Hey Fortnite community,

We are excited to announce that starting today, Fortnite Battle Royale is available on Nintendo Switch. We can’t wait to board the Battle Bus with all of you Nintendo fans!

The game will be rolling out to all regions via the Nintendo eShop today. North America is live now, and the game will be available worldwide at 5:00pm ET/ 9:00pm UTC. 
 
On Nintendo Switch, Fortnite Battle Royale is the same game you know from PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, and mobile. Same gameplay, same map, same content, same weekly updates. With Switch, you can squad up with your friends in the same room or around the world, and even play on the go. 
We have updated our FAQ with Switch specific information, you can read that here. Where will you drop?

Suit up… the High Stakes event has begun! Play the new Getaway LTM, complete challenges to unlock free cosmetic rewards and bling out your squad with new store offerings. 

Here’s the plan. Four safes have been loaded into supply drops scattered around the island, each carrying a large jewel. You and your crew must locate a safe, pick up the prize inside and getaway with the goods while battling enemies. The first four teams to make their way to a van with a jewel and getaway win! Are you up for the job?

Escape with the goods and you can unlock even more rewards. Earn free cosmetics items in-game by completing the special High Stakes Challenges.

• Play 10 matches of The Getaway - Get 5,000 XP
• Do 500 damage to Jewel ca...

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INTRO

On August 9th we launched the Android Beta of Fortnite on select devices from our partners at Samsung. A few days later, we began issuing invitations to a subset of Android device owners across a variety of handset manufacturers. We’ve learned a lot from the beta with regards to performance, security, device compatibility and providing Fortnite on Android through the Fortnite Installer. Let’s dive into the technical details behind the launch, what we’re working on and where we see Android in the near future.  

STATS

In the first 21 days since the Fortnite’s launch on Android, interest has been extremely high, with over 23 million players entering our Android beta and over 15 million players installing our APK.  While we are in an invite-only phase for A... Read more

WEEK 8 FORMAT

SUMMER SKIRMISH at PAX WEST

The final Summer Skirmish competition will be a 3-Stage Solo event held Friday to Monday. At each Stage, players will earn points based on the following scoring system:

VICTORY ROYALE: +3 POINTS

2ND-3RD PLACE: +2 POINTS

4TH-10TH PLACE: +1 POINT

3-4 ELIMINATIONS: +1 POINT*

5-6 ELIMINATIONS: +2 POINTS*

7+ ELIMINATIONS: +3 POINTS*

*These points can only be earned once per match. For example, 10 eliminations would only earn you +3 points and any additional eliminations will not add points to your score.

We’re kicking things off with three Stage one heats every day, running Friday to Sunday. These will be open to the first players to register on site each day. Each heat will play a mini-series of two matches to determin...

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WEEK 7 FORMAT

Big Bonus

Teams will be ranked on a Contest Leaderboard based on their current points. Victory Royales and eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine score and placement during each game. The top teams at the end of the each game will be rewarded based on score at the end of each game. The top teams at the conclusion of the entire 5 game series will also be rewarded for cumulative score.
 

Teams will be awarded points and prizes after each game based on the following scoring system:

Eliminations: 1 Point Each

Victory Royale: +5 Bonus Points

8 or more Eliminations: +5 Bonus Points*

*These bonus points do not stack. For example, a 16 elimination game would only grant +5 bonus points, not +10 bonus points.
 

• Group 1 play will begin at approximately 9am PST (5 total matches) on Frida...

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Howdy PAX West Summer Skirmishers!

Here are the details for the $1,500,000 competition happening at PAX West very soon.

Format

The final Summer Skirmish competition will be a 3-Stage Solo event held Friday to Monday. At each Stage, players will earn points based on the following scoring system:

Victory Royale: +3 Points

2nd-3rd Place: +2 Points

4th-10th Place: +1 Point

3-4 Eliminations: +1 Point*

5-6 Eliminations: +2 Points*

7+ Eliminations: +3 Points*

*These points can only be earned once per match. For example, 10 elimination...

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Another big Fortnite event is on the horizon –  tell your friends using #FortnitePAXWest!

