Category: Fortnite News

Britain’s Prince Harry has come out publicly calling for a ban of Fortnite. The comments were made at a West London YMCA where he further elaborated that games like Fortnite are designed to addict youngsters. “The game shouldn’t be allowed. Where is the benefit of having it in your household?” he said. It’s created to addict, an addiction to keep you in front of a computer for as long as possible. It’s so irresponsible.”

Fortnite Battle Royale has been updated to 8.20 that brings a new Limited Time Mode into the game that literally gives players a hotfoot. Called Floor is Lava, players are going to have to keep moving and try to defend their spot on the high ground away from the burning depths. It’s a “spicy new LTM”.

Fortnite has been updated to v8.11 across all of its game types. Battle Royale players can get hold of the Flint-Knock Pistol, a blunderbuss weapon that can knock opponents back. In addition, “One Shot” is the new limited time mode with some interesting mechanics including low gravity, sniper rifles only, and only 50 health per player. Lastly, Gauntlet Solo Event and Gauntlet Duo Test Event will run for 24-hours each on March 19th and March 23rd.

Fortnite has been updated to bring The Baller, a new vehicle type, into the game. This unique vehicle allows players to combine boost and grapple “to perform unbelievable feats”. In addition, new vending machines are present that can hand out free things, but “only provide one item/weapon before disappearing”.

Epic Games has added new Treasure Maps to Fortnite Battle Royale that sends players off on a hunt for “hidden loot across the island”. Players will find “a trove of legendary loot” after using a pickaxe to dig up the loot. In addition to the maps, players can take part in the Slide Duos LTM and check out the Gauntlet Solo Test Event and the Gauntlet Duo Test Event tournaments.

Fortnite Battle Royale has been updated to Season 8 that brings the new Battle Pass on board. Players can earn over a hundred new rewards including the wicked Blackheart pirate skin (YARR!). Season 8 comes along with some big changes to the map including “a monstrous volcano” where “pirates, ninjas and a ship load of new fighters will tussle over treasure, battle with Pirate Cannons and uncover legendary loot”.

It’s something that hasn’t been seen or heard of in more than a few months, but it appears that Fortnite’s month-over-month revenue has declined by nearly 50% in January. The news came via the latest Super Data Research report that also reveals that sales of Fortnite are “still up signficantly year-over-year”.

Fortnite players will be able to earn a free Season 8 Battle Pass just by playing the game. All that is required to earn the Battle Pass is for players to complete 13 free Overtime Challenges by February 27th. Once the Battle Pass is live on a player’s account, two Outfits are instantly added and more can be earned throughout the season’s duration.

Fortnite has been updated with several fun additions to both Battle Royale and Save the World. Battle Royale players will find bottle rockets added to their arsenal, environmental campfires to cozy up to and Wild West Duos for the limited time mode. Save the World players will find a new hero in T.E.D.D. and Frostnite Challenge 6 to face off against.

Epic has once again proved that Fortnite is a phenomenon unlike anything ever seen before. Last week, Epic hosted an in-game concert with Marshmello with over ten million concurrent players participating. At the appointed hour, all Fortnite players were sent to the concert venue in-game where they were treated to a 10-minute Marshmello set and even live audio. In addition, players were tossed into low gravity or found they could fly through the air around the stage.