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‘Fortnite’ Ban From Apple Store Could Lead Epic Games To Lose $26 Million A Month, Analyst Says

‘Fortnite’ Ban From Apple Store Could Lead Epic Games To Lose $26 Million A Month, Analyst Says

The feud between Apple and Epic Games could be quite costly for the makers of the uber-popular Fortnite. Justinas Baltrusaitis of Buy Shares wrote on Tuesday that Fortnite being banned from the company’s mobile application store could eventually cost Epic as much as $26.7 million per month. The writer said the site’s projections are based […]

3y ago

‘Fortnite Nexus’ Teases Arrival Of Captain America, Groot And Other Marvel Heroes & Villains

‘Fortnite Nexus’ Teases Arrival Of Captain America, Groot And Other Marvel Heroes & Villains

Fortnite Nexus is coming on August 27, and the game’s official Twitter account released the fifth and likely final post in a series of teasers on Wednesday. The latest release gives players a hint at what characters and skins they can expect to see when the latest installment of Season 4 launches on Thursday. Fortnite […]

3y ago

Facebook, Spotify Among The Latest Companies Siding With Fortnite In Its Feud With Apple

Facebook, Spotify Among The Latest Companies Siding With Fortnite In Its Feud With Apple

Fortnite creator Epic Games might be feuding with Apple, but it’s far from the only big company that has a problem with how the tech giant handles its app store policies. Nicolas Vega of the New York Post reported on Friday that several other tech titans joined the fray on the side of Fortnite, just […]

3y ago

‘Fortnite’ Hit With Server Delays Ahead Of Monday’s Live Event, Many Turn To Watch Livestreams Instead

‘Fortnite’ Hit With Server Delays Ahead Of Monday’s Live Event, Many Turn To Watch Livestreams Instead

Fortnite gave a warning to gamers hoping to watch the major in-game announcement on Monday, telling them to make sure to show up half an hour early to avoid delays getting in. But many of those who tried to log in on Monday afternoon were still met with delays in the server queue, leading to […]

3y ago

‘Fortnite’ Slated To Get Even More Deadpool Content

‘Fortnite’ Slated To Get Even More Deadpool Content

One of the more unusual team-ups in the console gaming world this year has been the partnership between Fortnite and Deadpool. Sure, there have been other Marvel characters to appear in the game, but most have come and gone and were tied to movie promotions. While a Deadpool 3 movie is in the works, this […]

4y ago

U.S. Teen Kyle Giersdorf Wins $3 Million As ‘Fortnite’ World Cup Champion

U.S. Teen Kyle Giersdorf Wins $3 Million As ‘Fortnite’ World Cup Champion

A teen from Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, has just become a millionaire for winning a video game. Kyle Giersdorf, who is known in the gaming world as “Bugha,” took home the $3 million grand prize in the solo category at the first-ever Fortnite World Cup on Sunday. “Words can’t really explain it. I’m so happy,” said Giersdorf […]

4y ago

Prince Harry Under Fire After Claiming Video Game ‘Fortnite’ Is Addictive

Prince Harry Under Fire After Claiming Video Game ‘Fortnite’ Is Addictive

Creators of the video game Fortnite have criticized Prince Harry, saying he was wrong to call the game addictive and suggesting he might not understand it. Matthew Weissinger, marketing executive for Epic Games, and Canon Pence, chief counsel for the company, appeared before Parliament on Wednesday and defended the game against claims that it is […]

4y ago

The ‘Fortnite’ X ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Crossover Is Absolutely Bonkers

The ‘Fortnite’ X ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Crossover Is Absolutely Bonkers

With Avengers: Endgame set to release tomorrow, the hype level for Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) fans is at an all-time high. The next entry in the long-running series of films will conclude over a decade-long narrative, which focused on the assembly of the Avengers and the mysteries surrounding the six Infinity Stones. Needless to say, […]

5y ago

Anonymous Millionaire Wants To Host Real-Life Battle Royale On Private Island

Anonymous Millionaire Wants To Host Real-Life Battle Royale On Private Island

While games such as Fortnite, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Apex Legends, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 have popularized the ever-growing battle royale genre, it seems that one enthusiast is looking to take things to the next level. As reported by GameSpot (via IGN), an anonymous millionaire is looking to host his own version of the […]

5y ago

School’s Out For Teenager Who Makes $200,000 From Playing ‘Fortnite’

School’s Out For Teenager Who Makes $200,000 From Playing ‘Fortnite’

If you think playing video games is a waste of time, think again. A 14-year-old gamer from New York is $200,000 better off after spending his days not going to school but playing Fornite instead. The Sun reports that Griffin Spikoski is an internet sensation now after playing Fortnite anywhere between eight and 18 hours […]

5y ago

Phillies Player Destroyed TV That Players Used For ‘Fortnite’

