Heya folks,

We have a brand new feature for NVIDIA owners coming in that will allow you to quickly share those hype Fortnite Battle Royale Plays. 

Introducing, ShadowPlay Highlights from NVIDIA! No longer will your friends have to “take your word” when you tell them about that mountain sliding snipe headshot. ShadowPlay will save plays automatically by default. You are also able to manually configure which plays get saved to customize it to fit your style.

Auto-Saved Plays:

• Double, Triple and Multi Kills
• Win or a Death

Following a match the end game screen will have a ShadowPlay Highlights button allowing you to directly access your plays from the previous game.  You can also find this button located in the Pre-Lobby screen, where you can v... Read more

Performance matters, and while we’ve been steadily chipping away at improving things, we’ve taken a few steps back here and there and generally aren’t where we want to be long term.

From a player’s point of view, the manifestation of performance-related issues are:

Client

• Low framerate -> increased input latency, large delta between frames
• Display latency -> increased input latency
• Hitches (abnormally long frame time) -> frozen display followed by fast-forward
• Inconsistent framerate -> hard to aim

Server

• Low player connection update rate / framerate -> increased ping
• Hitches (abnormally long frame time) -> “rubber banding”

Network

• Packet loss -> “rubber banding”
• Connection bandwidth saturation -> “rubber banding”
• High ping  -> “rubber banding”
• Packet bursting (especially on wifi) -> “rubber banding”

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Heya folks,

In our v1.8 patch we introduce customizations, that means you can adjust your banner, harvest tool (pickaxe etc.), character or glider and choose the way you load in! The patch will also include our initial step into progression and what it looks like in Fortnite Battle Royale, as well as adding an in-game item shop.

Please let me earn rewards from playing!

Our first stab at progression will become in the form of daily challenges you can complete to raise your Season account level and earn rewards. You will also receive a banner flair to customize your banner at each level up until 49, at which point you can prestige your Season level.
You’ll be able to earn two specific rewards simply by completing challenges and leveling up, a banner (Level 10) and a glider... Read more

Jump to Save the World: Notes. - Jump to Battle Royale Notes.

Welcome Fortnite fans to our biggest (and eeriest) patch yet with creepy new content for both Save the World and Battle Royale players. Plus big new customization features for Battle Royale!

Fortnitemares Update

Celebrated by all Fortnite players, the Fortnitemares update introduces all kinds of new terrifically terrifying Halloween content on Oct 26th.

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Heya Folks,

We’re kicking off the spookiest time of the year in a big way with our Fortnitemares Event, which comes with a brand new zone - Hexsylvania. Get lost in the deep levels of the catacombs, the endless halls of flickering candles or the thick fog creeping across the map!

Horde Bash will be departing on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 4:00 a.m. EDT. If you haven’t challenged the horde yet, try your hand and maybe grab one of the unique Scavenger Heroes!

What will Hexsylvania bring?

In addition to a spooky lobby background you’ll find:

• ~25 Story Quests
• Spooky Creatures
  • Pumpkin Head Husk
  • Vampire Taker
• Spooky Llama
  • Buy it with candy! :D
• Eight new themed Heroes all getting into the Hexsylvanian spirit! 
  • Each Class/Gender
• New Weapons
  • Pumpkin Launcher (How else will you defeat ...

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Fortnite community,

In our effort to provide a better player experience new servers have just launched for Brazil and Asia. We are excited to take one more step forward in strengthening our global community and providing a better experience for all players around the globe, one region at a time!

Get ready to drop into the arena solo or with a squad. The duos playlist will be disabled at first, but will be re-enabled once we are confident we can provide a great experience for all players.

Both Brazil and Asia servers will support PS4 and PC at launch. 

Players will automatically connect to the regions with the lowest ping, but you can still manually select a server region. Please follow the steps below if you would like to change your matchmaking region.

• Navigate to the Main Menu in the top right corner of the screen.
• Select Settings.
• Select the Game tab.
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The release of 1.7.2 brings quality-of-life improvements for both Save the World and Battle Royale players. What’s more, numerous bugs, issues and Xbox One crashes have been smoothed out alongside an update to Storm Zones.

Battle Royale - Voice Chat

We have enabled voice chat on PC only and will follow with console support in the near future. Ironing out some final bugs and getting it ready for you!

