Earlier today, a bunch of Fortnite players found themselves in possession of the Axe of Champions, one of the rarest items in the game, only to have it snatched away after a few minutes. Fortnite developer Epic Games says the whole thing was a big mist…
Once, He Was At The Mercy of Snipers and Explosions IRL. Now He’s A Fortnite Pro.
It isn’t always easy turning tragedy into triumph, but Mounir “33 Mony” Mkhallati is no stranger to that odyssey. Once a child during a tumultuous time in Syria, 33 Mony has gone on to earn some $60,000 since competing in the pro Fortnite gaming circui…
Epic Games Faces Staff Uproar Over Ending Popular Time-Off Policy
Epic Games, creator of the massively popular and lucrative battle royale Fortnite, decided to end a popular policy of allowing staff every other Friday off earlier this week. According to a new report by Bloomberg, which a source corroborated for Kotak…
Seven Weeks After Launch, Fewer Than 800 People Are Playing Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Aliens: Fireteam Elite was released on August 23 to mixed reviews, but on Steam it averaged around or above 10k players for the first few weeks after release. But a lack of content, small updates, and possibly the release of the popular Back 4 Blood re…
It’s 2021, And Breath Of The Wild Is Finally Playable In Arabic
Depending on how you count it, and break down the regional differences, Arabic is the fifth most-spoken language on Earth. And yet until very recently, Arabic speakers had no way of playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild—a game released in 201…
I Have Seen Hell, And It Is Epic Thinking About A Fortnite Movie
“Epic Games is considering launching an entertainment division focused on scripted video programming.” Funny how a sentence can feel both so absurd and yet so inevitable at the same time.Read more…
Apple tries to block Epic’s court win before it takes effect on December 9
Apple seeks stay of order that it must let iOS apps link to other payment options.
Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments
Permanent injunction caps Epic Games’ year-long legal offensive against Apple.
Epic Games asks Apple to reinstate Fortnite in South Korea after new law
Epic Games has asked Apple to rejoin its Fortnite developer account in South Korea as the U.S. game maker plans to re-release Fortnite on iOS in South Korea, offering both Epic and Apple payments side-by-side, it said in a tweet. Epic has asked Apple to restore our Fortnite developer account. Epic intends to re-release Fortnite […]
Epic Games to shut down Houseparty in October, including the video chat ‘Fortnite Mode’ feature
Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. The company says Houseparty will be discontinued in October when the app will stop functioning for its existing users; it will be pulled from the app stores today, however. Related to this […]