Fortnite

Here’s Brazilian Fortnite player zCharlees_ pulling off a wild three eliminations with the Boom Bow in the Fortnite World Cup Week 1 finals. North American East and West finals are still to come if you want to join me in saying “OK, just one more match” and then continuing to watch.

The Good And Bad Of Fortnite‘s New Respawn System

Fortnite’s reboot vans are here, and now I have even more time to yell “please get over here!” at my teammates. Last week, Epic announced reboot vans for Fortnite. The vans let teammates in the popular battle royale game respawn each other. They were added to the game today, appearing at points of interest around…

Fortnite Battle Royale: The Kotaku Review

It’s hard to say how Fortnite is turning out because it keeps turning into something else. Skins and storylines come and go. Landmarks appear and disappear. Weapons are added and removed. Recently, a mysterious excavation site appeared, but it was dug up and abandoned by the time I got there the next day. As I’m…

Epic Games Is Spending $500,000 Just So Competitive Fortnite Players Can Practice

It’s a light weekend for esports, save for Epic Games’ Fortnite World Cup Warm Up. It’s a two-day mini-tournament which, because it’s Fortnite, will nevertheless include a $500,000 prize divided up among hundreds of winners. Competitive Fortnite’s World Cup event is slated to take place in July. Before that, teams will compete in a series…

Fortnite To Add ‘Reboot Vans,’ Which Are Pretty Much Apex Legends‘ Respawn Beacons, Except Vans

Epic finally confirmed that reboot vans are coming to Fortnite next week, putting an end to players’ speculation. Reboot vans are a new feature, but they’ll seem familiar if you’ve played Apex Legends Here’s how they work: Dead squadmates will drop “reboot cards” that any surviving squad member can take to reboot vans, which will…

Epic Bans Stretched Screen Resolutions From Fortnite Tournaments, Upsetting Pros

Fortnite, like life, is full of mysteries. Why do we build if we’re only going to destroy? Can taking countless lives to survive a bloodbath really be considered a victory or, indeed, royale? What’s the deal with this tomato guy? Why is he smiling? What does he know? Then there’s the biggest question of all:…

Fortnite Pros Still Don’t Have A Good Way To Practice

Fortnite’s World Cup begins April 13 and will be comprised of weekly online matches leading up to a final with a $30 million prize pool in July in New York City. The weekly tournaments each have a $1 million pool, which means there’s a lot of money on the table for would-be pros—if they can…

Ten Kids Arrested In India For Playing PUBG

The Indian state of Gujarat recently banned children from playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, after local authorities decided the shooter was to blame for an upswing in “violent traits” among local kids. The police report announcing the ban says that “Due to these games, the education of children and youth are being affected and it affects the…

Fortnite’s 8.10 patch brings a new vehicle, the Baller. It also makes vending machines free but one use only. There are changes to crossplay: PS4 and Xbox players now matchmake with each other, as do Switch and mobile players, which Epic hopes will create “an on-average better per-game experience for both Mobile and Switch players.” See…

Fortnite Dance Lawsuits Dropped, At Least For Now

On March 4 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people must complete their registration with the Copyright Office before they can sue for copyright infringement. As a result, lawsuits against the makers of Fortnite, Epic Games, over certain dance emotes available in the game have been dropped until the Copyright Office’s review of the dances…

Latest Fortnite Save The World Update Makes Big Changes To Heroes

The latest update to Fortnite Save The World is changing the way heroes work, giving players more customization and choice over perks and abilities. This new hero loadout system is part of the Season 8 update. Heroes will now each have a specific perk and most reskins will be unique. For example, as explained in…

Fans Find Evidence That Respawning Might Be Coming To Fortnite

Fortnite fans and data miners have found evidence that a respawn feature seemingly inspired by Apex Legends is coming to the game. This feature might be added soon. Before Season 8 launched, Epic confirmed that they were looking into adding better pinging and respawning. Both of these features are part of Apex Legends. Pinging was…

Fortnite Season 8 Update Adds Apex Legends-Style Ping Feature

Battle royale game Apex Legends has only been out for a few weeks and Fortnite is already copying one of its best ideas, with today’s Season 8 update adding a ping system alongside other new stuff like pirate ships and a giant volcano. One of the most refreshing things players discovered about Apex Legends, which…

The New Driftboard Is Breaking Fortnite Save The World [Update]

Recently, Epic Games added a new driftboard into Fortnite. This hoverboard allows Battle Royale players to quickly move around the map and pull off tricks in the air. However, in Save The World the new board is breaking the game in a few different and annoying ways. The Driftboard was added in update 7.40 and…

Fortnite Developers Talk Respawning And Planes Being Vaulted In Season 8

In a recent AMA developers from Epic Games talked to fans about the future of Fortnite. Their answers included hints to more vehicles, better team communication features, possibly adding respawning and sound improvements. Many of these changes will be found in Season 8. Currently Fortnite doesn’t allow players to respawn after dying, unlike the newest…

Jack Black Is Sorry, Not Sorry About His YouTube Gaming Videos

“No gaming videos this week,” Jack Black said apologetically at the start of his latest video on his gaming channel on YouTube. And also the one before that. And the one before that. And, well, you get the idea. Back in December, Jack Black and his beard launched aYouTube channel called Jablinski Games. This was…

Fortnite Ads Pulled From YouTube Over Child Predator Scandal

YouTube has blown up this week over revelations that child predators have been using a combination of seemingly harmless videos and the site’s comments section to engage in predatory behaviour. In response to this, major advertisers like McDonalds and Nestle have begun pulling commercials off the platform, along with Epic and Fortnite Having learned that…

Epic Is Suing That Awful Fortnite Festival

The organisers of Fortnite Live, a dumpster fire of a show that drew almost 3000 people to a showground in England then disappointed them, are being sued by Epic for using the game’s name and imagery without permission. To recap: the show, which cost parents £12-20 (USD$15-25) to attend, offered a few lame diversions and…

Fortnite “Festival” Ends In Predictable Shambles [Update]

In the proud tradition of shows like DashCon, Fyre and NathanCon, an under-staffed, under-planned and unlicensed Fortnite party held in the UK over the weekend turned out to be a complete disaster. UPDATE: the show’s organisers are being sued by Epic Fortnite Live, held February 16-17 in the English city of Norwich, billed itself as…

Esports Will Be Your Valentine 

Don’t have a special someone with whom to share foot rubs and chocolate-covered strawberries tonight? No worries, esports is here for you. Have a special someone but don’t feel like trying to make-up last minute plans to impress them? Esports has you covered there, too. In esports this is called a double-kill, otherwise known as…