Save the World - Storm Zone Update

Save the World players will have the opportunity to battle through many more Storm Zones with the release of 1.7.2. The number of possible Mutant Storm spawns has greatly increased in each region, meaning more challenges, more monsters, and more loot!

Dive into the full notes below and share your thoughts and feedback on the ...

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Heya Fort Fam,

In this update, we will be adding Leaderboards and Team Voice Chat. Let’s talk about leaderboards first, because who doesn’t like a little bragging. 

Leaderboards

We will be providing a variety of categories to start, and plan to add more in the future:

• Wins
• Top 10 Finishes (and variants for duo, squad)
• Top 25 Finishes (and variants for duo, squad)

There will be two different leaderboards:  

A weekly rotating one where you can track your progress against other Battle Bus riders. 



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The Battle Bus is heading to Long Beach, CA for the annual TwitchCon event (Oct. 20-22) and we’re dropping plenty of supplies for the whole squad. The Epic Games team will be there showcasing Fortnite Battle Royale and providing a ton of information on future features for streamers. TwitchCon attendees who stop by the booth to play a round of Fortnite Battle Royale will also get free, FNBR swag!

If you’re a Twitch streamer interested in learning more about how Epic Games works with broadcasters, stop by the booth to chat! We’ll also be moderating and participating in a panel at TwitchCon specifically geared toward helping streamers work with game developers. Information below:

TwitchCon Panel: ...

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Thanks for all your support, it’s been a crazy two weeks since we launched on September 26th :-)

We’ve picked up steam on the development side and have strike teams working on the below features and improvements:

Gameplay

• Team communication incl. voice chat!
• General squads / duo polish
• Ongoing shooting and balance tweaks
• Map POI (points of interest) and loot density improvements
• Spectating improvements
• Inventory improvements
• Quality of life bug fixes

Controller

• Alternate configurations
• Controller revamp
• Input latency improvements on console
• Aim assist improvements

UI

• 10’ console experience of HUD
• “Invite system” polish
• MOTD system improvements
• QOL features for streamers and content creators (hiding...

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The release of 1.7.1 improves overall game stability and adds quality-of-life improvements for both Save the World and Battle Royale players. In addition, we have re-enabled support for DirectX 10 hardware. This should also improve performance for low-spec PC players.

What are we doing about cheaters?

In this release, we’ve added a report button in-game which will allow players to swiftly report cheaters. What’s more, we released a blog last week detailing our current and future anti-cheat plans. Check it out here.

BattlEye has been added to our existing anti-...

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Let’s be straight for a second, nobody likes playing with cheaters. Not you, not me. Nobody. 

We play PvP games like Fortnite Battle Royale for their competitive integrity. That feeling of outshooting somebody in an intense standoff and snagging that Victory Royale! And then there are cheaters, the 360-spin instant headshot, we all know so well. 

But what is Epic doing about it? 

To start, addressing cheaters in Fortnite is the highest priority across Epic Games. We are constantly working against both the cheaters themselves and the cheat providers. And it’s ongoing, we’re exploring every measure to ensure these cheaters are removed and stay removed from Fortnite Battle Royale and the Epic ecosystem. We don’t want to give too many clues about what we’re doing, but we are rolling out tools and will continue to do so. Thousands have been banned and we have no plans to stop!

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The Horde Bash update launches with a new game mode, weapons, heroes, defenders and more on Thursday, Oct 5.

Challenge The Horde, the new mode introduced in the Horde Bash update, introduces a new type of mission which utilizes a unique skill tree and progressive fort system. Your building skills will be tested as you and your squad level up your forts and pit them against a mix of all kinds of monsters.

Get ready to lock and load. Get your hands on the new Scavenger weapon set, four new Scavenger heroes, and two new defenders, all unlockable by completing Challenge the Horde missions and quests.  

View the full release notes below. Share your thoughts and suggestions on the ... Read more

Hi folks,

Wow, what a great response to Fortnite Battle Royale!  Here’s an update.

DUOS
Duos will release in most regions with this release. We want to make sure that adding a new playlist doesn't make the experience less enjoyable so stay tuned for more updates on the status of Duos in your region.

Bring a friend and let the duos begin!

SUPPLY DROPS
Supply Drops are back! ! We tried once, but couldn’t quite stick the landing. We fixed those issues and we’re excited for them to return.

