Epic Games

Since Fortnite has grown to be a cultural phenomenon, we’ve heard multiple tales of how certain individuals’ addiction to the game had led to problems. For one American professional sports team though, Fortnite proved to be such an issue down the stretch last year that one player decided to take major action. In the final days of
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Epic Games Store has certainly ruffled feathers in the dedicated PC gaming community. Given they are a newcomer to the market, their business decisions are under continual scrutiny from an already scrutinizing audience. And after some confusion surrounding Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has clarified a point — they will support
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It’s no surprise that when Respawn Entertainment’s new Battle Royale launched earlier this month, there were a lot of players deciding on playing Apex Legends or Epic Games’ hugely popular Fornite. Whatever game you decide to play is fair enough, however, the popularity of Apex Legends hasn’t gone unnoticed it seems. Fortnite developer Epic Games often runs a Reddit Q&A, the most recent
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We are approaching the end of Season 7 of Epic Games’ massively popular battle royale game Fortnite. As you attempt to finish up those challenges before the current season ends, the upcoming Season 8 has been teased. From Fortnite‘s official Twitter account, it looks like the next season will bring Pirate-themed content; specifics on what
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It’s been a busy time for Metro Exodus this year, and it’s certainly not over as more review bombings have taken place…although a more positive review bombing. If you’re unaware, or just fancy a recap, earlier this year Metro Exodus pushed the game heavily as it approached its release month. We saw posters, trailers, and a week of
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Back in December, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star Alfonso Ribeiro filed a lawsuit against Epic Games for using his ‘Carlton Dance’ from the show in their mega-popular game Fortnite. Unfortunately for Ribeiro, it seems that he has now hit a rather large snag in his pursuit to win this lawsuit. According to the Hollywood Reporter,
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It’s always heartening when companies put down their corporate schtick to play nice with each other. Whether it is major game studios celebrating with competitors during flagship launches or the typical PR banter, it’s always a nice feel-good story for the press. Yet, in an odd turn, Epic Vice President (i.e. Fortnite) deleted his congratulations to
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Since the Switch’s launch, even the most loyal of Nintendo fans have aired grievances with the way in which the company has handled online communication. While first-party games frustratingly make use of a smartphone app for voice chat, Fortnite has allowed for players to simply plug in their headphones to communicate—and now the software that
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The events leading up to the launch of Metro Exodus just keep coming. The other day it was revealed that the PC version would be pulled from Steam and instead made a timed exclusive on the Epic Games Store. However, since that news players haven’t been happy, and as a result, the previous Metro titles have been review-bombed. Review
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With Fortnite available on so many different platforms and all matches being on the same ecosystem, mobile players may have found themselves at a disadvantage with touch screen controls. Epic Games is remedying this with the latest v7.30 patch, providing Bluetooth controller support on iOS and Android. The patch notes get into the specifics, saying
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What’s up everyone, it’s ya boi: DualShockers, comin’ at you with all that Fortnite Twitch news. If you haven’t been following the Twitch circuit, there has been a pretty great competition for a new world record: most kills in One-Shot mode. After some contentious back and forth, Twitch streamers and Cloud9 member Keeoh has taken the dominant spot
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When I first heard Sunflower during the intro to Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, I loved it. Then when I heard 24 players recreating the song on Fortnite Piano, I loved the song even more. You can listen (and watch) the cover below. YouTuber UMadBroYolo published another video in his Fortnite Piano cover series today for
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Announced on Epic Game’s website, a change is coming to Fortnite’s PvE mode Fortnite: Save the World when discussing loot boxes. Starting in update v7.30, any Llama (loot box) available in the V-bucks store will show it’s contents without requiring a purchase. The new loot boxes will be referred to as “X-Ray” Llamas rather than the previous
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In 2017, we learned that Square Enix was publishing a AAA shooter developed by Polish studio People Can Fly, best known for Gears of War Judgment and Bulletstorm. Since then, Square Enix has announced partnerships with other companies and People Can Fly has expanded a lot, opening two new studios in Rzeszów and Newcastle over the past two
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Crytek has announced they are partnering with Improbable for, “a new AAA game,” that they will be building together using Cryengine and SpatialOS. Crytek promises they will have more, “detail on this AA game project soon.” Crytek started working closely with Improbable after Unity announced changes to its Terms of Service that rendered cloud-based services
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Epic Games is bringing back a controversial gameplay feature to Fortnite, albeit with a compromise. The battle royale game experimented with allowing players to redeploy their gliders at certain heights. After some feedback, Fortnite removed the feature but will bring it back as an exhaustible item in v7.20. The ability to redeploy the glider opened
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The date was Sunday, January 6, 2019. It’s the fourth quarter of the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs with the Philadelphia Eagles against the Chicago Bears. The score is 16-15 in favor of the Eagles. All the Bears had to do was get in field goal range and kick the ball between those
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