Everyone has a fighting chance
Now that the latest update has landed for Fortnite, players will be able to take to the skies in a sneaky quiet way thanks to the addition of balloons. Balloons allow players to float skyward, jump higher and sneak up quietly on enemies.
Now that the latest update has arrived in Fortnite, players can have a bit of PvE fun in their favorite PvP game. The Fortnitemares Limited Time Mode event has launched into the game (Save the World too!) and that dastardly Cube is on the move again. Floating Island is destroyed and it’s up to players to track down all the fragments that can spawn Cube Monsters in order to destroy them.
Epic Games has posted a new blog on the Fortnite site to let fans know that the free-to-play launch of the Save the World portion of the game will not be happening in 2018. The original plan for Save the World was to launch as a F2P title this year, but it seems it will be early next year at the earliest. The delay is in order to to provide more time for the team to “get this right” and to improve a number of systems and features.
When the latest update is finalized, Fortnite Battle Royale players will have new toys to play with thanks to the inclusion of the Quadcrasher 4-wheeled vehicle and the new in-game tournament system. Save the World players also have new toys with a pair of new weapons and Beta Storms “as a way to test new content and experimental ideas”. This is a limited time mission alert.
Epic Games is proving once again that it’s not fooling around when it comes to cheating in Fortnite. This time, Epic is taking on two YouTubers for copyright infringement for endorsing and distributing cheat programs in the game. According to documents filed in a North Carolina Federal court, Epic is suing Brandon “Golden Modz” Lucas, a prolific YouTube streamer with over 1.7 million subscribers. Also named in the suit is Colton “Excentric” Conter.
If you’re an Android mobile user and have been waiting patiently for your chance to try out Fortnite, now’s your chance! Epic has announced that the game is now available, however, don’t go looking for it on Google Play. The download for the beta client is directly from the Fortnite site.
The v6.1 Fortnite patch notes have been published on the official site. As always, they are packed with fun new toys for the Battle Royale players to torment their opponents with. This week is no exception with the addition of the new “Chiller”, a frost trap that can freeze foes OR be used as something similar to a snowboard for a quick escape.
In his latest opinion piece at GameSpace.com, Poorna Shankar tears into the PR-speak over the last couple of weeks since the announcement by Sony that it would be “allowing” cross play between PlayStation 4 and the other available platforms for Fortnite. While it is a magnificent thing for players and we all should be thrilled with it, it’s equally important to see the bigger picture.
Sony has responded to increasing player unhappiness at the lack of cross play between PlayStation 4 and all of the other available Fortnite platforms. As of today an “extended Fortnite cross-play beta” has started for PlayStation 4 “following a comprehensive evaluation process”. The news came via the PlayStation Blog penned by Sony Interactive President John Kodera. Most notably, Kodera says that “this represents a major policy change for SIE” going forward.
Epic has laid out the first details for its Fortnite Fall Skirmish season that is scheduled to begin in October. Everyone will be able to participate and a number of tweaks to the previous system will be implemented thanks to data gleaned from 78.3 players taking part in the game in August. Having such a large body of data “exposed weak points and allowed [Epic] to make targeted improvements to critical systems such as stats and servers”.