Category: Fortnite News

Fortnite Battle Royale has been updated to bring a number of things on board including mobile controller support, the new Chiller Grenade, the Solid Gold LTM, the Architect Pop Up Tournament, a number of bug fixes, and much more. Creative Mode also received some love with Piano Keys and Music Blocks added as well as Arctic Base Prefabs along with bug fixes and more. Save the World received its XRay Llamas, the new Spectral Blade along with bug fixes and other general updates.

Fortnite’s Save the World Players will be getting an update to the game that will change the way V-Buck Llamas behave. Once deployed, V-Buck Llamas will be renamed “X-Ray Llama” and will allow players to see the contents of the box prior to purchase. “Not interested in what the Llama offers? Simply wait until the daily store refresh and there will be a new selection.”

Fortnite has been out for iOS devices since March 2018 and since then has generated over $455M through over 82.6M downloads. December 2018 was the iOS version’s biggest month to date with Epic bringing home $69M, on average about $1.6M per day on iOS alone.

Professional tennis is embracing game culture with a special Fortnite exhibition during this summer’s Australian Open. During the first of the four “Grand Slam” tournaments, fans can check out a solo tournament where competitors will vie for a share of about $400,000. A duo event with professional Fortnite players, content creators and celebrity gamers will compete to win a prize pool for a designated charity.

The latest Limited Time Mode will launch into Fortnite on December 19th. During 14 Days of Fortnite, players will be able to take part in “new Challenges, play in new and old LTMs and unlock rewards in this seasonal event”. The event will see large team modes switch up every two days, while small team modes will change daily.

Epic Games has released a whopping 5GB patch to update Fortnite to Season 7 “You Better Watch Out” and to include new Battle Pass content. To celebrate today’s patch, Fortnite devs have released a festive trailer that brings Sergeant Winter into the game complete with swords and mayhem and not just a few planes to keep things frosty.

According to Fortnite: Battle Royale Leaks Twitter, it seems that the game will be getting Creative Mode starting in Season 7. This means that players will have access to tools to create unique private islands as well as have the ability to host custom servers. Players can host limited time servers or even leave them up for others to join. Server selection will take place via a central lobby.

According to an unsubstantiated report at Bloomberg, Fortnite player numbers are up 60% since June. The article claims that player numbers sit at about 200M, up from the last official player count of 125M in June and “almost equal to the population of Brazil”. The caveat in all this, of course, is that Bloomberg does not provide a source for these numbers and there doesn’t appear to be any information released from Epic itself.

For those of you lookin’ for rootin’ tootin’ wild west action, look no further than the v6.30 content update that’s been deployed to Fortnite Battle Royale. The Wild West has arrived, a town that “ain’t big enough for the hundred of us”. This Limited Time Mode also features some iconic Ol’ West weapons including the double barrel shotgun, the pump shotgun, the six shooter, the ever-explosive Dynamite and more.

Fortnite has been patched to v6.3 that brings a bunch of big changes to both versions of the game. Battle Royale players will be able to take part in the Food Fight limited time mode and Save the World players will find practically a new game thanks to a plethora of improvements.