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Women On Twitch Go Without Makeup To Support A Fellow Streamer

Earlier this week, one of the most followed streamers on Twitch, Pokimane, surprised viewers by kicking off her stream sans makeup. On Monday, the Fortnite player, podcaster, and IRL streamer decided she’d walk her fans through what it takes to do her makeup for one of those streams. It ended up touching off a wide…

Fortnite’s Halloween Event Released, Then Removed Because Of Issues [Update: It’s Working Again]

Another day, another Fortnite patch. The one that went live this morning is V6.20, notable for introducing the game’s Halloween event, Fortnitemares. Unfortunately, players began experiencing problems, including long matchmaking times, as soon as they started trying to play. Within a few hours the event had already been removed. [Update – 11:11am]: The Fortnitemares event…

Epic Games will be launching Fortnite’s free-to-play Save the World release later than expected, Epic announced today. Originally launched in paid early access July 2017, Save the World was slated for a full release sometime this year. Fans will have to wait until 2019.

Fortnite will be getting in-game tournaments starting October 16, Epic has announced, in which players will compete to earn points. The first tournament will be solos, with duos and squads to follow. Players won’t be separated by input device, and match-making will “pair players with similar point standings.”

A Brief Date With Fortnite

Thanks in large part to God of War and the Final Fantasy Tactics iOS port, I’ve been gaming regularly for the first time in about a decade. As I emerged from my dumb hibernation to become a Gamer once again, I realized I could now fill a huge gap in my cultural literacy. I wanted…

Fortnite Event Will Let ‘Creators’ Earn Money From Fans’ In-Game Purchases

Epic Games have announced a new “Support-A-Creator” event that begins October 8 and runs through the end of the year that allows creators to earn real-world currency when their supporters spend V-bucks, Fortnite’s in-game currency. Players will be able to support creators by adding a creator’s Epic tag in the Support a Creator menu in…

Fortnite‘s ‘Shadow Stone’ Disabled After Players Become Invisible Forever [UPDATE]

Fortnite is a game about receding into the woods and trying to avoid humanity for the entirety of your natural lifespan. Oh wait, no, that’s just what I’m planning to do after today’s events. But Fortnite is a game where staying hidden and getting the drop on other players can be a huge advantage. You…

Epic Games Says Fortnite‘s New Breast Physics Were ‘Unintended, Embarrassing, Careless’

Fortnite players noticed something unusual about the new Calamity skin in the season six update: her breasts have an undeniable jiggle when she performs the “Jubilation” emote. According to Epic, that was unintentional and a fix is on the way. The Calamity cowgirl skin is one of the two main new character skins in the…

Fortnite Season Six Brings Adorable Pets

Fortnite’s Season 6 is here. There’s no big event this time around, but there are new items, new areas to get eliminated in, and look at the puppy. Season 5 ended with the game’s long moving cube dissolving into Loot Lake and turning the surface bouncy. With Season 6, the cube has launched an island…

Players Will Soon Be Able To Merge Fortnite Accounts Across Consoles

In a post on the Fortnite subreddit and Twitter today, Epic announced that it’s working to let players unlink their accounts from a particular console and, in the near future, ultimately be able to merge them so their progress carries over no matter where they play the game. Earlier today, Sony announced a beta for…

Sony Is Finally Allowing Cross-Play On The PS4 [Update]

Having resisted for so long, Sonyis finally giving in and allowing cross-play on the PS4 “for select third party content”, meaning PlayStation 4 owners will soon get to play the same game against people on competing consoles. In a blog post, Sony say: Following a comprehensive evaluation process, SIE has identified a path toward supporting…

BTS And Jimmy Fallon Did Fortnite Dances 

K-pop supergroup BTS appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing “Idol” and as a special bonus “I’m Fine.” The group and talk show host also pulled off their best Fortnite dance moves. You can watch the group’s performances below Here they are doing Fortnite dances And if you missed it, here’s the group’s…

Fortnite Season 6 starts September 27, Epic said today. Players will get extra XP through the 24th while they wait to see what Kevin will do next.

Fortnite‘s Tilted Towers Temporarily Had An Address On Google: The Freedom Tower

I stumbled upon something strange today while writing up a story about how the Fortnite cube crushed a building in Tilted Towers. Looking up an image of Tilted Towers on Google brought up a listing for a real world address. But it wasn’t just any address; it was the site of One World Trade Center,…

Fortnite‘s Cube Destroys The Game’s Unluckiest Building [Update: It’s Sunk Into Loot Lake Now]

Last month, the giant rift in Fortnite’s sky closed and spat out a giant alien cube that’s stomping around the map. Players are eagerly tracking each new move, wondering what will happen when it finally stops. The cube’s latest route took it through Tilted Towers, where it destroyed what might just be Fortnite’s unluckiest building.…

Fortnite‘s Creators Initially Thought Rocket-Riding Was A Bug

When Fortnite developers released the game’s notorious rocket launcher, surely they knew they had designed a fatal long-range weapon. Always crafty, Fortnite players quickly discovered something else about these rockets: They’re nifty ways to get around the map. As it turns out, they’d stumbled upon something Fortnite’s developers hadn’t planned for. Today, Apple published an…

Epic Drops Video Capture From Fortnite On Switch, Cites Performance Issues

Earlier today, Epic released a new content update for Fortnite that, among other things, vaulted the game’s overpowered drum gun. Something else went missing though, at least for Switch players: the ability to use the system’s video capture while playing the game. After the new update was pushed out early this morning, Fortnite players on…

Fortnite Streamer Myth Pushes Back Against Twitch Chat’s ‘Overwhelming’ Negativity

Ali “Myth” Kabbani is the second most-followed streamer on Twitch, but he’s also just a 19 year-old kid—one who, unlike most other 19 year-old kids, has to deal with boatloads of hate every day. Now he’s putting his foot down. Myth first rose to popularity thanks to his superhuman Fortnite building skills. He helped popularize…

Fortnite Monopoly Replaces Boardwalk With Tilted Towers

Monopoly is a board game that regularly ends with you cursing out your family. In the upcoming Fortnite edition, which leaked earlier today and was later confirmed by Epic Games, at least you’ll be able to take them out until you’re the last one standing. The Fortnite edition of Monopoly was briefly available to pre-order…

Fornite‘s New Getaway Mode Is A Fast-Paced Comedy Of Errors

Fortnite’s newest limited-time mode, Getaway, feels a bit like a mini-crash course in everything you need to know if you want to win in the main battle royale. The capture the flag-esque mode is full of dangerous drops and surprising turns of fortune. Matches are short but packed with new surprises. If you wanted something…