Fortnitemaker Epic Gameshas announcedthat it is laying off 16% of its staff. For example, the company plans to sell off Bandcamp and spin-off most of SuperAwesome. The company is also looking into helping employees transition into different careers and accelerating their stock option vesting schedule. The focus is still onUnreal Engine 5and Fortnite Battle Royale, with the two often merging for user-created content.
Even then, the company would sometimes fail to honour such requests. So, you have the privacy violations, and then you have the in-game purchases. These tactics led to hundreds of millions of dollars in unauthorized charges for consumers. By randomly tapping buttons, they would make accidental purchases without realising it. Ina more in-depth document,the FTC points out another dubious practice from Epic in undoing accidental purchases. […] The practices referenced in the FTCs complaints are not how Fortnite operates....
Epichas also introducedEleven from Stranger Thingsto Fortnite OGs Item Shop, likely tying intoNetflixs Geeked Week eventhappening this week.
Image: Epic Games Both Battle Royale and Zero Build will now have Ranked play. Fortnites Battle Royale modeis finally introducing an all-new ranked mode in its v24.40 update. And yes, you’re able to play ranked in Zero Build too. Bronze through Diamond will have three ranks, but Elite through Unreal will only have one.
Image: Epic Games As if Goku wasnt overpowered before, now he has a shotgun. Fortnitehas announced its next big crossover event, and it surprisingly involves Dragon Ball. Getting Goku as a skin is a safe bet, along with Vegeta.
Fortnite has announced the arrival of the famous footwear brand Crocs as purchasable Kicks. The game has also announced the second wave of skins from the Invincible series. The Crocs will also have a feature to disable their Jibbitz. These Kicks can be obtained with 1,000 V-Bucks, which amount to US$10. This collaboration with Crocs just further adds to the list of footwear brands that are already partnering with Fortnite....
Epic Games multiplayer game hub Fortnite is adding a whole lot of value to its Fortnite Crew subscription. For now, we do know that battle royale is set to kick off Chapter 6 this December.
Raising a whopping $50 million is impressive, but that number can be partially attributed to good timing. As soon as in-game purchases are reported, Epic will log them and send the funds over immediately.
Image: Epic Games In Mariah Careys own words: its time. Epic Games has kicked offFortnites annual Winterfest event,just in time for Christmas. These presents will include Outfits, Back Blings, Pickaxes, Gliders and more for Battle Royale players. Players can enter the Winterfest Cabin by finding the snowflake tab on their lobby screen. Thats not all, though. The big ticket item here is, of course, Mariah Carey. Players can dance with her on the map to score a Holiday Present item....
Enemies also drop loot when killed, so its worth seeking them out.
Image: Epic Games Fortnite Chapter 5 is introducing a mysterious Lego survival sandbox game this week. The cinematic trailer above suggests as much, even if it doesnt contain any actual gameplay. We see a Fortnite character drop into a Lego world and gleefully start making a home for themselves. Whether or not Lego Fortnite can surpass Battle Royale in popularity, however, remains to be seen. Well find out when the mode launches this week on December 7....
Image: Epic Games Anyone can now make their own games inside Fortnite using Epic Games' new modding tools. Heres Epic Games demo of UEFN: To break it down further, this means that you’re able to create games inside Fortnite that are nothing like the main battle royale mode. The demo above shows a third-person shooter that takes place in a surprisingly photorealistic war-torn environment, complete with cutscenes and a day-and-night cycle....
No other event compares to The International. And for the most part, at least historically, it was also about the staggering prize pools. The International has become synonymous with jaw-dropping prize pool amounts. TI10prize pool broke the $40 million mark. The final total totaled $40,018,195 when the crowdfunding and battle pass purchases ended. That is a 2401.14% increase from the original base amount of $1.6 million. Then things took a turn....
