Epic Games News Articles
Sunday3rd Dec 2023
News Fortnite Teases LEGO, Rocket Racing And Festival Games, Launching Next Week
Build, race and perform
Ahead of The Game Awards next week, we've got some more announcements, this time for the popular battle royale Fortnite. Epic has announced it's teaming up with LEGO for LEGO Fortnite (launching 7th December). In addition to this Rocket League developer Psyonix is releasing Rocket Racing in the game (8th December) and last...
Thursday23rd Nov 2023
News Fortnite's New 'Big Bang' Event Features A Crossover With Eminem
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
Fortnite has reportedly had a resurgence thanks to its community-created content but it's also been in the headlines for certain other announcements, like the controversial age ratings update which restricts cosmetics. Now, to add to all of this, it's announced a new live "Big Bang" event featuring a...
Saturday18th Nov 2023
News Fortnite Announces Age Ratings Update, Restricts Cosmetics
Epic says it will enable most of the outfits "next year"
Epic's popular battle royale Fortnite has just received an "age ratings" update, but it's not gone down so well with the community. This update means islands will now display an age and content rating to help guardians and players "make informed play decisions". As highlighted by Eurogamer,...
Wednesday15th Nov 2023
News Geoff Keighley And The Game Awards Are Now In Fortnite
Vote for your favourite creator island in-game
The insanely popular battle royale game Fortnite will be celebrating this year's Game Awards, with players able to vote for "The Best Creator Made Fortnite Island of the Year" in-game. This new update by 'Nighttimes' and 'Studio 568' is a hub world that links players to ten creator-made islands, which...
Monday6th Nov 2023
News Epic Records "Biggest Day In Fortnite History" As 44 Million Players Return To The OG Island
Throwing it back
After a boatload of rumours, Epic Games finally confirmed last week that the original Fortnite island would be making a comeback with the launch of 'Season OG'. Well, after a weekend of playing, the studio has reported that the classic cameo brought about "the biggest day in Fortnite's history". According to the announcement from...
Sunday5th Nov 2023
News Fortnite's Original Island Returns In New 'Season OG' Update
"Drop in"
The free-to-play battle royale Fortnite has announced it's going back to the beginnings with the launch of "Chapter 4 Season OG". This new season sees players drop into the "original" Fortnite Island. Throughout this season, each major update will evolve the experience - bringing in new weapons, vehicles, and much more: "Drop in the...
Tuesday10th Oct 2023
News Alan Wake And Michael Myers Join Fortnite For Its Annual Halloween Event
The write stuff?
Fortnite is back with another annual Halloween event dubbed 'Fortnitemares' (very droll), and this time, it's bringing a few iconic characters with it that horror fans, in particular, will be chuffed with. First up, we've got a selection of original characters, including wrapped rapscallion Seth, muckfish Bogstick, meownstrosity...
Saturday30th Sep 2023
News Epic Insists "Mediatonic's Work On Fall Guys Continues To Be A Company Priority"
16% of Epic's workforce has been axed
Epic Games this week laid off 16% of its workforce, with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier suggesting the Fall Guys developer Mediatonic had been "hit very hard". This allegedly followed with claims elsewhere online that the entire UK-based team had been cut. Apparently, this is not the case. In a statement to our...
Tuesday26th Sep 2023
News Ahsoka Tano Takes A Break From Hunting Thrawn To Join Fortnite
Do you lack conviction..?
If there's one thing Fortnite truly excels at, it's tapping into what just happens to be popular at any given moment. Right now, the new Ahsoka Star Wars series on Disney+ is broadcasting to positive reception from both fans and critics, so who better to join the Fortnite fold than the dual-wielding Jedi herself? Starting...
Thursday14th Sep 2023
News Fasten Your Seatbelts, Horizon Chase 2 Is Out Now On The Switch eShop
Highly anticipated sequel shadow drops
If you're a fan of Aquiris Game Studio's Horizon Chase Turbo, then you're in for a treat. The highly anticipated direct sequel, Horizon Chase 2, is out now on the Switch eShop. Originally released as an Apple Arcade exclusive, Horizon Chase 2 looks to deliver "true arcade racing thrills", evolving the visuals...
