‘Fortnite’ will kick off its new season with a unique solo mission

Posted on 10/03/2021 by Engadget

Fortnite players are accustomed to being thrust into massive season-ending events that bring together hordes of players to witness an epic set piece. But, this time round, developer Epic Games is switching things up. Instead of a multiplayer spectacl...

Of course ‘Fortnite’ has a sea shanty emote

Posted on 04/03/2021 by Engadget

Given Epic Games’ history of tapping into what's hot in pop culture, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Fortnite now has a sea shanty emote. After they blew up on TikTok, sea shanties have become one of the most popular trends of the year. The emote...

Epic Games has bought ‘Fall Guys’ studio Mediatonic

Posted on 02/03/2021 by Engadget

Epic Games has bought Tonic Games Group, the parent company of Fall Guys studio Mediatonic. The collective also includes the publisher Irregular Corporation and another studio, Fortitude Games. “Beyond the shared vision among our teams, we see tremen...

Ripley and the Xenomorph from Alien are the latest additions to ‘Fortnite’

Posted on 26/02/2021 by Engadget

It was only last week that Ryu and Chun-Li from Street Fighter joined Fortnite and now another beloved franchise is making its way to the battle royale. This time, it’s Alien with both Ripley and Xenomorph skins available to purchase this week throug...

Epic Games is sending players V-Bucks to settle ‘Fortnite’ loot box class action lawsuit

Posted on 23/02/2021 by Engadget

Fortnite: Save the World players who purchased random loot boxes when they were available can expect to see 1,000 V-Bucks added to their account in the coming days. The move is part of Epic Games' efforts to settle a class action lawsuit filed ag...

It looks like Street Fighter will be the next ‘Fortnite’ crossover

Posted on 19/02/2021 by Engadget

By all accounts, it looks like the world of Street Fighter will soon crossover with Fortnite. The game’s datamining community found evidence that series favorites Ryu and Chun-Li — who, to be clear, is not a character from Mortal Kombat — could join...

Valve won’t help Apple defend against Epic’s antitrust lawsuit

Posted on 19/02/2021 by Engadget

Apple is using every tool at its disposal to fight Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit over the App Store, and that apparently includes recruiting one of Epic's rivals... or rather, trying to recruit one of them. As iMore reports, Apple and Valve h...

Epic Games brings its antitrust feud with Apple to Europe’s competition watchdog

Posted on 17/02/2021 by Engadget

Fortnite maker Epic Games is taking its battle against Apple's App Store practices to Europe. The games studio has filed a complaint with the EU's competition watchdog alleging that Apple's deliberate use of anti-competitive restrictions...

‘Fortnite’ will host an animated short film festival this weekend

Posted on 16/02/2021 by Engadget

Like just about everything else over the past year, film festivals have largely moved online. Later this week, Fortnite will hold its very own festival with a program of animated shorts. The Short Nite collection includes some Oscar nominees and y...

Epic Games behind North Dakota’s anti-App Store bill