Phillies Player Destroyed TV That Players Used For ‘Fortnite’

A lot of parents are so sick of their kids playing Fortnite all the time that they would love to destroy the TV that they use for it. Last season, one veteran baseball player made that fantasy come true. According to an ESPN report Monday by reporter Jeff Passan, one Philadelphia Phillies player, Carlos Santana, […]

5y ago

Fortnite Gets Weezer Island As ’90s Band Drops New Album

Fortnite Gets Weezer Island As ’90s Band Drops New Album

In conjunction with the release of their new album, popular ’90s band Weezer has joined forces with the hit battle royale game Fortnite to create an in-game Weezer island. Players can access “Weezer World,” which features tunes from the band’s latest record The Black Album, through the game’s creative mode. The new location is reportedly […]

5y ago

‘Fresh Prince’ Star Alfonso Ribeiro Denied ‘Fortnite’ Dance Copyright

‘Fresh Prince’ Star Alfonso Ribeiro Denied ‘Fortnite’ Dance Copyright

Alfonso Ribeiro, star of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has seen his copyright request for the “Carlton” dance turned down, reports Variety. Ribeiro recently filed suit against Fortnite developer Epic Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive for using the dance in their explosively popular game. The U.S. Copyright Office issued the denial on Wednesday, dismissing the […]

5y ago

Want To Merge Your ‘Fortnite’ Accounts? Here’s How To On Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, And Mobile

Want To Merge Your ‘Fortnite’ Accounts? Here’s How To On Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC, And Mobile

While other battle royale games — most notably, Apex Legends and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode — have claimed back a slice of the genre pie, there’s no denying that Epic Games’ Fortnite has maintained its staying power over the past year, and it shows no signs of slinking into the background […]

5y ago

‘Fortnite’: Partial Outage Occurs A Day After Christmas, Frustrating Users, Problem Is Now Fixed

‘Fortnite’: Partial Outage Occurs A Day After Christmas, Frustrating Users, Problem Is Now Fixed

For those who received Fortnite as a Christmas gift and were planning to spend the day after Christmas playing it, news of a partial outage is probably not exactly what you wanted to be reading today. According to Engadget, a partial outage of the Fortnite game has been recorded the day after Christmas. It was […]

5y ago

Backpack Kid Suing ‘Fortnite’ Over The Game’s Use Of The Floss Dance Without His Permission

Backpack Kid Suing ‘Fortnite’ Over The Game’s Use Of The Floss Dance Without His Permission

Epic Games seems to be in trouble from all sides these days. Numerous celebrities are in the process of suing the company for the use of copyrighted material without permission or royalties. Instagram star Backpack Kid, whose real name is Russell Horning, is just the latest celebrity to join the trend, per a report by […]

5y ago

Alfonso Ribeiro Suing ‘Fortnite’ And ‘NBA 2K’ Creators For Allegedly Stealing His Iconic ‘Carlton Dance’

Alfonso Ribeiro Suing ‘Fortnite’ And ‘NBA 2K’ Creators For Allegedly Stealing His Iconic ‘Carlton Dance’

The popular video game Fortnite has introduced the world to a slew of new dance moves, but there’s one that’s supposedly been around for a while, and its creator isn’t getting any credit for it. In a new report from TMZ, Alfonso Ribeiro, who portrayed Carlton Banks in the 1990s sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel […]

5y ago

Michelle Obama And Santa Hilariously Show Kids How They Can Do A ‘Fortnite’ Dance

Michelle Obama And Santa Hilariously Show Kids How They Can Do A ‘Fortnite’ Dance

Santa may have captured children’s hearts around the world, but former first lady Michelle Obama has impressed a whole gaggle of gamers and kids with her latest impromptu dance performance. Michelle, 54, joined Santa on stage at the Children’s Hospital Colorado where she read to thousands of pediatric patients and staffers the classic Christmas poem […]

5y ago

Parents Sending Kids To Gaming Rehab For ‘Fortnite’ Addiction, Say Game Is ‘Like Heroin’

Parents Sending Kids To Gaming Rehab For ‘Fortnite’ Addiction, Say Game Is ‘Like Heroin’

Parents are known to have a tough time with their kids when it comes to video games, and one game which is contributing a lot to their headache these days is Fortnite, a post-apocalyptic shooter game published by Epic Games, which is turning out to be one of the most addictive games ever, reports USA […]

5y ago

Rapper 2 Milly Sues Maker Of ‘Fortnite’ Over Dance Move

Rapper 2 Milly Sues Maker Of ‘Fortnite’ Over Dance Move

If there’s one thing Fortnite is known for, other than being the biggest video game in the world, it’s the emotes and dances available to players. Many of the dances offered by Epic Games in Fortnite come from various pop culture personalities. One of those personalities, rapper 2 Milly, isn’t thrilled with the game using […]

5y ago

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