a global video game powerhouse thanks to the Unreal Engine and internally developed video games such as the insanely popular free-to-play title Fortnite. Since the breakout success of the battle royale game, the American-based developer hasn't wasted any time expanding its empire. In a recent news...
News Fortnite Season 7 Arrives Today With New Locations, Items, Custom Minigames And More
Winter is here
Today sees the launch of Season 7 in Fortnite (downtime for the update is taking place at the time of writing) and, as usual, there are lots of changes and additions taking place to keep things fresh. One of the first things you'll notice if you're a keen player of the game is the new set of locations available on the map; expect to...
News It Looks Like Fortnite Is About To Do A Minecraft With Its Own Creative Sandbox Mode
Update: Epic and Nintendo confirm
Update two: Nintendo has confirmed Fornite Creative will be available to all Switch owners on 13th December. Update: Epic Games has now confirmed that this Creative mode is scheduled to go live (as an early beta) in the game tomorrow, 6th December. The video below has all the details. Original Article: It...
News Fortnite's Switch-PS4 Account Merging Feature Has Been Delayed Until 2019
Cosmetics still locked up at present
Epic Games has announced that Fortnite's account merge feature - which was set to be introduced this month - has been delayed until early 2019. If you missed the news on this one, the merge feature is in the works to help those who were forced to create a new account on Nintendo Switch when Sony blocked all...
News Fortnite Now Has 200 Million Registered Players, Up 60% Since June
Epic, you might say
The ridiculously impressive stats just keep rolling in for Epic Games' battle royale success Fortnite. According to Bloomberg, the game now has 200 million registered players. To put that number into perspective, 200 million people almost makes up the entire population of Brazil and, were it a country, it would comfortably sit...
News Wreck It Ralph Just Mysteriously Showed Up In Fortnite
A genius bit of marketing?
Plenty of weird and wonderful things happen in the crazy world of Fortnite on a regular basis, but we've never seen anything quite as odd - and possibly as clever - as this. Regular players of the game will likely be aware of a giant, outdoor movie theatre screen that peacefully sits within Risky Reels. Well, for just the...
Burger Royale
Fortnite is being updated to version 6.30 today, bringing with it the usual bucket load of changes that are sure to change the way you play. Interestingly, developer Epic Games has also decided to remove the controversial glider redeploy function that has been speeding up matches over the last few weeks. Starting as a limited time...
News Fortnite Is Teaming Up With The NFL To Bring Customisable Team Outfits To The Game
Support your team in style
Epic Games has announced a partnership with the NFL that will see outfits based on all teams appear in Fortnite. Kicking off from 9th November at 4pm PT / 7pm ET (midnight UK / 1am CET the following day) players will be able to purchase NFL-themed outfits from the Fortnite Item Shop. Each of these outfits can be swapped...
Video Fortnite's Second Real-Time Event Just Warped Players To A New Dimension
But what does it all mean?
Yesterday saw Fortnite players around the world jumping into matches to witness the game's second real-time event, this time with a focus on the mysterious cube which has been causing all sorts of trouble in recent times. As is often the case with Fortnite, the event raised more questions than answers, but it's certainly...
News Balloons Will Heighten Your Chances Of Winning Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode
Going up
Epic Games has continued to refine and improve its free-to-play battle royale mode in Fortnite to help give it the edge over any potential competitors. It's this fun and accessible design that sets it apart from the rest - with the addition of trolleys, llama piñatas and plenty of funny character costumes. In the latest patch - version...
News Fortnite Has Been Downloaded To Nearly Half Of All Nintendo Switch Systems Worldwide
So yes, it's pretty popular
Nintendo has revealed that the ever-popular battle royale phenomenon Fortnite has been downloaded to almost half of all Switch consoles worldwide. Ever since its launch on Switch back in June, Fortnite has seen the usual, regular updates to the game present on all versions - including new Seasons, weapons, gameplay...