Thursday17th Aug 2023
News Fall Guys Goes Totally Tubular With New TMNT Cosmetics
Pizza time!
We need to accept that at some point in our lives, all of us will be part of a limited-time Epic Games crossover. The latest to join the trend is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which has skated into Fall Guys today. The TMNT range covers costumes, emotes, unique wearables and more, with Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo...
Wednesday26th Jul 2023
News Futurama Crashes Into Fortnite Today
Update: Bite into it now
Update [Wed 26th Jul, 2023 14:30 BST]: The Fortnite x Futurama crossover has landed today! Following the earlier reveal, outfits for Bender, Fry, and Leela have appeared in-game and you can get them from the Item Shop. Not only that, Bender's Shiny Metal Raygun has been added, along with other accessories and alt costumes...
Thursday8th Jun 2023
News Fortnite Goes Wild In Chapter 4 Season 3, Here's The Debut Cinematic Trailer
Wild hearts
Epic Games has revealed the debut cinematic trailer for Chapter 4 Season 3 of Fortnite — Fortnite Wilds. teased on Twitter just a few days ago, Fortnite Wilds throws players into a jungle biome full of dinosaurs and dangers. Not only that, but Optimus Prime is officially coming to the game as a new skin. Doctor Slone is also returning...
Saturday11th Mar 2023
News Two Resident Evil Character Skins Appear To Have Leaked For Fortnite
Chris and Jill could be getting some back up
Capcom characters from the Street Fighter and Resident Evil series have already joined Epic's Fortnite before, so it's no surprise to see more of the Japanese company's roster on the way to the popular battle royale. According to leaks this week (via Fortnite fan account HYPEX), Leon S. Kennedy and...
Tuesday7th Mar 2023
News Fortnite's Next Season Will Apparently Add An FPS Mode
Ready up
Epic's insanely popular battle royale title Fortnite could be getting a new mode that will put it more in line with certain other games on the market. According to Fortnite content creator HYPEX, the third-person multiplayer title will be adding a first-person mode in the next season - allowing players to keep a much closer eye on enemies...
Tuesday7th Feb 2023
News Toss A V-Buck To Your Witcher, Geralt Of Rivia Slashes Onto Fortnite Today
New quests and items available
It is a truth universally acknowledged that at some point in each of our lives we will become a playable character in Fortnite. The crossovers have covered everything from Black Adam to John Cena and now it is the turn of Geralt of Rivia to take up the sword as The Witcher crossover leaps from the Bat
Tuesday31st Jan 2023
News Fortnite's Second Dragon Ball Collaboration Blasts Out Of The Battle Bus Today
Returning items! New quests! Fresh skins!
One of the most popular collaborations to have come to Fortnite is recent months is Dragon Ball. Kicking off in August of last year, the event brought Son Goku and Vegeta amongst other characters to the Island and also added the since-vaulted Kamehameha and Nimbus Cloud items. Those who missed out on the...
Tuesday24th Jan 2023
News Dead Space's Isaac Clarke Blasts Into Fortnite
"Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas."
The newest character skin to be introduced into Fortnite has been revealed to be Isaac Clarke, the protagonist of the classic horror/sci-fi series Dead Space. Now we can live out our dream Dead Space/Alien crossover by playing as Isaac and Ellen Ripley! This is probably one of the more normal crossovers we've...
Tuesday10th Jan 2023
News Fortnite Patch Aims To Hammer Out New Weapon Glitches
Can we fix it? Yes we can
Epic Games took to the @FortniteStatus Twitter account yesterday to announce that a period of game downtime was scheduled for this morning (10th January) to fix several mechanical issues. The maintenance was performed as planned and the Fortnite serves are now back online. Of the many issues that the patch set out to...
Friday6th Jan 2023
News Epic Games Might Be Bringing A Free-To-Play "Brawler Royale" To Switch
Update: Perhaps not...
Update [Wed 1st Feb, 2023 01:30 GMT]: In a surprise development, Epic has announced it will be closing the Rumbleverse servers later this month on 28th February. It now seems unlikely this game will make its way across to Nintendo Switch. Original story [Fri 6th Jan, 2023 06:00 GMT]: The Taiwanese Ratings Board recently...
