After Nepal voted to ban another popular battle royale title, gamers and fans of various games have been really nervous about the future of the genre. And even before that, the looming specter of legislation, especially in response to depicted violence or predatory monetization, has been a constant issue within the games industry. And now,
A newly released patch to Fortnite has adjusted a contentious option, and players seem a little split on how to respond. A recently deployed hotfix to The Baller, the rolling sphere of death, reduced it’s health by around 30%, from 300 down to 200. This change has apparently been in the cards for a while
The 8th Season of new content for the exceedingly popular battle royale, Fortnite, is well-underway. And as is usually the case, Epic and co. are busy plugging away and new content additions for the popular shooter. The latest weekly update in the v8.20 series is live as of now, so let’s unpack it and see
Epic has been quietly and steadily working on changes and patches for their flagship battle royale title, Fortnite. The company has been churning out bug fixes, new content and plenty of patches to players to make the game even better. This trend will continue with the release of the latest Fortnite patch, 8.20. That patch
The Fortnite 8.10 title update is pretty baller, because it’s rolling out a new vehicle into the battle royale landscape, OK I’ll stop. Anyway, the 8.10 update adds a few noteworthy additions to the game that we’re going to cover right here. First and foremost, Fortnite is getting a new vehicle called the Baller. Think
So Apex Legends is insanely popular. So popular that it’s growing at a faster rate compared to it’s main competitor, Fortnite. Respawn’s co-founder, Vince Zampella took to the internet to make this latest massive announcement for the new battle royale title. No one really expected this, the latest entry into the explosive battle royale genre
Loot boxes, long a source of frustration and addiction for some gamers, have become an increasingly problematic system for publishers and developers as well. Despite earning billions of dollars collectively for the games which include them, loot boxes are a font of anger and litigation as more public pressure mounts against the mechanics, which many
After the ongoing teases for Fortnite Season 8, the patch is finally live in-game. There’s a ton of new content, and a bunch of changes to the existing content. The 8.00 patch introduces the new Battle Pass, with more than 100 new levels, each with their own rewards for completion. Serious Fortnite players have tons
Fortnite and Apex Legends have both made big stirs in the Battle Royale genre. Since the launch of the newest game in the massively popular genre, Apex Legends, it has amassed a ton of new players, more than 10 million in a week in fact. The king of the hill is still undeniably Fortnite in
We’re only a few hours from the launch of the first Season 8 update Fortnite fans, are you ready? As was the case with previous content updates in Fortnite, Season 8 will include incremental changes layered into a wider update schedule which will likely introduce a combination of new map changes and new gameplay elements.
Fans are really excited for Season 8 of Fortnite, and Epic is wasting no time with teasing the newest batch of content updates to the popular battle royale title. And as usual, the newest tease a huge well, tease, and is incredibly ambiguous. From Fortnite‘s official Twitter account, it looks like the next season will
Snapshots of revenue by platform for popular battle royale Fortnite are showing a downward trend in popularity for the game, according to reports from data collection and analysis firm Superdata. These reports point to an overall falling trend of revenue, after a particularly strong 2018 revenue stream. Despite pushing an increase in year-to-year sales, Fortnite
If you haven’t been paying attention this past weekend, you may have missed this story, but in that case you’re in for one big failure of a story. A highly anticipated festival aimed at the young audience for the popular Epic battle royale title turned out to be a major letdown over the week as
Ahead of the upcoming new season of content in the juggernaut of the battle royale genre, the game world is once again changing as Epic teases the new content by slowly changing or adding new things. This time, the game world appears to be breaking apart, instead of giant purple cubes, massive food or whatever
Epic is continuing to tweak and add things in Fortnite, their exceptionally popular battle royale title. The company just announced the next phase of patches to the game on Reddit, starting with the 7.40 update. The major focuses on this upcoming patch are all gameplay and balance related. Following the tone set by 7.30 and
Apex Legends only just launched, and it’s already making massive waves. The game has already garnered millions of viewing hours across the internet, and it’s only growing. And with it now eclipsing the viewer numbers of its biggest competitor, Fortnite, it looks like there could be major change on the horizon. Dexerto reports that the
Another week gone by, and that means another update to everyone’s favorite Battle Royale. Epic has just added back an old favorite LTM, Trios, but they’re not done with the content updates for 7.30 just yet. The newest patch has dropped in Fortnite and once again that means new items, locales and mechanics to goof
Great news Fortnite fans, a great game mode is coming back to the most popular Battle Royale title around. Announced via Twitter earlier today, it turns out that Epic wants to celebrate the Lunar New Year, along with many other game companies. The main way in which the company is ringing in the Chinese New
Epic Games has launched the newest patch for their runaway success, Fortnite. As usual, there’s a ton to go through, so let’s get started. First up is new additions, modes and content. Frostbite Challenges now reward the Spectral Blade weapon in Save the World modes. Players can also celebrate Super Bowl LIII with new Los
DeAndre Cortez Way, known by his rapper persona Soulja Boy, appeared on a panel as part of Complex’s Everyday Struggle this week, mostly to talk about his business of selling consoles. Yes, those same cheap knock-off consoles that he’s marking up heavily to turn a profit. The same ones Nintendo got pulled from sale after
Fortnite is hugely successful, no one can really deny that. And now, we have concrete numbers proving just how monumental a hitthis particular game has become. According to recent analysis released by TechCrunch, the massively popular Battle Royale title has raked in more than $3 billion in total profit in the last year. Epic Games
So it turns out that Fortnite is getting another new mode, and it’s a massive change for the landscape of the game. This latest update, ahead of the full launch of Season 7 and its icy content, will allow players to get a lot more creative in the popular shooter title. Season 7 marks the
Bad news Fortnite fans, but a much-requested feature has been delayed until 2019. Epic Games has not been able to deliver on the wanted features for cross-platform play quite yet. After months of work and negotiations, Epic had been on track to offer true cross-platform play for all players on PS4, PC, Xbox One, and
Epic Games has released v6.30 for Fortnite. Contained within are various new weapons, bug fixes and even a brand new game mode. The big focus with this patch is on a new game mode. The new Food Fight LTM mode pits two teams in a massive arena, in the biggest food fight in Battle Royale
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