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Bespoke challenges catapult Fortnite's popularity as it debuts in South Korea
Read More »Fortnite hits record concurrent player count of 8.3 million
Epic Games launches Unreal Engine 4.21
Unreal Engine’s latest update includes an improved Niagara effects toolset, a Replication Graph functionality to create multiplayer experiences more easily, reduced cook times, and much more
Read More »Epic Games acquires anti-cheat firm Kamu
Epic doubles down on preventing Fortnite cheats
Read More »Epic’s ‘Support-A-Creator’ offers cash rewards to Fortnite video/streaming community
Meanwhile, Fortnite on iOS has earned $300m in just 200 days
Read More »Epic launches tutorial platform Unreal Engine Online Learning
The online learning platform is completely free and aims to help developers master Unreal Engine
Read More »Google specifies Fortnite ‘is not available on Google Play’
Searching for the game results in an unequivocal statement, and a link to download PUBG
Read More »Unreal Engine 4.20 targets mobile and Switch among wide-ranging improvements
Mobile growth backed by 'battle-tested' improvements to engine
Read More »Epic announces latest $1m round of Unreal Dev Grants
37 teams become recipients of awards worth up to $50,000
Read More »Fortnite: Switch version hits 2m downloads – total users now 125m
Fortnite continues to grow and invests $100m in competitive play too
Read More »Fortnite players on PlayStation will need a new account to play on Switch
Draconian cross-platform rules prevent account linking for anyone who has already played on PlayStation, while Xbox, mobile and PC players suffer no such restrictions
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