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How Fortnite’s Battle Pass Works
Whether you’re a newbie Fortnite player jumping onto the survival shooter trend or a confused, out-of-touch parent wondering what that $9.99 “Epic Games” charge on your credit card is, Fortnite’s battle pass is a thing worth knowing about. First things first: Fortnite is a free-to-play video game for PC, Xbox, PS4 and iOS in which…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 3, 2018 -
Teenagers Love The Hot New Game Fork Knife
If you’ve heard a young person talking about “fork knife” in the past few days, they not talking about their finishing school curriculum. They’re talking about Fortnite Fork Knife has been slang for Fortnite for a couple of months, but it didn’t truly catch on until April 29th, when Twitter user Kung Fu Renny posted…
By Gita Jackson Published May 3, 2018 -
Fortnite‘s New Hop Rocks Are Making The Game Wild
Not a sticky-sweet candy or an obscure club drug, Fortnite’s new hop rocks are popping off in the survival shooter’s gameplay. The hop rocks, which developer Epic Games introduced yesterday, are a consumable item players can find in Fortnite’s new Dusty Divet crater. After using them, players jump through the map with low-gravity physics that…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published May 2, 2018 -
Fortnite Players Are Finding Mysterious Superhero Lairs Across The Map
The new Fortnite season brought more than craters and important dances. It seems that Epic is planting the seeds for something elaborate. Perhaps even a storyline of sorts, based on new areas that players are finding. While the new update has only been live for less than a day at this point, Fortnite players are…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 1, 2018 -
After Mass Fan Outcry, Epic Adds ‘Orange Shirt Kid’ Dance To Fortnite
Back in March, Epic Games announced a “Boogie Down” contest where players submitted dance videos for a chance to have their moves added to the game as an emote. Winners were announced, and a champion was crowned. The community seemingly hated the results, though. In first place came Twitter user @Populotus: Per contest rules, Populotus…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 1, 2018 -
Fortnite Comet Hits Dusty Depot, Altering Map and Gravity For New Season
After weeks of build-up, Fortnite’s comet has finally smashed the map. Tilted Towers still stands, but Dusty Depot? There’s a crater there now. (It’s also called Dusty DIVOT now.) Better yet, the point of impact is surrounded by rocks that will let players mess around in low gravity. Epic really went all out for this.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 1, 2018 -
Everyone Remembers Their First ‘Take The L’ In Fortnite
Fortnite’s emotes have taken on a life of their own: in the last two weeks, I’ve seen kids and adults replicating the game in real life. If you watch sports, you’ve likely seen goals or good plays celebrated through emotes. And if you play Fortnite, you’ve definitely had some jerk dance over your cold, lifeless…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 30, 2018 -
CultureSplitscreen
Why Fortnite Is So Popular
How did Fortnite become a global phenomenon? Today on a very special Kotaku Splitscreen crossover episode, we try to figure that out. First Kirk and I talk about Paris, Valve buying Campo Santo, Quantic Dream suing journalists, and Destiny 2 before we’re joined by Kotaku’s Gita Jackson and Patricia Hernandez of Fave This (43:57) to…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2018 -
Premier League Star Gets Too Hot Playing Fortnite, Takes Shirt Off
Fortnite Battle Royale has taken the world by storm, including the top flights of European soccer. Tottenham Hotspur Dele Alli made his Twitch debut earlier today playing the game and apparently got really overheated. The 22-year-old Premier League and English National Team star decided to skip out on watching the first leg of the Champions…
By Ethan Gach Published April 25, 2018 -
After Latest Update, Fortnite Matches Keep Freezing At The Worst Possible Moments
You’re creeping through Fortnite’s Tilted Towers, and you see somebody absentmindedly clomping along. It’s go time. You drop down with your shotgun primed, but then—at the worst possible moment—your screen freezes. Seconds later, you’re dead. Situations like this one have been unfolding all across Fortnite’s map recently, seemingly on both PC and console—especially in the…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 25, 2018 -
Fortnite Players Are Using New Sticky Grenades To Suicide Bomb Enemies
Today Fortnite added sticky grenades, the secret best shooter weapon of all time as proven by Halo. The game’s player base, composed of every human currently alive and a few long thought dead, has already come up with devious ways to use them. Clinger grenades, as they’re known in Fortnite, stick to any character you…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 24, 2018 -
Seems Like Epic Is Trolling Fortnite Players Waiting For The Comet At Tilted Towers
Fortnite got a big patch last night, but one of the changes to the game isn’t listed anywhere. To see it, you’ll have to head down to Tilted Towers, where Epic has added some new items on a roof that seem to poke fun at players waiting for the comet event to unfold. As many…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 24, 2018 -
Some Fortnite Players Worry The Game Is Becoming Overstuffed
After Fortnite Battle Royale exploded in popularity, developers over at Epic Games focused their attention on regular updates that, some players say, has inflated the game with too many items. Sure, some players might appreciate boogie bombs, guided missiles, remote explosives and launch pads, but to players who prefer a more streamlined game, Fortnite has…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 19, 2018 -
Fortnite Devs Completely Changed How Players Use Shotguns Without Actually Altering Them
Sometimes, a weapon is only as strong as we believe it to be. Fortnite recently saw a game-wide shift in how people use a weapon type, and it’s all because people are thinking about those firearms in a different way. The developers didn’t actually change anything under the hood, but everyone is approaching the game…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 19, 2018 -
Fortnite Players Stop Waiting For Comet, Destroy Tilted Towers Themselves
Rumors abound that tryhard central Tilted Towers will become a crater at the end of the current Fortnite season. Some players, however, didn’t want to wait until the end of April to see the comet event conclude. Instead, these fans took matters into their own hards. Fortnite allows players to build structures, yes, but also…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 19, 2018 -
Fortnite Has More Falling Meteors Now And It’s Freaking Players Out
Fortnite’s big space mystery continues to ramp up and baffle people. Today, players looking up will notice there’s not just one comet, but rather a variety of burning objects falling from the heavens. But what does it mean?? Since yesterday, all Fortnite chatter has revolved around one thing: players believe that the comet will likely…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 18, 2018 -
Epic Yanks Guided Missiles From Fortnite, At Least For Now
Imagine if you could produce a missile that would instantly do your bidding. Would you use it to sail across the sky like a combustion-powered witch? Or would you mostly just be a dick to people? It seems that Epic has decided that the latter is a big enough concern to shelve Fortnite’s guided missile.…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 17, 2018 -
The Curse Of Fortnite’s Rarest Items
Every week or so, Fortnite gets new weapons and items. They sound cool as hell, and some even radically alter the game in novel ways. Notice my use of “sound” here, though. I wouldn’t really know. I am suffering through an agonizing Fortnite curse that always keeps these fabled items just out of my reach,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 16, 2018 -
As Tornado Closes In, North Carolina Teen Just Keeps Playing Fortnite
Last night, as a tornado ravaged Greensboro, North Carolina, a local teen was just staying put trying to survive the storm in Fortnite Battle Royale, he told local news station WXII 12 The 135 mile-per-hour tornado, which prompted a state of emergency, did significant damage to Greensboro homes and has claimed one life. Tens of…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 16, 2018 -
Esports
Cleveland Indians Make The Best Of Bad Weather With Some Jumbotron Fortnite
Last night’s game between the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays had some weather delays. So while the tarps were laid out across Progressive Field, some staff decided to make use of one of the otherwise-idling jumbotrons. Cleveland social media wasn’t clear on who exactly was playing Fortnite at the field, and no word yet…
By Eric Van Allen Published April 15, 2018