News Epic Games Closes $1.25 Billion Investment Deal Thanks To Success Of Fortnite
Money maker
If it wasn't already evident, the free-to-play title Fortnite has a been a huge success for Epic Games. In the latest news, Epic has closed a $1.25 billion investment deal with a group of private equity backers. KKR, ICONIQ Capital, Smash Ventures, aXiomatic Gaming, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed Venture Partners are now...
News Here's A Look At The Fortnite Nerf Blaster That's Being Released Next June
Ready up
In September, we found out that the largest toy maker in the world Hasbro was teaming up with Epic Games to release a Fortnite Nerf Blaster - allowing kids and adults alike to recreate their favourite moments from the insanely popular battle royale game. It's now been confirmed that the Nerf Fortnite AR-L Blaster will arrive next year on...
News Here's What's New And Different In Fortnite's 'Fortnitemares' v6.20 Update
Trick or treat?
Epic Games has released patch notes for Fortnite's v6.20 update, which arrives just in time for Halloween and is packed with spooky and scary content. Players can get stuck into the new timed event called 'Fortnitemares' (see what they did there?) which focuses on the mysterious Cube that has been the topic of so much debate and...
News Fortnite Introduces Ranked Online Tournaments, New Two-Seater Vehicle Also Added
Updates, updates, updates...
Today sees the release of Fortnite version 6.10, bringing the usual dose of weekly updates to the game's performance and a whole new way to play. Perhaps the biggest inclusion from this latest patch is the addition of in-game tournaments. A new 'Events' tab has been added to the game, with a list of tournaments...
News Fortnite Is Getting A $30 Physical Edition On Switch Courtesy Of Warner Bros.
Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle
Fortnite is getting its very own physical, retail edition thanks to a partnership between developer Epic Games and Warner Bros. Interactive. The bundle will be available on Switch and other consoles later this year. Called Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle, this new retail edition will include the standard, free-to-play...
Random McFarlane Toys Is Releasing Fortnite Action Figures
Aiming for a holiday launch
Last month, it was announced Hasbro - the biggest toy maker in the world - would be releasing officially licensed Fortnite Nerf blasters in Spring 2019. Adding to this was the reveal of Fortnite-themed Monopoly - now available in all good toy stores. In an interview with IGN at 2018's New York Comic-Con, Todd McFarlane -...
News Epic Says Jiggle Physics Included In Latest Fortnite Update Were "Unintended"
"We are working now to fix this as soon as possible"
If you missed it, earlier this week the season six update arrived in Fortnite, adding new items and pets to the game. That's apparently not all, though. Kotaku reports how players have noticed the new Calamity skin in the game has an "undeniable jiggle" when the character performs the jubilation...
News Fortnite Season Six Arrives Today With Updated Map, New Items And Pets
Darkness Rises
Fortnite Season Six has finally arrived on Nintendo Switch (and other platforms too, of course) and it's bringing a whole wave of new ways to play along for the ride. First up, as seen in the trailer above, the map has seen some pretty big changes. We now have the addition of a 'Floating Island', along with 'Corrupted Areas', 'Corn...
News Sony Finally Gives In And Allows Fortnite Cross-Play Between PS4, Switch And Everything Else
Please make a U turn
In an interesting turn of events, Sony has announced that the PS4 version of Fortnite will receive cross-platform play starting from today, allowing players to play against those on other platforms for the first time. When Fortnite first launched on Switch, Sony came under fire from fans, press, and even Nintendo for refusing...
News Fortnite Had A Whopping 78.3 Million Players In August, Largest Numbers Ever Recorded
And it's only getting bigger with Switch
Despite dividing opinion with just about as much force as marmite, Epic Games' Fortnite has rather literally taken the world by storm. The developer has revealed that 78.3 million people played the game in August, easily becoming the game's "biggest month yet", and there are absolutely no signs of it slowing...
News Fortnite Season Six Begins 27th September, 400% Match XP Event Taking Place This Weekend
Where we droppin' this time?
With Fortnite's fifth season now coming to a close, developer Epic Games has announced the start date for Season Six. If you hadn't already guessed from the title, that date is 27th September. Following on from last season's changeover, a bonus XP weekend is taking place to help players reach their final targets for the...