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Watch Things Get Built And Destroyed In Fortnite
Despite putting the game out in the open way back in 2011, Epic has remained relatively quiet about its cartoonish shooter Fortnite ever since. Now it’s finally starting to put the game back in the spotlight by releasing promising footage like this new gameplay trailer. The short clip shows off some of the game’s fast-paced…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 8, 2014 -
Epic Says They’re Still Making Video Games
With the sale this morning of its iconic Gears of War franchise, Epic Games felt compelled to say it still is in the business of making video games, not just the technology that drives them. “For people saying Epic isn’t making games anymore, we currently have multiple games in development, including [Fortnite],” Wes Phillips, an…
By Owen Good Published January 27, 2014 -
Why The Gears of War People Decided to Make Fortnite Less Dark
There are things that go bump in the night in Epic Games’ next title. Fortnite is like many games put into one, but at its crux it’s a survival, building game. So when the monsters start coming out, you’ve hopefully constructed some safe ground to defend against them. But when the team was first sketching…
By Tina Amini Published September 5, 2012 -
Epic’s New PC Game Is Their Most Exciting In Years
Epic Games’ latest title, Fortnite, is a shooter in which players wait until nightfall for their fortress to be attacked, or venture outside of the safety of its walls to take the battle to hordes of colorfully creepy creatures. Fortnite is a defense game, in which players carefully bolster their home base against the oncoming…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2012 -
Epic’s Fortnite Will Be The First Unreal Engine 4 Game [UPDATE 2]
Epic Games’ Fortnite will be the first game from the Gears of War studio made on the company’s Unreal Engine 4. So said Epic people at the Fortnite panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The game is PC-exclusive. The Unreal Engine 4 is Epic’s new graphics engine, targeted to next-gen consoles and PCs, though the engine…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 12, 2012 -
Gears of War Creators Are Giving the ‘Dudebro’ Thing a Rest With Fortnite
Epic Games makes macho games that feature manly men. Gears of War, for example. But they’re also making Fortnite, a game their lead game designer, Cliff Bleszinski, tells G4 should help the studio’s shed the developer’s “dudebro” image just a bit. But what’s it like? “Lots of games say they’re about survival but they’re more…
By Pierre BienaimƩ Published January 23, 2012 -
A Night-and-Day Comparison Best Describes Fortnight
Fortnite, revealed last nite (rimshot) at the Spike Video Game Awards, is one of those games whose elements seem to be either derivative or easily recognizable, yet an easy description remains tip-of-the-tongue elusive. It’s a got resource gathering, but it’s not really Minecraft; cartoony characters, but you can’t say it’s Team Fortress; zombies and headshots,…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2011 -
Epic Games Reveals Cartoony New IP Fortnite
They teased it earlier this week and tonight on the VGAs, the makers of Gears of War 3 revealed their newest game. Called Fortnite, it appears to expand on the fortification/tower defense mechanics introduced in Gears of War 3 with an all-new art style that leaves the gritty, steroidal look of previous Epic games behind.…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 10, 2011