Fortnite is the biggest game in the world, and it keeps on growing. After starting out on PC, Fortnite has moved to PS4, Xbox, and the iPhone, and had a crossover event with the Avengers. The battle royale game even counts Drake as a fan.
The company has some criticisms of the Competition and Markets Authority’s roadmaps of “potential actions to improve competition” for Apple and Google, and Epic now says it “can’t bring the Epic Games Store to iOS in the UK this year (if ever).”
Epic originally aimed to bring the store and Fortnite to iOS in the UK in the second half of 2025.
Just a day after announcing the speedy Blitz Royale, Epic has unveiled a second major game mode for Fortnite that’s dropping on June 18th. It’s called Lego Expeditions, and it’s a PvE option that looks sort of like a brick-infused take on Diablo.
Fortnite’s new Blitz Royale mode will feature 5-minute matches “with a rogue-like design specifically crafted for mobile play,” according to Epic Games. You can play it on other platforms if you want, though.
Blitz Royale launches on June 18th.
Following another successful live event (this time it involved infiltrating a Death Star), Epic has revealed the next season for Fortnite’s battle royale, which is once again superhero-themed. It includes new locations like a superhero academy and new characters like, well, Superman. Check out all the details here.
Thanks to a new Fortnite Data API, creators will be able to access data on things like minutes played, peak concurrent player count, and number of unique players for Epic-made experiences and public creator-made ones.
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Following Epic Games’s filing asking Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to order Apple to review its Fortnite app submission, Gonzalez Rogers wants Apple to resolve this on its own or for the Apple official who “is personally responsible for ensuring compliance” to appear at a hearing next Tuesday.
It also pulled the version it sent to Apple last Friday, according to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Apple’s website says that “on average,” 90 percent of submissions “are reviewed in less than 24 hours,” though the company obviously did not meet that estimate for last week’s Fortnite submission.
Breaking down the latest Epic v. Apple ruling and what it means for the future of the App Store.
Now, we have to wait and see if Apple approves it to return to the US iOS App Store. Epic promised the game would be back sometime this week.
In the lead up to Fortnite returning to the App Store, Epic is trying to entice players with a 20 percent rewards bonus when you use the company’s payment system to make purchases in certain games.
The offerings follow a court ruling in the Epic v. Apple antitrust case that is already having downstream effects on app developers and users.
...if you link your Epic Games account to your MyDisney account, according to a blog post. It’s a “first step” ahead of the planned “universe” Disney and Epic are building together that’s tied to Fortnite. You’ll also be able to catch two episodes of Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld in Fortnite starting May 2nd, which is two days before the show debuts on Disney Plus.
Fortnite’s Star Wars-themed season kicks off on Friday.
Fortnite’s next Festival season, which kicks off on April 8th, will feature Sabrina Carpenter, Epic Games announced today.
Epic is also updating emotes so that when you do an emote that’s classified as a “Dance Emote,” any other player will be able to do that dance with you even if they don’t own it.
Starting today you can build your own zombie apocalypse as a number of Walking Dead assets — including buildings, weapons, and walkers — are now available to users in Creative and UEFN. The walkers join assets from TMNT and Lego in the burgeoning creative space. While you can start building today, starting May 16th users can publish their TWD islands via the creator portal.
Epic Games is introducing a “one-year matchmaking ban for first-time cheating offenses” in Fortnite, according to a blog post about its anti-cheat updates. However, “a second offense will result in a lifetime ban.”
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The first trailer for Fortnite’s new season comes in the form of... a music video for a new character who is also a pickle. It’s plenty goofy, but it does seem to hint at a return to a heist theme, with vaults to break into, underground tunnels to sneak through, and explosives to explode. The season drops on February 21st.
Epic is teasing the next season of Fortnite, called “Lawless,” and it seems like the game might get a pickle-themed skin... that will drop its own single? Oh boy. The season launches on February 21st.
Some players are “able to log-in and play again on PlayStation platforms, but not all game services may be back online,” according to the Fortnite Status X account.
Sony still hasn’t offered any meaningful updates about the many-hours-long PSN outage — unless you consider the AskPlayStation account’s recent afternoon reminder about M.2 SSD support helpful.
