Epic Games News Articles
Thursday24th Oct 2019
News The Original Rocket League DLC Packs Are Being Added To The Base Version For Free
Update rolling out before the end of the year
In its latest news post, Psyonix has revealed it will be adding the original DLC packs to the base version of Rocket League at no additional cost. This includes Supersonic Fury, Revenge of the Battle-Cars, and the Chaos Run DLC pack. Following an update before the end of the year, everything included...
Saturday19th Oct 2019
News Epic Improves Fortnite's Audio With New "3D Headphones" Option
A better sense of sound above, below and behind
If you've got some sweet high-quality headphones on-hand and happen to play the online battle royale game Fortnite on a regular basis, you might be interested to hear Epic Games has added in a new option that makes it easier to detect which direction you're about to be attacked from. Alongside the...
Monday7th Oct 2019
News Fortnite "Ruined Our Child's Life", Claims Family At The Centre Of New Class-Action Lawsuit
"They really dug into the human brain"
Fortnite is one of the most popular video games of the present day, but a new class-action lawsuit currently being prepared in Canada is claiming that this fame has been bought via nefarious means. According to Alessandra Esposito Chartrand, an attorney with Calex Légal, Epic Games spent "many years" working...
Thursday26th Sep 2019
News Epic Is Adding Bots To Fortnite, To Help Players "Grow In Skill"
"They will behave similarly to normal players"
As fun as the battle royale genre is, it's rather frustrating when you spend minutes waiting for a game to start and get immediately eliminated by a veteran player the second you drop into the map. You've probably experienced something similar before in Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch. To combat this,...
Sunday22nd Sep 2019
News Save Gotham City In Fortnite's Batman Anniversary Event
Celebrating 80 years
Epic has announced a special Batman 80th anniversary event for Fortnite, and it runs from now until 8th October. This limited-time crossover event brings Gotham City to Fortnite and will even give you your own Batman cape. You'll also have some "wonderful toys" at your disposal and there are various Batman-themed cosmetics to...
Wednesday28th Aug 2019
News Rocket League's 12th Season Is Now Officially Underway
Featuring Rocket Pass 4
Psyonix's ongoing support for Rocket League continues, with the developer announcing the 12th season is now officially live. Here's some information about what players can expect: Competitive Season 11 Rewards (new Boost) and the beginning of Competitive Season 12 are now available. Plus, new quality of life adjustments...
Wednesday7th Aug 2019
News Psyonix Says Goodbye To Paid And Randomised Crates In Rocket League
"we are dedicated to creating the best possible experience"
When Psyonix revealed it had been acquired by Epic Games in May, it didn't exactly go down well the Rocket League community. In fact, Psyonix was so concerned about how its fanbase would react, it released an FAQ to ease any concerns about potential gameplay adjustments and platform...
Thursday1st Aug 2019
News More Than 2.3 Million People Watched The Fortnite World Cup Finals
Now get ready for Season X
Fortnite might not necessarily be the flavour of the month anymore, but it still has a sizable enough community to keep it afloat for years to come. It's so big, in fact, it even has a World Cup. Yep, last weekend, the game had more than 2.3 million concurrent viewers during the World Cup Solo Finals. Excluding China,...
Sunday16th Jun 2019
News Former Epic Games Director Says He Tried To Axe Fortnite
"That game would not have passed my bar"
What would gaming be like right now if the insanely popular title Fortnite didn't exist? It's obviously something we'll never know, but if the former Epic Games production director Rod Fergusson had got his way, we might have found out. In a recent interview on the Game Informer Show podcast at E3 2019,...
Thursday23rd May 2019
News Fortnite Teams Up With Jordan For An Epic Downtown Drop Event
Fresh kicks
Following on from a John Wick and Avengers: Endgame collaboration, the free-to-play battle royale Fortnite is now teaming up with the sportswear brand Jordan, to promote the NBA finals at the end of this month. This latest update adds a new free event called "Downtown Drop" requiring players to bomb hills, launch off massive jumps,...
