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Ten-Dollar PS4 Gift Cards Have Beaten Out Twenty-Dollar Ones On Amazon

The titan has been toppled. Amazon’s 2018 list of best-selling video games (and video game accessories) has revealed that the $20 PS4 gift card—2017’s best-seller—is now in third place, behind the more affordable $10 gift card. But what could have caused such a fall from grace? I have a few theories. If you buy two…

Fortnite‘s New Year’s Eve Event Catches Some Players By Surprise

It’s starting to be 2019 around the world, and Fortnite’s in-game New Year’s party has begun. Some players were surprised to see a New Year’s ball drop when it wasn’t New Year’s in their time zone. Hints of an in-game Fortnite event for New Year’s leaked earlier in December, but now we get to see…

It’s hard to put into words why Fortnite—as repetitive as it can be as a game—has so immersed a huge number of gamers. “Fortnite Isn’t A Game, It’s A Place,” a new article by writer Owen Williams, described Fortnite’s appeal as a hang-out spot rather than as your bread-and-butter shooter.

Instagram sensation Backpack Kid has announced he’s suing the makers of Fortnite for ripping off his dance to create its super popular flossing emote. He joins the ranks of actor Alfonso Ribeiro and rapper 2 Milly who are also suing the studio for stealing their signature dances as well.

Fresh Prince’s Alfonso Ribeiro Is Suing Fortnite Over The Carlton Dance

Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is suing Epic over Fortnite’s replication of his trademark dance move. He’s also suing 2K for doing the same thing in their basketball series. Ribeiro’s Tom Jones routine is one of the most defining moments in the history of the show, and has bled…

Epic Cracks Down On Fortnite Leak Website, Saying It Advertised Illicit Mods

A prominent Fortnite leak website run by a teenager has shut down its Twitter account, claiming that Epic Games threatened legal action. The move appears to be one in a string of hardline enforcement decisions by the company against younger players who the company claims violate their terms of service with cheats or mods. As…

Fortnite’s Infinity Blade has been vaulted, Epic tweeted today. The company says it is “re-evaluating our approach to Mythic items” after players complained the Blade was overpowered and altered the balance of the game too heavily.

Ninja Addresses Fans Who Want The “Old Ninja” 

If you follow Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, you’re bound to come across those who like the “Old Ninja.” Last week, Ninja addressed the issue and, of course, he did it without profanity but rife with real talk. Besides these online laments, there are montages of “Old Ninja,” like this and this that showing Ninja’s previous streams…

Epic Games Korea Apologies To Fortnite Fans For Sea Of Japan Kerfuffle

In much of the world, the body of water between Japan and the Koreas, China, and Russia is known as the Sea of Japan. In South Korea, it is not. Russia calls it “Japanese Sea” (Yapónskoye móre) and China calls it “Sea of Japan” (日本海, literally “Japan Sea,” using the same characters as Japan). However,…

Fortnite Players Are Recreating Classic Call of Duty Levels

Fan-favorite Call of Duty maps are now showing up in Fortnite, via the new creative mode introduced last week. Creative mode is a feature that gives Fortnite players their own private island to create custom maps and games to share. Basically, it gives off the Minecraft creative vibe of being able to float around with…

Fortnite’s latest update includes a new weapon, the Infinity Blade. There’s only one Blade per match, and it damages structures as well as dealing 75 damage to players. Additionally, Creative Mode is now available to all players.

Man Arrested For Alleged Domestic Abuse Recorded During Fortnite Stream

Police arrested a video game streamer Sunday night in Australia and charged him with assault after he allegedly abused his girlfriend while streaming Fortnite on Twitch. Clips of the incident have been circulating on social media and show the man, who goes by MrDeadMoth on Twitch, shouting at his girlfriend, who is off screen, to…

Fortnite Season 7 is here. In addition to adding a snowy area to the map, Season 7 brings planes, ziplines, and wraps you can use to customize your weapons. Creative mode is available today for Battle Pass owners, with everyone getting access to the sandbox next week. See the full patch notes for more details.

The Guy Behind Steam Spy Has Been Working On Epic’s Store For Years

It’s one thing for a gaming company to announce a Steam competitor—and believe me, many have—but it’s something else entirely when the developer behind the world’s biggest game does it. Epic’s upcoming game store seems to have already gotten under Steam’s skin, but even before the announcement yesterday, one Epic employee spent countless long hours…

Rapper 2 Milly Sues Epic Games For Stealing His Dance

Rapper 2 Milly is suing the maker of Fortnite, Epic Games, for selling his signature “Milly Rock” dance as an emote called “Swipe It.” Pierce Bainbridge, the law firm representing 2 Milly, filed the complaint in the Central District Court of California today, accusing Epic of, among other things, copyright infringement, and exploiting African American…

Fortnite Is Getting A Creative Mode

Fortnite will get a sandbox mode called Creative starting December 6, Epic announced today. The mode will be a standalone island where players can design map features and game modes. Epic described Creative Mode in their blog post as, “Design games, race around the island, battle your friends in new ways and build your dream…

With Epic’s Store On The Way, Steam Is Finally Feeling The Heat

Over the years, people have pondered what a viable competitor to Steam’s dominance would look like. Who would pull it off? What would be their silver bullet, capable of hobbling even Valve’s game-slinging behemoth? Late last week, Valve announced that Steam will take a lesser cut of revenues from games that sell $10 and $50…

Fortnite’s account-merging feature has been delayed “until early next year,” Epic has announced. The feature, which will allow players to combine their accounts across consoles, was supposed to arrive in November.

This animation of a showdown between Overwatch’s Hammond and Fortnite’s black knight is pretty impressive. The creator, YouTuber 3D Print Guy, made the models from scratch and then pitted them against each other in a miniature battle for the ages. He says he’s done work for Pixar, and it shows.

Ninja Keeps Reporting Fortnite Rivals, And It’s Not Sitting Well With Fans

It’s one thing for a regular player to report somebody who might be cheating or griefing in a game like Fortnite, but when a Twitch star does it? Then it unavoidably carries a different weight, especially when it’s the Twitch star, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. Over the past week, Blevins has found himself surrounded by an…