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Tuesday23rd Jul 2024
News Epic Games Confirms Fortnite 'Issue' On Xbox Following Ridiculously Large Update
"We understand this patch size is inconvenient"
If you've been looking forward to checking out the latest update for Fortnite on Xbox, you may be disappointed to hear that it clocks in at a whopping 80GB - which Epic Games has now acknowledged as an Xbox-specific issue. In a message on social media earlier today, the team recommended that "players...
Tuesday23rd Apr 2024
News Fortnite Adds Support For Guitar Controllers In Latest Xbox Update
Specifically for Fortnite Festival
For those PX users who have been keeping an eye on the PDP Riffmaster and Fortnite Festival's incoming support for guitar controllers on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, we've got some great news to share today! Epic Games has announced that guitars are now supported on Xbox for special "Pro Lead" and...
Thursday8th Feb 2024
News Disney Invests $1.5 Billion In Epic To Create New Universe Connected To Fortnite
"Disney's biggest entry ever into the world of games"
Disney and Epic Games have announced an "all new games and entertainment universe" connected to Fortnite to expand the reach of key IP. As part of this, Disney is also investing $1.5 billion to acquire an equity stake in Epic Games alongside this "multiyear" project. Disney's Chief Executive...
Wednesday31st Jan 2024
News PDP Unveils New Xbox Guitar Controller For Rock Band 4 And Fortnite Festival
Bring on the Riffmaster!
It's been a very long time since we've been treated to new guitar controllers for Rock Band 4, but that's exactly what's been revealed today by PDP in the form of the Riffmaster, which is coming to market at some point this spring. The guitar was first unveiled by IGN, who highlighted some of the main features such as up to...
Wednesday13th Dec 2023
News Rock Band-Style Instruments Could Return To Xbox Thanks To 'Fortnite Festival'
Getting the band back together
Third-party accessory maker PDP is teasing the return of physical instruments for music games - most likely because of the recent release of 'Fortnite Festival'. Fortnite Fest is a new music game baked into Epic's free-to-play titan, and it's been developed by the original creators of Rock Band, Harmonix. For now,...
Friday1st Dec 2023
News Xbox Accidentally Leaks Peter Griffin & Solid Snake For Fortnite Chapter 5
They're arriving as part of Season 1
Update: Following the leak, we now have an official trailer! You can watch it up above. Original story: If you're keeping up with the world of Fortnite, you'll know that Chapter 5: Season 1 is set to begin as soon as this weekend, and the list of characters for the Battle Pass has been leaked early by Xbox -...
Monday6th Nov 2023
News Xbox Fans Turn Up In Numbers As Fortnite Sets Astonishing New Records
"We're blown away by the response"
This past Friday saw the arrival of the "Fortnite OG" mini-season, bringing the original map from Fortnite's battle royale back into the fold for the first time in years, and it's safe to say it's been an absolute smash hit for Epic Games so far. According to analyst Mat Piscatella of Circana (formerly NPD), 38%...
Saturday4th Nov 2023
News Fortnite Revives Chapter 1 In Its New 'OG Season'
A blast from the past
Epic's popular battle royale is returning to its roots this season with the launch of Fortnite 'Chapter 4: Season OG'. This season will allow players to drop into 'Chapter 1 Season 5' with each major update to follow bringing in a different phase of the battle royale's past. This includes Shopping Carts, ATKs, assault rifles,...
Friday29th Sep 2023
News Fortnite Creator Epic Games Laying Off 870 Employees
Fall Guys team reportedly "hit very hard"
Following news about Sega's project Hyenas being axed and potentially leading to job losses, the Fortnite creator Epic Games has announced it's laying off 870 employees at its own company. These job cuts are believed to impact about 16% of Epic's workforce, according to sources who wish to remain anonymous...
Wednesday22nd Mar 2023
News Fortnite Is About To Change Forever Thanks To The New 'Unreal Editor'
The potential of this thing is ridiculous
Earlier today at the State of Unreal 2023 event, it was announced that the Unreal Editor was launching in public beta for Fortnite, meaning people could finally get access to it and begin publishing their creations for use in the game. You might be wondering why that's such a big deal, and it's because the...
