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EsportsAn Esports Team Signed An 8 Year Old, But Nobody Is Sure If It’s Legal
If nothing else, Team 33 certainly made a splash when it arrived on the esports scene earlier this month. In a press release, the previously unknown organization boasted of a Hollywood team house that had already played host to big names like Janelle Monáe, Post Malone, and Drake. But it wasn’t glitz and glamour that…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 21, 2020 -
CultureHalo‘s Master Chief & Blood Gulch Are Coming To Fortnite
Epic Games confirmed during tonight’s Game Awards that Halo’s Master Chief and a new Halo map mode are coming to the game. The new Master Chief skin is available starting tonight, while the Blood Gulch Red vs. Blue capture the flag map will be available starting tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. ET as part of Season…
By Ethan Gach Published December 10, 2020 -
CultureFortnite Leaks And Teases Suggest Major Xbox, PlayStation Characters Coming To The Game (Update: Kratos Confirmed)
Update (12/03/2020, 4:11 p.m. ET): Fortnite has officially announced Kratos. God of War items are available now across all platforms. Our original story follows below. Kratos and Master Chief could be headed to Fortnite soon based on recent tweets and leaks that hint at a major new cross-over in Epic Games’ massive battle royale game. The…
By Ethan Gach Published December 3, 2020 -
CultureFortnite Season 5 Brings Bounties and The Mandalorian [Updated]
After a battle with Galactus that briefly shut down both Fortnite and Twitch, we have some information about what’s coming in Chapter 2, Season 5. There are some big map changes, along with some new systems and characters who do more than just try to kill you. (Update, 6:58am—This story first appeared at 12:40am. It’s…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 2, 2020 -
CultureTwitchTwitch Stopped Working Right After Fortnite‘s Big Marvel Event
Today, Fortnite players battled Galactus, devourer of worlds, in the culmination of the game’s Marvel-flavored fourth season. With the event ending on a cliffhanger, the biggest boy in a fictional universe of very big boys did not end up going down. But Twitch sure did. In the immediate wake of the event, which millions of…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 1, 2020 -
CultureFortnite Goes Offline After Players Fight Galactus
Fortnite’s Season 4 came to an end today, when Marvel super villain Galactus finally arrived on the battle royale island. As expected, players fought the giant bad guy—and then the event ended on a cliffhanger. The event started with all of us players stuck on the Helicarrier (which seemed to confuse more than just me).…
By Riley MacLeod Published December 1, 2020 -
OpinionI Won’t Miss Fortnite‘s Marvel Season
Fortnite’s Marvel-themed season comes to an end next week, with super villain Galactus finally arriving on the island on Tuesday afternoon. Dataminers are finding lots of references to past season events, Epic has put out some streaming rules suggesting there’ll be copyrighted music, and we really have no idea what we’re going to get from…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 28, 2020 -
CultureFortnite‘s Getting A Monthly Subscription Service
Starting next week with Chapter 2, Season 5, Fortnite will get a monthly subscription service for cosmetics and currency. Subscribers will get the latest battle pass, and each month they’ll get 1,000 V-Bucks and some cosmetics. The $11.99 subscription, called Fortnite Crew, was announced this morning. In addition to the battle pass, each month players…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 24, 2020 -
CultureGeForce Now Will Bring Fortnite Back To iOS, Sort Of
Nvidia’s game steaming service, GeForce Now, is in beta on iOS Safari starting today. In the future, users will be able to stream Fortnite to their iPhones, bringing the game—sort of—back to iOS. Rumors of this workaround first started swirling earlier this month, but Nvidia announced the beta today. “Alongside the amazing team at Epic…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 19, 2020 -
CultureFortnite Is Ready For PS5 And Xbox Series X/S
When the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles drop next week, so do new versions of Epic’s popular battle royale. Next-gen console Fortnite is prepped for launch, with 4K60 performance, faster loading, and enhanced visuals on each system. Not only does Fortnite run at 4K, 60 frames-per-second on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2020 -
