Fortnite: Battle Royale

Fortnite: Battle Royale Dev Tracker




12 Jul


Heya folks,

Season 5 is finally here! Drop in now and experience Fortnite like you’ve never seen before.

WORLDS COLLIDE!

Drop into Season 5, where we’re introducing all kinds of changes to the map!  A viking ship, desert outpost, and ancient statues have appeared on the island, changing the world of Fortnite as we know it. On top of that, Fortnite’s first four person vehicle has arrived! Hop in a zippy ATK (All Terrain Kart) with your squad and uncover all new mysteries and locations, the possibilities are endless! 

For the full list of changes in Season 5, visit the ...

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11 Jul


We are excited to announce that this summer Epic Games will host the Summer Skirmish series. We’re kicking off an 8-week series of competitions where we’ll be awarding $8,000,000 in prize money. The events start this weekend with a $250,000 Duos competition.  Participants will be made up of community creators and Fortnite players who have demonstrated their competitive prowe...

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05 Jul

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    /u/3van on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Thanks! We've really been working hard to make improvements on this front. The Playground LTM was a really nice stress test, heh - I heard it was kind of popular or something. (kappa)


03 Jul

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Something doesn't sound right. If you had already played on an Xbox with that account, you should have not been able to play with that account on your cousin's PS4. Send me a PM with your account name if you were playing on an Xbox and you were able to use it to play on the PS4 - that sounds like an unintentional bug if so.

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    /u/3van on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by guytonre

If I go in and play for 10 minutes and then leave, do I still have 50 minutes left if I want to join later?

Edit: why is there a time limit?

If you exit your match, you will load into a new match with a new one hour time limit the next time you queue up.

The time limit is there so we don't completely run out of servers.

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    /u/3van on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by BurlsteinBurl

You've got a legendary cat

I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know he's a cat. He's a pretty horrible one: falls off the bed/couch all the time and lands on his back, can't be left alone for more than a day, has to be taken on a walk every day or else he goes crazy, etc.
(He's a pretty great dog, though.)

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    /u/-MrW on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Wild. Like for Playgrounds.

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    /u/3van on Reddit - Thread - Direct

I can't wait to see what you guys make. We all worked crazy hard to make this happen. <3

(My cat was nowhere near my laptop this time, so I'm assuming that's why everything went smoothly.)

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Thanks for the heads up /u/IlliniChiefKeef and /u/ecxtts_

The game should be playable again in a future build :)

Cheers, Michael Noland


02 Jul


#FortniteBlockbuster

Lights, camera, superhero action!

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WINNERS!

Congratulations to all the winners of the Blockbusters contest! Your mastery of the replay tool and narrative prowess wowed both the Fortnite community and us here at Epic. We look forward to seeing more blockbusters from all of you! Be on the lookout for your rewards, they should be deposited directly to your account, enjoy!

Grand Prize Winner (25,000 V-Bucks) :

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29 Jun

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Originally posted by bigben314_

First comment in 100 days 0.o

Really appreciate the transparency - you guys respond so fast! I just really wish this LTM would come out faster - hope you understand...

We totally get it. This one really bummed me out so I wanted to drop by and share how disappointed I am that we’re not all in Playgrounds right now. It sucks for you to wait and it sucks for us to have to tell you there will be a wait. You all care so much about Fortnite and we want to get this right for you.

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Originally posted by bigben314_

First time im genuinely disappointed with Epic in terms of being prepared, really sad :(

We share your disappointment. I’m so sorry we let you down. We know how excited everyone is for this LTM and we wanted so badly to get it into your hands before the weekend. We’ll do everything we can to get it live and stable.


26 Jun

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Yeah - I've also felt this way when I play at home. I'll speed it up, thanks!


25 Jun

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Originally posted by BlueZirconBoi

Please get it back into the switch too

Will do! The fix should apply to both platforms.


23 Jun

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Originally posted by iDrake99

What abbout the pickaxes?

We want to improve previewing of the harvesting tools in the front end too, but it's a bit more complicated than the glider was, so I don't have an estimated build for you.

Cheers, Michael Noland


22 Jun


Hey Fortnite friends,

Let’s take a look into the development process and some things that are ongoing and currently in the works for Save the World.

Player Reporting

Save the World is great with others, but a few bad eggs can hurt the experience. We recently implemented v1 of our true Player Reporting feature to give you the ability to responsibly flag improper conduct.

Reports are coming in and we’re analyzing the types of behaviors that are major problems for the community. Starting next week, you’ll receive an in-game message when we take action against one of the players you reported. That way you’ll know the system is working and that you are contributing to make Fortnite a better place to play.

Not every report will generate a penalty, an...

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Good idea! We've already implemented this and it will be in a future build; it just took a bit longer than playing the deployment animation as the sound was handled differently.

Cheers, Michael Noland


21 Jun

TL;DR - We are going to continue to make changes to evolve the game to give players multiple ways to counter each other in combat, and create more strategies to win the game. 

Fortnite is constantly evolving. Our goal with any changes is to keep the game fun and interesting, keeping it feeling fresh and new. 

It’s important to support a variety of late game strategies, that don’t boil down to “just build lol”. We strongly believe that the evolution of Fortnite supports a wide range of play styles and counterplay. Currently, the superiority of shotguns, rockets, and uncapped building are such a dominant play style in the final circle that most other strategies are being drowned out.

Recent & Upcoming Changes

We have made a few changes recently -- and will continue to make more -- to give you options to counter other players in combat, especially in the late game.

We are exploring changes to weapon balance and resource economy, l... Read more

13 Jun

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Just wanted to drop in and let people know the change to placement XP in the Solo playlist was not intentional and the playlist data has been restored to the correct Solo placement schedule in a back end deployment earlier today.

As a bit of background, we've been working to make it easier to create and maintain LTMs, and when we switched over to the more data driven approach, the always-on Solo playlist (but not other solo LTMs) accidentally got pointed to the Squad placement XP schedule.

Cheers, Michael Noland

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Just wanted to drop in and let people know the change to placement XP in the Solo playlist was not intentional and the playlist data has been restored to the correct Solo placement schedule in a back end deployment earlier today.

As a bit of background, we've been working to make it easier to create and maintain LTMs, and when we switched over to the more data driven approach, the always-on Solo playlist (but not other solo LTMs) accidentally got pointed to the Squad placement XP schedule.

Cheers, Michael Noland