Monday6th Mar 2023
News Fortnite Is Reportedly Going Full FPS Next Season With New First Person Mode
Would you play this?
Fortnite continues to grow and evolve in huge ways with pretty much every new season of content - truth be told, it can be hard to keep up with what's going on in Epic's ever-popular battle royale. However, reports of a first person mode coming to the game next season have piqued our interest. Well-known Fortnite content...
Monday12th Dec 2022
News Fortnite Analysis Shows Xbox Series X|S Version Transformed By Unreal Engine 5.1 Upgrade
New horizons
A week ago, we caught wind of Epic's brand new Fortnite update that began to bring some fresh Unreal Engine 5.1 elements to the long-running battle royale title. In short, a selection of big 'next-gen' UE5 features like Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, and Temporal Super Resolution all arrived with Fortnite's latest update, and
Monday5th Dec 2022
News Xbox Owners Stunned By 'Insane' Fortnite Graphics Following Unreal Engine 5.1 Upgrade
"It really looks amazing"
You may have noticed over the weekend that Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 4 went live across all current Xbox platforms, although the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S were treated to an absolutely awesome feature that you won't find on Xbox One. As of this update, Fortnite now makes use of various Unreal Engine 5.1 features...
Friday20th May 2022
News Obi-Wan Kenobi Forces His Way Into Fortnite's Item Shop Next Week
We haven't heard that name in a lo...actually we've heard it loads recently
Yes, that's right, Epic Games has announced, via it's official website, that none other than Obi-Wan Kenobi, a man we've always thought bore an uncanny resemblance to Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, will be coming to Fortnite on May the 26th (that's next Thursday!) He's...
Tuesday10th May 2022
News Fortnite Cheat Forced To Pay Up And Apologize After Epic Lawsuit
All damages to be donated to charity
An Australian Fortnite player who was taken to court by Epic Games for selling "compromised" game accounts, alongside other cheat items, has been forced to apologise publicly to the company, had his account-selling racket shut down and will stump up substantial damages which Epic says it will donate to charity...
Friday6th May 2022
News Master Chief Returns To Fortnite To Celebrate Xbox Cloud Gaming Launch
Dab? Floss? You decide
As you may have heard by now, Xbox has partnered up with Epic Games to make Fortnite playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming. This is especially big news because previously, Epic deemed Microsoft's Cloud Gaming initiative as a competitor to its own PC efforts. However, there's some even bigger Fortnite news just dropping. Master Chief...
Thursday5th May 2022
News Fortnite Joins Xbox Cloud Gaming, More Free-To-Play Games To Come
No subscription required
Xbox Cloud Gaming has begun its next stage of evolution today with the addition of its first free-to-play game, Fortnite. Unlike all other games on the service, players do not need an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription to play. To get started, all you need to do is sign into the Xbox website, navigate to the game's page...
Wednesday30th Mar 2022
News Fortnite's New Permanent 'Zero Build' Mode Is Going Down A Treat
"This is a massive W"
If there's one thing we've found really difficult over the years, it's keeping up with the Fortnite pros who have become masters at building elaborate structures in a matter of seconds. Fortunately, Epic Games has heard the cries for a permanent alternative to building, and has now implemented it in the form of Fortnite Zero...
Tuesday25th Jan 2022
News Xbox Series S Deal Drops Console To Its Lowest Price Yet In UK
Go next-gen for a nice price
There's currently a very nice deal going on over at retailer John Lewis, with a Series S console bundled up with Rocket League and Fortnite dropping to its lowest price in the UK at £234, that's a whole £15 under the usual asking price. As spotted by TechRadar, the deal will require you to sign up as a
Wednesday18th Aug 2021
News Among Us Devs 'Offended' By Fortnite's New Impostor Mode
That's pretty sus
Fortnite is no stranger to taking a popular concept and putting it into its own game. The now successful battle royale mode in Fortnite stemmed from the increasing buzz around PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds at the time, and now its new Impostor Mode is eerily similar to Among Us. Its resemblance is so striking that a couple of...
