Fortnite is the biggest game in the world, and it keeps on growing. After starting out on PC, Fortnite has moved to PS4, Xbox, and the iPhone, and had a crossover event with the Avengers. The battle royale game even counts Drake as a fan.
The virtual band is the latest musical act to join Fortnite’s battle royale. Gorillaz will be the featured artist for the Fortnite Festival music mode starting on August 26th, and a bundle of skins featuring Noodle and 2D will be available in the game’s shop for the rest of the Festival season.
In Fortnite’s “Shock ‘N Awesome” battle royale season, which launches on Thursday, you’ll have to watch out for a lot of gross-looking bugs. Fortunately, you can channel the spirit of the Power Rangers while you’re battling the hordes; the Green Ranger is in the battle pass, and the rest of the Power Rangers will be available to buy from Fortnite’s shop “later in August.”
The company has some criticisms of the Competition and Markets Authority’s roadmaps of “potential actions to improve competition” for Apple and Google, and Epic now says it “can’t bring the Epic Games Store to iOS in the UK this year (if ever).”
Epic originally aimed to bring the store and Fortnite to iOS in the UK in the second half of 2025.
Just a day after announcing the speedy Blitz Royale, Epic has unveiled a second major game mode for Fortnite that’s dropping on June 18th. It’s called Lego Expeditions, and it’s a PvE option that looks sort of like a brick-infused take on Diablo.
Fortnite’s new Blitz Royale mode will feature 5-minute matches “with a rogue-like design specifically crafted for mobile play,” according to Epic Games. You can play it on other platforms if you want, though.
Blitz Royale launches on June 18th.
It sure looks like Hank Hill is coming to Fortnite. If ever there was a time to add a new king of the hill mode, this is it.
Following another successful live event (this time it involved infiltrating a Death Star), Epic has revealed the next season for Fortnite’s battle royale, which is once again superhero-themed. It includes new locations like a superhero academy and new characters like, well, Superman. Check out all the details here.
Thanks to a new Fortnite Data API, creators will be able to access data on things like minutes played, peak concurrent player count, and number of unique players for Epic-made experiences and public creator-made ones.
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Following Epic Games’s filing asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to order Apple to review its Fortnite app submission, Gonzalez Rogers wants Apple to resolve this on its own or for the Apple official who “is personally responsible for ensuring compliance” to appear at a hearing next Tuesday.
It also pulled the version it sent to Apple last Friday, according to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Apple’s website says that “on average,” 90 percent of submissions “are reviewed in less than 24 hours,” though the company obviously did not meet that estimate for last week’s Fortnite submission.
Breaking down the latest Epic v. Apple ruling and what it means for the future of the App Store.
Now, we have to wait and see if Apple approves it to return to the US iOS App Store. Epic promised the game would be back sometime this week.
In the lead up to Fortnite returning to the App Store, Epic is trying to entice players with a 20 percent rewards bonus when you use the company’s payment system to make purchases in certain games.
The offerings follow a court ruling in the Epic v. Apple antitrust case that is already having downstream effects on app developers and users.
...if you link your Epic Games account to your MyDisney account, according to a blog post. It’s a “first step” ahead of the planned “universe” Disney and Epic are building together that’s tied to Fortnite. You’ll also be able to catch two episodes of Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld in Fortnite starting May 2nd, which is two days before the show debuts on Disney Plus.
Fortnite’s Star Wars-themed season kicks off on Friday.
Fortnite’s next Festival season, which kicks off on April 8th, will feature Sabrina Carpenter, Epic Games announced today.
Epic is also updating emotes so that when you do an emote that’s classified as a “Dance Emote,” any other player will be able to do that dance with you even if they don’t own it.
Starting today you can build your own zombie apocalypse as a number of Walking Dead assets — including buildings, weapons, and walkers — are now available to users in Creative and UEFN. The walkers join assets from TMNT and Lego in the burgeoning creative space. While you can start building today, starting May 16th users can publish their TWD islands via the creator portal.
Epic Games is introducing a “one-year matchmaking ban for first-time cheating offenses” in Fortnite, according to a blog post about its anti-cheat updates. However, “a second offense will result in a lifetime ban.”
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The first trailer for Fortnite’s new season comes in the form of... a music video for a new character who is also a pickle. It’s plenty goofy, but it does seem to hint at a return to a heist theme, with vaults to break into, underground tunnels to sneak through, and explosives to explode. The season drops on February 21st.
