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Fortnite adds account merging to help console players rescue their v-bucks and collectibles

2019-02-07T12:54:01-05:00

Epic today announced that it's much-anticipated account merge feature for console players is finally live. If you head to this page here, you'll get a rundown of how it works and what the special conditions are to ensure everything goes smoothly and you don't end up getting locked out of one of your accounts. To be clear, this is only going to be useful if you have V-Bucks, Fortnite's in-game currency, or any collectibles like skins or emotes that are locked to another platform that you don't typically play on.

Since last fall, when Sony finally relented and opened up the PlayStation platform for Fortnite gamers, players have been allowed t …

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How to tie a PlayStation-linked Fortnite account to your Nintendo Switch

2018-09-27T16:58:38-04:00

Sony finally backed away from its staunch and hard-headed approach to cross-platform play yesterday, announcing that it would start letting players of Epic Games' Fortnite use PlayStation-linked accounts on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, as well as play against one another on shared servers. The move is a huge win for consumers after the PR disaster Sony suffered back at E3. It may also be the first step in a broader, transformational shift in the console game industry away from the locked down and restricted approach to platforms that's existed pretty much since the onset of widespread online multiplayers.

Still, it's not exactly a simp …

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Sony enabling Fortnite cross-play for PS4 against Xbox and Switch

2018-09-26T09:17:26-04:00

Sony is finally enabling cross-play for Fortnite today. The PlayStation 4 maker had been blocking cross-play and progression between Fortnite on PS4 and Nintendo Switch / Xbox One in recent months. The move angered Fortnite fans who couldn't access progress, skins, and purchases on an Xbox One or Nintendo Switch if they'd played on a PS4. Sony now says it is enabling cross-play for Fortnite fans.

"We recognize that PS4 players have been eagerly awaiting an update, and we appreciate the community's continued patience as we have navigated through this issue to find a solution," says Sony's PlayStation chief, John Kodera. "The first step will …

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Sony issues weak response to Fortnite cross-play controversy on PS4 and Switch

2018-06-14T02:46:29-04:00

Sony is facing a growing backlash from PlayStation 4 fans who are angry they can't log into the Nintendo Switch version of the game. Thousands of Fortnite fans have been reacting angrily since news broke earlier this week that you can't use a Fortnite account that's been used on the PS4 with the Nintendo Switch. Sony is blocking Epic Games from allowing cross-play and progression sync between the PS4 and Nintendo Switch or Xbox One. This means that any progress, skins, and purchases can't be shared between PS4 and Nintendo Switch or Xbox One.

After a couple of days of radio silence, Sony is finally starting to respond:

"We're always open t …

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Fortnite on the Switch is good enough to make Sony’s cross-play policy look even more stupid

2018-06-13T08:00:07-04:00

Fortnite Battle Royale is out now for the Switch, and while it's obviously a big deal for Nintendo to secure a port of one of the biggest games in the world, Fortnite would be a great showcase for the hybrid console's versatility no matter what. Epic's Fortnite strategy has involved putting the game on every system possible, letting players share progress and items across each platform. The Switch version won't be your best option most of the time, no, but its very existence makes it possible to play the game in even more situations.

Well, unless you've been playing Fortnite on PS4, that is.

In handheld mode, Fortnite on the Switch looks r …

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Fortnite fans are furious at Sony for ruining their handheld dreams

2018-06-12T15:51:16-04:00

Fortnite on Nintendo Switch error (screen render) | Original photo by James Bareham / The Verge

Sony is blocking Fortnite cross-play and progression between the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, and Fortnite fans are furious. Hundreds of Fortnite fans are reacting angrily on the Resetera forums and Reddit after learning that you can't use a Fortnite account that's been used on the PS4 with the Nintendo Switch. This means that any progress, skins, and purchases can't be shared between PS4 and Nintendo Switch, so the dream of playing Fortnite at home on a PS4 and then using the same account on the go on Nintendo Switch is truly dead.

"This Fortnite account is associated with a platform which does not allow it to operate on Switch," exp …

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Sony is blocking Fortnite cross-play between PS4 and Nintendo Switch players

2018-06-12T12:32:32-04:00

Today, Nintendo announced during its E3 press conference that Epic Games' smash hit Fortnite would be coming to the Switch console. Not only that, but the game is arriving today at 1PM ET on the Switch digital store. Given that Fortnite is a free-to-play game that is played entirely online and supports accounts syncing, that raises some interesting questions about whether Switch players will be able to cross-play with those on other platforms.

When asked, Epic Games PR representative Nick Chester confirmed on Twitter that the Switch version of Fortnite will support cross-play with Xbox One, PC, Mac, and mobile. Basically, you'll be able to …

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