Thursday16th May 2019
News John Wick Is Thinking He's Back Thanks To New Fortnite Crossover Event
"Do I look civilised to you?"
There's been a skin in Fortnite called 'John Wick' for ages, but now Lionsgate and Epic Games have made the whole deal official with an in-game event which showcases the movie character, who is famously played by the one and only Keanu Reeves. You can see him face off against the original 'John Wick' skin in the short...
Friday10th May 2019
News Psyonix Releases Rocket League Roadmap To Outline Its Plans For This Summer
Business as usual
Following on from last week's epic announcement, the Rocket League developer Psyonix has now released a summer roadmap for the popular vehicular soccer video game to put any concerned minds at ease. This roadmap highlights all of the new features and improvements coming to the game over the next several months. The developer also...
Thursday2nd May 2019
News Epic Games Acquires Rocket League Developer Psyonix
Joining the family
Epic Games – best known in recent years for its insanely popular free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite – has acquired Rocket League developer Psyonix for an unspecified amount. Psyonix revealed the news over on its own website and at the same time reassured its fanbase it would continue to be a community-driven game:...
Wednesday24th Apr 2019
News Fortnite Developers Discuss The Constant Crunch Required To Maintain The Game
"It is a hard, grindy, crunchy life"
A recent feature over on Polygon has highlighted the "stressful" work environment at Epic Games, due to the popularity of its free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite. Due to the explosive growth of the multi-platform title, dozens of current and former employees and contractors have reportedly worked "in excess...
Tuesday23rd Apr 2019
News Fortnite Is Teaming Up With The Avengers To Promote Endgame
Time to end the fight
Avengers: Endgame is expected to be one of the biggest movies of 2019. It arrives later this week and will conclude the battle between Thanos and Marvel's all-star cast. If you think back to when Infinity War was released last year, you might recall a special promotion in the free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite. The...
Wednesday13th Mar 2019
News Fortnite Players On Switch Will No Longer Be Matched With Xbox One And PS4 Cross-Play Parties
Welcome to the mobile pool
Update: As we previously noted, these changes apply to solo cross-play parties only (aka. random matchmaking). Epic's UK PR agency reached out to clarify Switch players can still party up with friends across all platforms. Original article: Epic Games has seemingly given up on trying to make the playing field level in...
Thursday28th Feb 2019
News Epic Doesn't Plan To Improve The Frame Rate In The Switch Version Of Fortnite
Don't expect in-game recording to make a comeback, either
As portable as the Switch version of Fortnite is, there are admittedly a few setbacks when it comes to the game's performance. It's capped at 30 frames per second and Epic even had to remove the video capture feature. During a recent Reddit AMA, the developers of the free-to-play battle...
Wednesday20th Feb 2019
News Julian Eggebrecht, Ex-Head Of Factor 5, Joined Epic Games Last Month
What if...?
Warning: the following news may have you pining for 'the good old days' and thinking back wistfully to when EA wasn't fouling up good Star Wars games with lootbox nonsense. Erstwhile Nintendo Life contributor Liam Robertson has noted on Twitter a recent movement of a prominent industry figure under the considerable umbrella of Epic...
News Go Back To The Future In Fortnite With This Limited Time Driftboard
It's like 1080° or SSX with guns
After coming under fire for allegedly stealing dances from famous people and taking ideas from other battle royale shooters, Fortnite appears to be coming up with more and more inventive ideas on a regular basis. This includes recently hosting its very own in-game Marshmello concert, with more than 10 million...
