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Mario Kart Is Apple’s Most Downloaded Game Of 2019

Last night in New York City, Apple held its annual celebration of the best and most downloaded games and apps across its platforms. The iPhone game of the year is ThatGameCompany’s gorgeous social adventure Sky: Children of the Light, with the outstanding Hyper Light Drifter winning iPad game of the year. Neither of those critical…

Some People Made An Entire Sci-Fi Game Inside Of Fortnite

Fortnite’s creative mode is home to a lot of clever player-made maps, challenges, and obstacle courses. Yesterday, a team of creators released a full-blown Creative campaign called The Fourth Dimension, which features a storyline, multiple maps, and lots of mysteries to uncover. YouTuber Mustard Plays, who showcases Creative maps on his channel (and is also…

Fortnite is having a fishing contest from now through Sunday in solos, duos, and squads mode. There are different categories and in-game prizes for catching the most Floppers, Small Fries, Slurpfish, and the Mythic Goldfish. See Epic’s post for all the rules.

Epic Finally Releases Fortnite Patch Notes

Today, developer Epic published some details about what’s contained in Fortnite’s latest 11.20 patch. Epic calls the notes a “battle royale update” rather than the usual “patch notes,” which have been notably absent since the game’s Chapter 2 started in mid-October. The notes for patch 11.20 are sparse compared to past seasons’ patches. Daily challenges…

The first season of Fortnite Chapter 2 will last until early February, Epic announced today. The developer says “new game features, free rewards and a live experience” are all still to come in the season.

In The Era Of ‘Live’ Games Like Fortnite And Overwatch, Sequels Are Changing

There was a time when a sequel meant something. I don’t mean that in a wistful, “back in my day” sort of way. I mean that it largely meant one thing: A separate, new game with a shiny “2” somewhere in its title. Then expansions blurred the line, and patches blurred it even more. Now…

Star Wars Is Now In Fortnite

Fortnite’s latest lincesed tie-in is with Star Wars, with classic trilogy Imperial Stormtroopers now available as a skin in the game. It’s available now for purchase in the item store. Or, if you buy Fallen Order from the Epic Store, you get it for free.

Epic’s New Hero-Collecting Game Seems Fine, Has Vague Connections To Fortnite

The most striking thing about Battle Breakers, Epic Games’ new free-to-play collectible character role-playing game for PC and mobile devices, is its rocking ‘90s cartoon style opening, complete with theme song lyrics. “Monsters from the sky / want us all to die / they’re hidin’ underground / now they must all be found.” Good stuff.…

Teenage Fortnite Pro Suspended From Twitch For Streaming With Banned Player

Fortnite pro Cody “Clix” Conrod has received a seven-day suspension from Twitch after he streamed on Monday alongside Zayn, a player who has been permanently banned from the service. It’s the second time this month a player has been punished for even associating with Zayn, after another Fortnite pro, Khanada, got a three-day suspension last…

YouTuber’s Lifetime Fortnite Ban Opens Conversation About Fair Punishments For Cheating

Jarvis Khattri, a YouTube content creator for the esports organization FaZe Clan, received a lifetime ban from Fortnite earlier this week after releasing a video of him cheating in the mega-popular battle royale shooter. This has since given way to discussion about the severity of the punishment and whether content creators whose livelihoods depend on…

You Can Use Fortnite‘s Fishing Pole On Land Now, Apparently

In this weekend’s Fortnite Championship Series tournament, player Tfue found a new use for the fishing rod when he used it to grab weapons and materials from afar in the middle of a fight. This appears to be a feature, not a bug. The fishing rod was introduced in Fortnite’s Chapter Two. Its primary use…

Teenage Fortnite Pro Swatted Live On Stream

Fortnite pro Cody “Clix” Conrod—who is only 14 years old—was in the middle of a Fortnite Championship Series game on the weekend when his home was swatted. As Dexerto report, Conrod announced to viewers watching mid-stream that he would have to be leaving the match. “Police are here…yo, I just got swatted…one second, I gotta…

Epic Suing Former Tester For Revealing Fortnite Spoilers

Epic Games is in the process suing a former tester for spoiling some of Fortnite’s big Chapter Two reveal secrets. As Polygon reports, Epic filed the suit last week in North Carolina, alleging that former tester Ronald Sykes, who had played loads of the Chapter Two content back in September, began tweeting at other Fortnite…

It looks like Fortnite has made some changes to XP with its recent 11.01 patch. As reported by Eurogamer, you now receive more XP for challenges, medals, and matches. Medals, for instance, are now worth 8k and 16k instead of their original 2k and 4k. This is a welcome change for many players who found…

Facing Burnout, Stress, And Health Issues, Top Twitch Streamers Are Taking Extended Breaks

Last year during E3, streaming megastar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins took two days off from his regular schedule. A blip on the radar in the grand scheme of things. It cost him 40,000 paying subscribers. This seemed to issue a grim warning to other streamers: Take time off at your own peril. Recently, though, it’s begun…

Fortnite‘s Mythic Goldfish Is Powerful But Rare

Some of Fortnite’s new achievements are trickier to unlock than others. There are three achievements for using an item called a Mythic Goldfish, but that’s easier said than done. Fortnite Chapter 2 has three achievements related to an item called a Mythic Goldfish: one for catching it, one for eliminating players with it, and one…

So You’re Into Fortnite Now

While those of us who play Fortnite were riveted to last weekend’s black hole, the rest of the world watched us watching it in confusion and, in some cases, curiosity. Almost two days later, when the game finally came back online, many of my friends—and many of you, in the comments—asked if you should get…

Fortnite Trick Lets You Survive The Storm [Updated]

Players are still discovering all the changes in Fortnite’s chapter 2, which means of course they’re finding exploits. A newly discovered one lets you use the shield-granting waters of Slurpy Swamp to avoid taking storm damage. As reported by Dexerto, the trick works like this: go to Slurpy Swamp, a new area of the map…

What Is Fortnite And Who Is Ninja, Wonders Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is one of the most accomplished musicians of all time. Ninja plays video games for millions of people online. If this isn’t the biggest crossover in the history of pop culture, I don’t know what is. I write about video games for a living and barely know what the heck Fortnite is all…

Here’s What’s New In Fortnite‘s Chapter 2

Fortnite Chapter 2 is finally here, and the mystery deepens: developer Epic has only released some vague patch notes, as opposed to the usual detailed rundown of changes that accompanies each season. While it’s been fun to discover things for myself, it has also been confusing. Here are some changes I’ve noticed or seen players…