CultureJoe Biden Has A Fortnite Island Now
It’s no giant Joe Biden hologram, but Fortnite has gotten a Biden/Harris-themed Creative island days before the US election. “Build Back Better With Biden” features mini-game challenges, easter eggs about the candidates, and voting information. Like everything about 2020, it’s more depressing than inspiring, but it’s what we’ve got. As first reported by Mashable, the…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 31, 2020 -
CultureFortnite‘s Latest Patch Makes The Game Smaller
Fortnite’s patch 14.40 arrived today, bringing this year’s Halloween event and drastically reducing the game’s file size. According to the Fortnite Status Twitter account, the 14.40 patch is “larger than normal on PC (approx. 27 GB). This is to make optimizations on PC resulting in a massively reduced Fortnite file size (over 60 GB smaller),…
By Riley MacLeod Published October 21, 2020 -
CultureBTS’ Fortnite Debut Was Pretty Cute
It’s not a point of pride for me to say I had little idea who Korean pop supergroup BTS was before this week. As Fortnite weaves its tendrils into the world of pop culture, I find myself frequently asking younger colleagues about musicians, movies, and fandoms in a way that looks less like disaffected cool…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 25, 2020 -
CultureApple Fires Back At Epic, Saying Lawsuit Is A Publicity Stunt
Epic and Apple’s legal tiff over Fortnite on the App Store rages on. In Apple’s latest filing, the behemoth echoes many of our own commenters by calling out Epic’s actions as a stunt to bolster Fortnite’s waning popularity. Apple’s opposition filing is a response to Epic’s initial call for a temporary restraining order that would…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 16, 2020 -
CultureAMD’s New Video Card Is Now Live In Fortnite
AMD isn’t ready to reveal everything about its upcoming Radeon RX 6000 series video cards to the world, but the company’s fine with giving gamers a little sneak peek at the card’s design via a honking-big virtual model within Fortnite Creative. Just log into Fortnite Creative, enter access code 8651-9841-1639 into the terminal, and you’re…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2020 -
CultureNintendo Is Releasing a Fortnite Emblazoned Switch In Europe And Australia/NZ
Fortnite is a big hit, especially on the Switch. Nintendo thinks the game deserves its own Switch—and they’re probably right! The console is emblazoned with Fortnite designs and comes with exclusive yellow and blue Joy-Cons. As Nintendo Life reports, Fortnite comes pre-installed, and the bundle includes a download code for the Wildcat Outfit (plus two…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 10, 2020 -
CultureEpic’s Latest Apple Argument Hints At Plans For World Domination
Epic’s latest legal response in its case against Apple rehashes many of the points previously brought up, attempting to show Apple as a monopoly and get Fortnite, with its own payment option, back on the App Store. But it also includes some intriguing insight into the developer’s future plans for Fortnite as a metaverse, as…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 5, 2020 -
CultureFortnite’s Latest Marvel Map Change Adds A Black Panther Statue
Since Fortnite’s Season 4 started, the map has been getting new landmarks at a furious pace. The latest is a monument to the Marvel superhero Black Panther, a giant statue called Panther’s Prowl. The Panther’s Prowl monument is just west of Misty Meadows. Like many of the new Marvel POIs, it’s less of a landmark…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 1, 2020 -
CultureRidley Scott On Fortnite’s Apple Trailer: “The Idea Was Terrific, The Message Was ‘Ehh'”
Hollywood legend Ridley Scott might be better known for films like Alien and Gladiator, but he also found time in the mid-80s to make Apple’s famous 1984 commercial. With Epic Games very recently and publicly recreating the ad, only now with an anti-Apple stance, Scott has some thoughts. To recap! Here’s Scott’s original commercial, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2020 -
CultureFortnite‘s Season 4 Marvel Theme Is Mostly Cosmetic So Far
Fortnite’s Chapter 2, Season 4 is, as long-teased, a crossover with the Marvel universe. If you can put aside the terrifying implications of a Peely with Wolverine claws, you’ll find what largely appear to be cosmetic changes, with a few gameplay elements mixed in so far. Called Nexus War, Season 4 sees Thor and other…
By Riley MacLeod Published August 27, 2020