Supply Drops are more likely to contain rare weapons and items that you want in a pinch. They’re also a hot zone for attention, so planning how to grab one is importa...

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The Horde Bash update is coming on Thursday, Oct. 5, and along with some enraged husks, it brings a new mode, new weapons, new Heroes, and more!

Challenge The Horde Mode

It all starts in a staging area. You’ll have unlimited time, but limited resources to build a portable horde fort. Once you've designed the perfect fort, exit the staging area and party with up to three friends. Your forts will be ready for action when your team hits the ground. As you survive, you’ll receive more resources and more rewards to Challenge The Horde.

Scavenger Event

With the new update comes a new event llama. The Scavenger Llamas holds four new Heroes, nine weapons, two new Defenders. Earn the Scavenger currency by completing quests and playing the new Challenge The Horde mode. The Scavenger weapon set is delicate, but they’re all cheap to craft.

New Heroes...

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Expect update 1.6.4 to release later today, Sept. 29th

Heya Fortnite community,

This week's update takes steady aim at community concerns with the Assault Rifle accuracy and weapon spread / bloom. The 1.6.4 release also includes a fix to a troublesome login issue on PS4 and a rendering crash on Xbox.

UPDATE - 1:00pm EDT:  Supply Drops and Duos are coming next week, along with a detailed blog breaking down our thoughts and goals on weapon accuracy. Expect leaderboards the following week.

EA1.6.4 Release Notes

 

Battle Royale

• Balance
  • Adjustments to Assault Rifle.
    • White
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 10%.
      • Increased minimum accuracy by 22%.
      • Increased reload rate by 10%.
    • Green
      • Increased maximum accuracy by 8%.
      • Inc...

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Greetings Fort Friends,

On Oct. 2 at 4:00 a.m. EDT the Survive the Storm event will be ending, so make sure you get those final runs in and grab that last Hydraulic weapon you’ve been chasing (Rocket Launcher pls).

But, what’s next?

The Horde Bash event, featuring...  

• Pre-Built Forts
• Hordes of Husks
• Instant Co-op Action
• And more!

New details on the Horde Bash Update coming later this week.  

It’s time for everyone to drop out of the Battle Bus and into Fortnite Battle Royale as the mode goes free on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac with the release of the 1.6.3 patch tomorrow (Sept. 26). Gather your squad: four-player and two-player groups are here. Along with squads, we’ve added three new weapons and supply crates that drop from the sky during the match containing valuable items and weapons. This patch also includes a full Battle Royale balance pass, bug fixes and more.

For those out there Saving the World in PVE, we fixed a number of campaign bugs among other improvements. We’ll be talking more about the Horde Bash update for Save The World later this week, but if you missed the early look at the update, you can check out the latest dev video ... Read more

We hope you all have been having a good time playing Fortnite Battle Royale. We’re working hard to make sure you have plenty to look forward to in your quest to earn umbrellas. So, we want to give everyone an update!

Our big news is the initial version of Squads coming 9/26 with support for DBNO (down but not out), duos (2 players) and squads (1-4 players). Emphasis is on “initial” as we are optimizing for getting the feature out ASAP and will continue to iterate and polish afterwards. The squads playlist will be enabled on 9/26 and we will monitor population numbers to decide when to enable duos. In-game communication (text, voice, hints, etc) is crucial for auto-filled teams and is next on the list.

We hope the introduction of Squads will reduce the desire for teaming in solo play. That being said, we stood up a system that will automatically and swiftly ban teamers. We’ve been manually running the detection tool to...

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Hey Fortnite community,

We have exciting news: on September 26, Fortnite Battle Royale will be free for everyone on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.

What’s Fortnite Battle Royale?
It’s a 100-player PvP mode in Fortnite that will be free for everybody on Sept. 26. One giant map. A battle bus. Fortnite building skills and destructible environments combined with intense PvP combat. The last one standing wins.

So, what’s the catch?
No catch. Fortnite Battle Royale is free and we will not sell items that give a competitive advantage. At some point in the future we will sell other things including cosmetics or compendium-like content.

Squads are Coming!
On September 26, Fortnite Battle Royale will introduce squads. Also, we’re working to improve the feel of combat, controls, weapons, movement and inventory.

“Save the World” PvE Updates
Fortnite’s “Save the World” PvE campaign remains in paid E...

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