Monday12th Dec 2022
News Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Epic Games Knowingly Made Fortnite "Very, Very Addictive"
Next stop for the Battle Bus: court
Epic Games is facing a class-action lawsuit from parents who claim that the team knowingly developed Fortnite to be highly addictive (thanks, TechRadar). Concern over th
Friday25th Nov 2022
News Destination Confirmed! New Street Fighter Costumes Are Heading To Fall Guys
Ryu-n for the finish line
Fall Guys wouldn't really be a property of Epic Games unless every IP under the sun was gradually brought to it the form of cosmetic items. On top of Sonic, Star Trek, Alien and the recently-released Doctor Who collections, the studio has now announced that Street Fighter will be the next franchise to get the wobbly...
Monday31st Oct 2022
News Fall Guys Goes Even More Wibbly-Wobbly With New Doctor Who Cosmetics
Silence will Fall (Guys)
It is quickly becoming a universally acknowledged fact that at some point in our lives, all of us will become a playable skin in Epic Games' Fall Guys. After releasing the strange collaboration between Star Trek and Alien last month, the online knock-out game is set to expand its references even further into space (and time,...
Friday21st Oct 2022
Video Here's What Alan Wake Remastered Looks Like On Switch
We have something important to tell you
Not so long ago, we brought you the NL verdict on Alan Wake Remastered, the long-rumoured port of last year's PS5, Xbox Series, and PC rerelease of Alan Wake. And it's still a classic, for sure, but there are some rough edges to be found in this version of the game. To show you what we mean, we've managed to...
Wednesday19th Oct 2022
Random Fortnite's Evil Dead Crossover Includes A Hilarious Spider-Man Reference
A Sam Raimi celebration
Fortnite is prone to the most ridiculous crossovers. Marvel and DC characters are pretty typical for video game cameos at this point, sure, but it gets amazing when you start throwing in Street Fighter, Dragon Ball, Star Wars, and Naruto. It's brilliant. Watching Goku chase after Doctor Strange with a lightsaber never gets...
Wednesday12th Oct 2022
News Can You Dig It? Black Adam Will Bring The Rock To Fortnite, Again
Double Rock
It is a fact that we are going to have to come to accept that at some point in all of our lives we will become a playable character in Fortnite. It is the natural order of things. Joining the likes of Spider-Man, Darth Vader and, erm, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson has taken to Twitter to announce that a Black Adam skin will be dropping into...
Tuesday13th Sep 2022
News Is Mr. Spock Faster Than A Xenomorph? You Can Find Out In Fall Guys Season Two
To boldly fall...
Epic Games' much enjoyable (if not a little frustrating on Switch) online survival game, Fall Guys, will soon be launching into its second season, and things are about to get a whole lot more cosmic. The latest foray into the final frontier, 'Satellite Scramble', is due to lift off on September 15th. The first season, 'Free for...
Sunday21st Aug 2022
Reminder Fortnite's Dragon Ball Crossover Event Is Now Live, Here's A Look
This collab is over 9000!
Updated #3 [Sun 21st Aug, 2022 03:30 BST]: This is another reminder that the Dragon Ball event in Fortnite is currently underway. This includes 'Dragon Ball Adventure Island', which is now also live. In this area, players can explore Dragon Ball locations such as Kami's Palace, Goku's House and the Room of Spirit &...
Friday29th Jul 2022
News Can You See John Cena In This Official Fortnite Release Trailer?
Yes, you can now see him
Wrestler-turned-actor John Cena is the latest in a long line of famous faces to be given his own Fortnite skin and Epic Games has released an official reveal trailer to mark his reveal. Played like one of Cena's iconic ring entrances, the trailer gives us a first real look at the new skin alongside some new accessories...
Tuesday26th Jul 2022
News Fall Guys Event 'Clan Of Yeetus' Starts This Week
Stop, hammer time
Epic Games has announced the next event in its battle royale platformer, Fall Guys, titled 'Clan Of Yeetus'. The event will be starting later on this week and will run from 28th July until 1st August. Rather than introducing new courses, the event will see some of the game's classic routes awash with giant hammers which we are...
