News Articles
Monday7th May 2018
News Thanos is Invading Fortnite with a Limited Time Avengers: Infinity War Event
Fun isn't something one considers when killing off PUBG
Avengers: Infinity War is the hot topic on everyone's mind right now, and after a neat little Easter egg was found in God of War referencing the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos himself is set to make an appearance in Fornite's Battle Royale mode. Kicking off tomorrow, an event called the Infinity Ga
Friday6th Apr 2018
News Fortnite Emotes Are Inspiring Footballers Around Europe
Take the L
Fortnite has become a cultural phenomenon, and footballers across Europe have underlined that by implementing one of the game’s popular emotes into their goal celebrations. French forward Antoine Griezmann – who’s no stranger to atrocious victory stances – borrowed the title’s iconic ‘Take the L’ dance after scoring Atletico...
News The Leaked Raven Fortnite Skin is Out Now on PS4
Putting the rave in raven
If you're a huge fan of Fortnite, you may have spotted the awesome Raven skin that leaked online recently. A bunch of data miners found it and shared it, and ever since, speculation has run wild regarding its official release. While early speculation pointed to Easter, it turns out all we got was a bunch of stupid bunny...
Friday9th Mar 2018
News Fortnite: Battle Royale Adding Cross-Play Across PS4, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android
Squad up
Sony’s stance on cross-play has always been pretty firm: you can play with other platforms as long as they’re not a competitor. And today’s Fortnite: Battle Royale announcement for mobile has brought with it some big news for PlayStation 4 players: cross-play and cross-progression is coming across PS4, PC, Mac, iOS, and eventually...
Thursday22nd Feb 2018
News Fortnite's 3.0 Update Bolsters Building
All nite long
Battle royale sensation Fortnite is getting its 3.0 update, improving building mechanics in a number of ways. Arguably the biggest new feature will be Turbo Building, allowing players to continuously build constructions by holding down the right trigger instead of having to constantly press it - something that'll really help when you...
Thursday15th Feb 2018
News Fortnite: Battle Royale Offers Exclusive PS Plus Items
Well fort-out
Fortnite: Battle Royale is still taking the PlayStation 4 by storm, and now developer Epic Games has announced some exclusive cosmetic items for PlayStation Plus subscribers. The PlayStation Plus Celebration Pack is available from now until 1st February 2019, and contains a PlayStation-themed wingsuit and outfit. Are you still...
Saturday10th Feb 2018
News Fortnite: Battle Royale to Get 60 Frames-Per-Second Mode on PS4
Within a fortnight?
Fortnite: Battle Royale, Epic Games’ outrageously successful free-to-play Hunger Games-style title, will soon be getting an update that will undoubtedly please many players of the multiplayer smash-hit release. In a lengthy blog post outlining its future plans for the game, Epic notes that console players will soon be able to...
Monday15th Jan 2018
News Fortnite Battle Royale Passes 40 Million Total Players
All aboard the Battle Bus
Epic's free-to-play shooter has just reached a new player count milestone, with the total now amassing to an impressive 40 million. The rampaging popularity of Fortnite Battle Royale has reached the same number as Rocket League, but in a fraction of the time. The developer has also said that it achieved a record number of...
Thursday12th Oct 2017
News Fortnite Battle Royale Gamble Pays Off Big for Epic, Hits 10 Million Players
In just two weeks
Fortnite has struck gold with this Battle Royale stuff. The multiplayer mode was introduced just a couple of weeks ago, and it's free to download and play on PlayStation 4. It takes more than a few cues from the stupidly popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, but with Microsoft calling console exclusivity on that one, Fortnite...
Thursday28th Sep 2017
News Fortnite: Battle Royale Attracts Over One Million Players on Launch Day
Let's see how it's doing in a Fortnite
Epic Games has rubbed a little salt into the salty tears of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole, announcing that Fortnite: Battle Royale attracted over one million players at launch yesterday. The Korean company won’t be too concerned, of course – there were almost 1.5 million people playing...
Friday22nd Sep 2017
News PUBG Dev Isn't Too Happy About Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode
As you'd expect
Given the meteoric rise of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it was inevitable that other games would try and emulate its success. On PlayStation 4, where PUBG isn't yet available, we've got the likes of Fortnite's newly introduced Battle Royale mode. By most account
Wednesday20th Sep 2017
News Fortnite Battle Royale Attempts to Gazump PUBG on PS4
Mode launching for free next week
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is not coming to the PlayStation 4 until a later date, as Microsoft has locked up timed exclusive rights to the title while it works its way through Early Access. But that’s left an open goal for Epic Games’ recently revealed Fortnite Battle Royale – and it’s going to do...
Tuesday12th Sep 2017
News Fortnite Is the Latest Title to Copy PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
It won't be the last
Well, we told you it was going to happen, didn’t we? PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds' runaway success has already prompted a string of copycats, and hot on the heels of Grand Theft Auto Online is Fortnite with its own Battle Royale mode. Set to launch officially on 26t