Thursday29th Apr 2021
News Unsurprisingly, Epic Doesn’t Want To Put Fortnite On Xbox Cloud Gaming
Epic doesn't want to play ball
The Xbox Cloud Gaming service is limited to just Xbox Game Pass titles right now, but should it expand beyond that, you'll probably be shocked (not) to know that Epic Games has no intention of adding Fortnite to the library. Per the ongoing legal case between Apple and Epic Games over the distribution of Fortnite, a...
Tuesday16th Mar 2021
News Lara Croft, The Tomb Raider Herself, Has Arrived In Fortnite
Joining everyone and the kitchen sink
It seems like it's easier to name who isn't in Fortnite these days, as the Tomb Raider herself, Lara Croft is the latest to crossover into the universe, Epic Games has announced. Arriving with the release of Chapter 2 - Season 6: Primal, the iconic hero is being integrated as part of the Battle Pass, complete...
Monday22nd Feb 2021
News Fortnite Fans Are Convinced Peter Griffin Is Coming To The Game
Bird is the word!
Ever since late last year, Fortnite’s latest season has all been about introducing characters from other IPs. We’ve had Star Wars’ The Mandalorian join, as well as our very own Master Chief entering the fray. Judging by a recent data mine, the next big character could be Family Guy’s very own Peter Griffin. As spotted by...
Sunday21st Feb 2021
News Street Fighter's Ryu And Chun-Li Join The Battle In Fortnite
Grab them now
Epic's battle royale Fortnite has collaborated with Marvel's superheroes, Master Chief, John Wick and even The Mandalorian. Now, in its latest crossover, it's teaming up with Ryu and Chun-Li from Capcom's legendary fighting game series, Street Fighter. Each character comes with an alt outfit, special emote and "Player Select" loading...
Tuesday22nd Dec 2020
Random Xbox Sends Fortnite Streamer Ninja Replica Of Halo's Gravity Hammer
And he's giving an extra one away!
At this year's Game Awards, Epic Games announced Halo's Master Chief would be coming to its battle royale Fortnite. To celebrate this special occasion, the Xbox team sent the world's most popular Fortnite streamer Ninja a life-sized Gravity Hammer from the Halo series. In Fortnite, Master C
Tuesday15th Dec 2020
News You Can Now Play Fortnite At 120FPS On Xbox Series X|S
In Battle Royale and Creative modes
It was a little bit of a surprise when Fortnite released for Xbox Series X|S last month without a dedicated 120 frames per-second option, but now it's officially been added to the game's Battle Royale and Creative modes. For displays that support it, you can enter the Fortnite Video settings and toggle on “120...
Friday11th Dec 2020
News Master Chief Joins The Fight In Fortnite, Available Now
The rumours were true!
Well, it seems the rumours were true! Master Chief - the protagonist of the Halo series - is officially joining Fortnite today. His suit (1500 V-Bucks) and entire set (2600 V-Bucks) is now available from the item shop in the game. Part of the Gaming Legends series, the Master Chief set is now available in the Item Shop.
Tuesday24th Nov 2020
News Fortnite Is Getting A Monthly Subscription Service This December
It was bound to happen eventually
Epic Games has announced today that the ultra-popular free-to-play battle royale Fortnite is getting a monthly subscription option next week, launching on December 2nd with the arrival of Chapter 2 – Season 5. Named "Fortnite Crew", this service will provide fans with the current season's Battle Pass, 1000...
Monday2nd Nov 2020
News Epic Games Reveals Fortnite Improvements For Xbox Series X|S
Dropping in on launch day
The ultra popular free-to-play battle royale Fortnite is one of the games being 'Optimised for Xbox Series X|S' at launch, and Epic Games has now revealed more details about what players can expect from the next-gen version. On Xbox Series X, you can look forward to 4K resolution at 60 frames per-second, while Dynamic...
Monday3rd Aug 2020
News Fortnite's JoyRide Update Will Finally Introduce Cars To The Game
Arriving later this week
Epic Games has confirmed that Fortnite's JoyRide update will arrive later this week on Wednesday, August 5th, finally bringing cars to the game for the first time. It's been a long time coming! This was announced by the game's official Twitter account with a teaser image earlier today: Epic hasn't provided any further...
