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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...
Thursday9th May 2019
News Fortnite Season 9 Takes You To The Future With Improved Switch Performance
New locations, weapons, and more
The volcano has erupted, forever changing some of the most famous locations on the map. There are new areas to explore, new goodies to acquire, and a brand new battle pass. All of this can only mean one thing: Fortnite Season 9 starts today. One of the new features sure to catch your eye from the get-go is the new...
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...
Friday5th Apr 2019
Random Prince Harry Thinks Fortnite Should Be Banned
"It’s so irresponsible"
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and member of the British royal family, thinks that gaming phenomenon Fortnite shouldn't be allowed. The Daily Express reports that, during a visit to a YMCA in West London, Prince Harry urged parents to protect their children from “irresponsible” games, using Fortnite as an example. He...
Wednesday20th Mar 2019
News Fortnite v8.11 Update Brings The Flint-Knock Pistol, And More Besides
Knock, knock... who’s there?
Fortnite on Nintendo Switch is the game that keeps on giving. Updates to the game are coming thick and fast, the latest version 8.11 looks like a good one. It offers a new weapon (in keeping with the pirate theme) as well as a new game mode, and much more besides. Let's take a look at the patch notes... WHAT’S...
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...
Monday11th Mar 2019
News Fortnite's New Single-Player Vehicle Is The Baller, Essentially A Human Hamster Ball
With a Grappler on the side
Fortnite developer Epic Games recently hinted at a new, single-player vehicle coming to the game at some point in the future and, as you might expect, fan speculation immediately went into overdrive. That new addition appears to be The Baller - a giant hamster ball-like vehicle with a Grappler plonked on the side. We...
Thursday28th Feb 2019
News Fortnite Season 8 Arrives Today With New Locations, Weapons, Lava And More
And a banana skin (skin, get it?)
At the time of writing, downtime has begun for the eighth season of Fortnite, meaning new areas, weapons and more are just around the corner. As you may well have noticed, a giant volcano has appeared this time around. Pirates, ninjas, and plenty more fighters have started tussling over treasure, with an 'X marks...
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...
Monday25th Feb 2019
News Fortnite Season 8 Arrives This Week, Pirate Theme, Snakes And Bananas All Teased
And no more planes?
Fortnite's eighth season is just three days away, with players across Switch and all other platforms gearing up for a brand new set of challenges, skins, and crazy shooter antics. Epic Games has been leaving teasers for the new season on the official Fortnite Twitter account over the last couple of days. The first one clearly...
Wednesday20th Feb 2019
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
Wednesday6th Feb 2019
News Vivox Brings Additional Voice And Text Chat Support To Nintendo Switch
Making online communication easier
To voice chat with a friend or family member in Switch games like Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, you need the assistance of a special Nintendo smartphone app. In some cases, it's more effort than it's worth. While there's no escaping this method of online communication in official titles, Vivox is now...
Monday4th Feb 2019
News More Than 10 Million Players Attended Fortnite's In-Game Marshmello Concert, And It Was Amazing
Like, seriously
Continuing its apparent bid for world domination, Fortnite held an in-game concert this weekend featuring real-life music producer and DJ, Marshmello, reportedly seeing over 10 million players watching, interacting, and performing their favourite emotes in real time. If at least 50% of that sentence went over your head, you're not...
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...
Tuesday22nd Jan 2019
News Soulja Boy Says His Next Console Will Feature Fortnite, Epic Games Says "No"
What an absolute mess
Amazingly, despite all of the recent shenanigans and probable legal action, rapper Soulja Boy is back yet again, this time claiming that he's working on another new console which will even be able to play Fortnite. If you're not caught up on your Soulja Boy video game console manufacturing news (who thought we'd ever be saying...
Monday14th Jan 2019
News Nintendo Reveals That Fortnite Was The Most-Played Switch Game Of 2018 In Europe
Beating first-party titles
The Switch has a mightily impressive lineup of games at this point, from the launch year megahits like Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to this year's new additions like Pokémon: Let's Go and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but the game that has really taken
Monday24th Dec 2018
News Fortnite Finally Gets A Career Tab On Switch, But It Doesn't Do Anything
A bittersweet Christmas treat
One of the most requested features for Fortnite on Switch, ever since it came to the console earlier this summer, has been to include the missing Career tab. This menu screen, which is present in other editions of the game, tracks your stats, playtime, account level, and crucially those tasty Victory Royales, but Switch...
Sunday23rd Dec 2018
News Nintendo Had Some Of The Most Talked About Games On Twitter In 2018
Fortnite tops the list
Last weekend, YouTube revealed two Switch game trailers were part of the top viewed gaming video list in 2018. This weekend, Twitter has now shared its own list of the most-tweeted video games in the US this year. Interestingly, four Nintendo franchises featured. These included Pokémon, Super Mario, Super Smash Bros. and...
Saturday22nd Dec 2018
News Nintendo Reveals Ten Most Watched Switch News Feed Videos In 2018
Ultimate and Pokémon clips dominate
Last weekend, YouTube revealed its top trending gaming video list for 2018. Two Nintendo game trailers were featured. The first was the Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! trailer in fifth place and the first look at
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...
Sunday16th Dec 2018
News Pokémon And Nintendo Labo Feature In YouTube's Top Trending Gaming Video List
Fortnite takes top spot
Nintendo Labo and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! have made it into the top trending YouTube gaming video list for 2018. After a strong year of Switch marketing, the trailer for the latest Pokémon games placed fifth and the first look at Labo was right behind in the sixth spot. Out of the ten videos...
Thursday13th Dec 2018
News Epic Games Launching Free Cross-Platform Online Services For Developers
Rolling out next year
Epic Games has grown into a global video game powerhouse thanks to the Unreal Engine and internally developed video games such as the insanely popular free-to-play title Fortnite. Since the breakout success of the battle royale game, the American-based developer hasn't wasted any time expanding its empire. In a recent news...
Friday7th Dec 2018
News Here Are The Game Awards 2018 Winners For Nintendo Switch
Celeste and Overcooked 2 walk away with awards
We hope you were able to join us during our live-stream of The Game Awards last night. If you had to miss it, for reasons such as your beauty sleep, fear not – we've got a lovely round-up of all the winners for you below, along with the nominated games for each category so you can tell us they were...
Thursday6th Dec 2018
News Fortnite Season 7 Arrives Today With New Locations, Items, Custom Minigames And More
Winter is here
Today sees the launch of Season 7 in Fortnite (downtime for the update is taking place at the time of writing) and, as usual, there are lots of changes and additions taking place to keep things fresh. One of the first things you'll notice if you're a keen player of the game is the new set of locations available on the map; expect to...