Tuesday19th Feb 2019
Random Epic Games Sues After Unofficial Fortnite Event Sullies The Brand
100 lawyers parachute into Norwich
Yesterday we reported on an unofficial Fortnite event in the UK (in the fair city of Norwich, to be exact) and it seems that the weekend woes, bad press and refund requests aren't the last of the headaches for the organisers. Not even an attempt to avoid legal complications with that logo According to Eurogamer,
Monday18th Feb 2019
Random Unofficial Fortnite Event Underwhelms Crowds In UK City
“The sort of thing you see at a school fete”
T’is the season of failed festivals, although the latest on the list arguably isn’t quite on par with the high-profile Fyre fiasco. An unofficial event – billed as 'the Fortnite event of the year' by the organisers and promising rock climbing, go karts, laser tag, plus the requisite dose of the...
Friday15th Feb 2019
Random The Carlton Dance Might Be Fair Game For Fortnite After All
Flipped, turned upside down
Has the Fortnite dance craze peaked? You'll have to consult a seven-year-old for an answer to that, but Epic Games is still subject to legal action related to the celebratory dances that players can break into as they battle royally in the free-to-play hit. Other games, such as Microsoft's Forza Horizon 4, have headed...
Thursday7th Feb 2019
Reminder You Can Now Merge Your Accounts In Fortnite
Finally
In December, Epic Games announced it would delay the release of Fortnite's account merge feature until early 2019. In case you missed the news, this feature aims to assist anyone who had been forced to create a new account on the Switch after Sony blocked all accounts that had be
Thursday24th Jan 2019
News An Epic Bullet Glitch Has Been Discovered In The Switch Version Of Fortnite
Oh no...
If you enjoy a round or two of Epic's free-to-play battle royale multiplayer game Fortnite on your Nintendo Switch, you might have noticed a slump in your own performance in recent times. This has nothing to do with your own abilities, according to an in-game test Digital Foundry recently ran in each version of the game, there's a glitch...
Wednesday19th Dec 2018
Random Backpack Kid Suing Epic For Inclusion Of Floss Dance Move In Fortnite
Join the club
Yesterday, we found out Alfonso Ribeiro - who played Carlton Banks in the early '90s television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - would be suing Epic Games for adding his character's dance move to its popular free-to-play multiplayer title Fortnite. Ribeiro is not the first famous person to take legal action against the video game...
Tuesday18th Dec 2018
Random Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Actor Suing Epic For Adding Carlton Dance Move To Fortnite
The price of success
The success of Fortnite has unsurprisingly placed it in the firing line on a number of occasions. It's been accused of promoting violence and gambling to children and has been targeted for copyright infringement. The developer PUBG Corp - known for Player Unknown's Battlegrounds - even tried to take legal action against the...
Thursday29th Nov 2018
News Epic Adds Gifting Feature To Fortnite For A Limited Time
One week only
If you want to keep your Fortnite experience as free as possible, Epic has now temporarily added a gifting feature, allowing your friends to send you gifts. If you are prepared to empty your own pockets, you can also send gifts yourself. In the latest Fortnite news update, Epic explained how this new feature would be trialled for a...
Saturday10th Nov 2018
Random Chris Pratt Teams Up With Epic Games To Promote Fortnite In South Korea
Growing the game
Epic Games is getting richer by the day thanks to its free-to-play battle royale sensation Fortnite. The marketing has very much fueled its success, with the company partnering with globally recognised brands and even going as far as dropping giant objects from the game in actual deserts. NFL outfits were
Friday2nd Nov 2018
News Balloons Will Heighten Your Chances Of Winning Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode
Going up
Epic Games has continued to refine and improve its free-to-play battle royale mode in Fortnite to help give it the edge over any potential competitors. It's this fun and accessible design that sets it apart from the rest - with the addition of trolleys, llama piñatas and plenty of funny character costumes. In the latest patch - version...
Sunday28th Oct 2018
News Epic Games Closes $1.25 Billion Investment Deal Thanks To Success Of Fortnite
Money maker
If it wasn't already evident, the free-to-play title Fortnite has a been a huge success for Epic Games. In the latest news, Epic has closed a $1.25 billion investment deal with a group of private equity backers. KKR, ICONIQ Capital, Smash Ventures, aXiomatic Gaming, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed Venture Partners are now...
