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Fortnite‘s Giant Monster And Robot Finally Fought

Today was the long-awaited battle between Fortnite’s giant monster, Cattus, and giant robot, Doggus. It was pretty much what players expected, but it sure was dramatic. In the only available mode, The Final Showdown, players saw Cattus appear from the water and Doggus pull free of his perch in Pressure Plant. Cattus attacked the vault,…

Fortnite Leakers Band Together To Swear Off Spoiling This Weekend’s Big Event

In these days of rampant data mining, few things are ever truly surprises. Even Fortnite’s seemingly endless parade of (often literal) bashes isn’t immune, with big moments like the Tilted-Towers-leveling Vault event getting spoiled before players could experience them firsthand. This weekend, though, longtime leakers—people with the word “leak” front and center in their handles—have…

Fortnite’s 9.40 patch brings epic and legendary variants of the tactical shotgun, adds an Xbox-only tournament, and changes how items stack. See the full patch notes for all the details. 

Fortnite’s latest patch adds a new item, an air strike canister that calls down missiles. There’s also a new rotation of limited time modes.

Fortnite Developers Say They’ll Make The New Rubber Duck Challenge Easier [Updated]

Fortnite’s 14 Days of Summer event includes daily challenges for rewards. A recent challenge for day 13 of 14 involves searching for a tiny rubber duck in a corner of the game’s map. Yesterday, developer Epic announced they’ll be adjusting the challenge because it’s too hard. For the challenge, clues on a loading screen direct…

The Race To Have The Biggest Prize Pool In Esports History

When Epic Games announced $30 million in prize money for this July’s Fortnite World Cup, it seemed set to be the largest ever for an esports event. That increasingly looks like it might no longer end up being the case, thanks to Valve’s Dota 2 The International 2019, the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the…

Wall Street Journal Fortnite Column Instantly Turns Into Meme

“Fortnite doesn’t hold a candle to my boyhood games of ‘fort night,’” reads the subhead for a recent column at the Wall Street Journal. In it, Charlotte, North Carolina attorney Mike Kerrigan laments that his kids don’t do the same sorts of things for fun that he used to when he was their age. To…

Another Popular Twitch Streamer Is Trying To Leave FaZe Clan

Last month, popular Fortnite streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney sued FaZe Clan, the esports organization whose banner he plays under, over a supposedly restrictive contract. The lawsuit sent shockwaves in all directions, resulting in, among other things, FaZe player H1ghSky1 getting banned from Twitch after it came to light in Tenney’s legal complaint that he was…

Fortnite’s “14 Days of Summer” event starts tomorrow. A different weapon will be unvaulted every day for one day only. There will also be a new daily limited-time mode and new daily challenges. See Epic’s post for all the details.

Streamer Raises Almost $1 Million For Charity In Just Four Hours

GuardianCon, which began a few years back as a small Destiny con and has since grown into an all-weekend show held in July in Orlando, also runs a week-long charity stream. Which has just raised over $3 million for a children’s hospital in Memphis. As Forbes report, the stream operated in four-hour blocks, with streamers,…

New Fan Mode Brings The Silliness Of Prop Hunt To Fortnite

Fortnite’s latest Creative mode, Prop Hunt, pits two teams of players against each other. One team disguises themselves as objects around the level, and the other team has to discover and eliminate them. It’s a little basic, but it’s fun. Originating in the sandbox physics game Garry’s Mod, and having shown up in other games…

What Happens When Your Kids Develop Their Own Gaming Taste

For a beautiful few years, you have near-complete control over what your child plays. You decide what’s allowed and when, what to play together, which gems from the past to share with an excited five-year-old. Then a little more time passes, and suddenly the situation is completely different. There comes a point where kids are…

Fortnite Competition Hosts Help Deaf Teen Player Feel Welcome

During last weekend’s Fortnite Summer Block Party, 13-year-old Deaf streamer Soleil “Ewok”Wheeler played in the event’s Celebrity Pro-Am and met some of her favorite streamers. While it was cool to see a young player have an awesome time, it was even cooler to see a high-profile example of accessibility in gaming. As reported by Dexerto,…

Fortnite’s 9.30 patch adds a new item, the Chug Splash, which heals enemies and allies within its radius. The patch also vaults the boom bow and dual pistols and adds a damage delay to the Storm Flip. See the full notes for all the changes.

When Crash Invaded The Fortnite E3 Booth

Here’s something silly. The people promoting the Crash Bandicoot racing remake, Crash Team Racing, were walking through E3’s South Hall with a Crash mascot, having some fun as they went along. I caught sight of them in the Fortnite booth, where Crash posed in front of the battle bus. And here he is dancing with…

Fortnite’s patch 9.21 brings a new weapon, the Proximity Launcher, an LTM called Horde Rush, and tweaks to the availability of shields and shotguns and to Storm Flip damage. See the patch notes for the full list of changes.

Epic’s Donald Mustard Says Fortnite‘s Reaper Skin Isn’t Keanu Reeves

Fortnite has an official John Wick skin, but before it arrived, Keanu Reeves seemed to be in the game in the form of a Season 3 battle pass skin called the Reaper. The Reaper wasn’t officially Reeves or his action movie character, but it looked a lot like him. During today’s E3 Coliseum, Epic creative…

Banned Fortnite Streamer Admits He’s 12, Streams On YouTube With His Mom Supervising [UPDATED]

A pro Fortnite player signed to the esports organization FaZe Clan, who was recently banned from Twitch for being under the age of 13, has admitted that he is, in fact, 12 years old. The streamer, named Patrick, aka “H1ghSky1,” has now moved his stream to YouTube, with his mom occasionally supervising on camera. The…

Fortnite’s 9.20 patch brings the Stom Flip, a new item that lets you shield yourself from the storm or create your own temporary mini-storm. It also vaults the hunting rifle and adds the ability to undo purchases for a “limited time.” Update 10:30—Also, the Polar Peak castle and monster are gone.

After Swiping Lots Of Fortnite Dances From Black Artists, Epic Finally Teams Up With One

Fortnite has been a colossal success for publisher Epic Games, but Epic has not made a habit of sharing that notoriety with the predominantly black artists whose dances helped turn it into a global phenomenon. This has led to (for-now dropped) lawsuits from the likes of rapper 2 Milly and Fresh Prince actor Alfonso Ribeiro,…