Fortnite

Fortnite’s 12.20 update brings a helicopter, changes to Pleasant Park and the Oil Rig, and the addition of locker presets. Spy Games are also live: players choose a faction and play an LTM called Operation to secure Intel, which unlocks weapons and skills that can be used during the matches. Players can change factions at…

Down The Strange, Sometimes Upsetting Rabbit Hole Of Twitch Streamers’ TikToks

Over the past 72 hours, I’ve spent an ungodly amount of time watching TikToks created by Twitch streamers. It all began with a simple question: Can people whose whole line of work is built around creating the lengthiest, least-filtered form of pop culture possible excel in a medium where minimalism thrives? TikTok is a video…

I Think I’m In Love With Fortnite‘s New Cat

Fortnite’s Season 2battle pass is full of colorful new characters, including one you can customize in thousands of unique ways. I don’t care about any of them. I only care about this ripped cat. This is Meowscles, the level 60 battle pass reward. He’s one of the new skins that has a built-in bonus feature.…

Fortnite‘s Season 2 Brings NPC Enemies And Battle Pass Changes [Updating]

After a long Season 1, Fortnite’s Season 2 is here. Without patch notes, players are still piecing the changes together, but there are new areas on the map with NPCs to battle, some new items, and new ways to customize your skins. Season 2 is called “Top Secret,” and it’s spy-themed. Lore-wise, there are two…

Real World Fortnite Teasers Hint At Gold And Cats For Season 2 [Updated]

Fortnite’s Season 2 is a few days away. While there haven’t been hints of a big in-game event this time around, players are finding clues about what the next season might contain both in-game and in teasers around the real world. The teases seem to have started over the weekend, with people reporting seeing glitchy…

Epic Boss’ Confusing Comments About Games And Politics Don’t Add Up

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney gave the keynote speech at this week’s DICE conference in Las Vegas. The talk touched on many topics, including data privacy, loot boxes, and the problems with a lack of cross-platform games. It also seemed to call for keeping politics out of games, or at least out of marketing, or…

Counter-Strike‘s Dust, Remade In Fortnite

It’s one of the most iconic maps in all of video games, and soon Counter-Strike’s famous Dust stage will be playable in Fortnite’s creative mode thanks to the work of some expert modders. Team Evolve have brought the map as faithfully as Fortnite’s tools will allow, and seeing as the map will also allow creative…

Please Stop Quitting Before I Can Revive You

I’m not the most aggressive battle royale player, but I put a lot of effort into supporting my team. I stick close to my squad, share my loot, and heal my teammates whenever I can. In games where downed players can be brought back, like Apex Legends or Fortnite, I always go out of my…

Leaving Fortnite Challenges Unfinished Stresses Me Out

Fortnite’s current season is coming to an end, at long last, on February 20. This means players only have a few weeks left to complete in-game challenges that earn them cosmetics and other rewards. I don’t want any new loot, but I can’t stop doing the challenges. Fortnite challenges are in-game activities you do to…

Fortnite’s 11.50 patch adds the previously-mentioned Unreal Engine Chaos physics system The Launch Pad has returned to non-competitive modes. Sidegrading was removed from competitive modes; Epic says its inclusion was unintentional.

Fortnite Players Divided Over Whether Streamer Cheated In Charity Tournament

Streamer Nicholas “NickEh30” Amyoony has been accused of cheating during a Fortnite game in last week’s charity Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl. In a clip circulating online, Nick and his duos partner, NFL player David Morgan, can be heard discussing what sounds like a plan to land in an off-limits part of the map. While some…

Fortnite’s next season has been delayed to February 20, Epic announced yesterday. “Beginning with the release of the 11.50 update in early February, Fortnite will be moving to Unreal Engine’s Chaos physics system,” the developer also wrote.

Epic Will Punish Fortnite Opponents Who Signal Each Other

Earlier this week, Fortnite released new rules to attempt to curb cheating in competitive play. The new guidelines relate to a player behavior called “signaling,” which means communicating with opponents. Fortnite doesn’t allow for voice chat between opponents, so players use other means to communicate, like jumping or swinging their pickaxe. On the surface, these…

Big-Headed Anime Fortnite Figures Are Coming

Japanese toymaker Good Smile Company makes big-headed anime figures out of everything from Blizzard hero shooters to scary clown movies. It was only a matter of time before they started in on Fortnite. Already big-headed, the bright pink cuddle team leader is a great place to start. I don’t play Fortnite, but I love the…

Fortnite’s 11.40 patch adds the ability to “sidegrade” at least one weapon: the example given is the assault rifle, which can be turned into the heavy assault rifle. The patch also reduces the materials needed to upgrade weapons at benches and fixes some bugs.

Fortnite Has Blizzards Now

Fortnite has gotten into the winter spirit. Snow covers sections of the map, there are Christmas trees to dance in front of, and the Winterfest event features a cabin with presents to open. As of today, blizzards are occasionally whiting out portions of the map. I didn’t encounter any blizzards during the inexcusable amount of…

Fortnite’s 11.31 patch adds Battle Lab, a customizable island that lets you pick from “favorite LTM loot pools, set up combat scenarios with the new Bot Grenades, and create your own mode by setting options like gravity and fall damage.” Playground mode has been moved to the Creative category.

Fortnite‘s Star Wars Event Was Weird, But Cool

Today, after a rough start, Fortnite’s in-game movie theater showed a brief clip from the upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Director J.J. Abrams and Game Awards host Geoff Keighley also made a live appearance. The event took place at Risky Reels, Fortnite’s drive-in. Prior to the event, Fortnite’s servers struggled under the…

Fortnite’s Star Wars event has been delayed to 2:10 Eastern, as the game struggles under server troubles

To go with the already-released Stormtrooper, Fortnite has got some extra Star Wars stuff in the form of skins for Rey, Finn and a Sith Trooper. They’re available now in the game’s item shop.