Where are we dropping?

Downtown Seattle! We’re landing at PAX West 2018 on Friday, August 31 through Monday, September 3 and we’re bringing plenty of fun activities for solos and squads. Find us outside at 8th and Pine and inside the Washington State convention center on the 1st floor “Yakima” or tune-in to the conclusion of the Summer Skirmish tournament series, live at PAX West!

Fortnite Summer Skirmish Tournament

The Summer Skirmish tournament will conclude at PAX West with a live $1,500,000 USD competition open to all PAX West attendees. Registration for the event will be held on site each day starting at 8:00AM at PAX Lot 73 on 8th and Pine.

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WEEK 6 FORMAT

KING PIN

Each game, teams will be ranked on a Contest Leaderboard based on the points earned in a single game. Teams will be awarded prize money at the end of each game based on the amount of points earned during that specific game. Eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine points and placement during each game. Victory Royales will provide a multiplier to the next game's points. A total of 5 games will be played for each region each day.

 

• Group 1 play will begin at approximately 9am PST (5 total matches)

• Group 2 play will begin at approximately 2pm PST (5 total matches)

 

More information can be found on the Twitch Rivals page ...

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Hello Fortnite competitors,

We’ve just finished up Summer Skirmish Week 5 and we wanted to give you folks a mid-skirmish update from some of the previous weeks. We’re talkin’ interesting stats, additional info on a few standout performers, and our learnings about formats so far. Here’s a quick breakdown of some fun stats from the past weeks:

• The longest range elimination was scored by HighDistortion, with a 267m knockout of MoNsTcR with a Scoped Assault Rifle.
• The longest range sniper elimination was scored by InTheLittleWood on Danzhizzle, with a 247m hunting rifle shot.
• In Week 3, three pairings were able to dominate the field, topping the group with 24 eliminations
  • SKT Ghoul and Ghost DMO
  • Mickalow and Robi62
  • Greyfox and mouZ Mops.
• Week 4 saw a sizable gap between the elimination leaders from each region. Day One was very tightly packed at the top.
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WEEK 5 FORMAT

KING PIN

Teams will be ranked on a Contest Leaderboard based on their current points. Victory Royales and Eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine placement, score, and multipliers during the event. The top 20 players at the end of the 8 games will be awarded. In the case of a tie, players will be scored on a tiebreaker system. You can also check the top players here.
 

Teams will be ranked on the Leaderboard based on the following scoring system:

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Hello Fortnite fans!

Jump from the Battle Bus, open your favorite Glider, and land in Hall 8.1 at this year’s gamescom, where there’s an extra special Fornite experience waiting for you. Alongside numerous Fornite-themed activities, you’ll be entertained by talented community members on our show stage, and maybe you’ll even get to meet your favorite streamers and YouTubers shooting new videos in our content creator village!

HandOfBlood and Trymacs will be with you all week, hosting our stage program in their own unique way. We will release more details on this in the coming days.

We’re looking forward to 5 days of Fortnite with you at gamescom 2018!

WEEK 5 FORMAT

KING PIN

Teams will be ranked on a Contest Leaderboard based on their current points. Victory Royales and Eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine placement, score, and multipliers during the event. The top 20 players at the end of the 8 games will be awarded. In the case of a tie, players will be scored on a tiebreaker system. You can also check the top players here.
 

Teams will be ranked on the Leaderboard based on the following scoring system:

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We’re excited to announce the Fortnite Beta on Android is launching this week. Players with Samsung Galaxy devices are the first to be invited starting today.  The Android Beta will begin opening for other devices* over the next few days.

*Currently supported on the following Samsung Devices:

• Samsung Galaxy: S7 / S7 Edge , S8 / S8+, S9 / S9+, Note 8, Note 9, Tab S3, Tab S4

Purchasers of the new Samsung Note 9 or Galaxy Tab S4 will get access to the new Galaxy outfit.

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Heya folks,

We’ve seen various discussions about SMGs, building material changes, and general weapon vs structure interaction. We agree that weapons should have a unique purpose and that building should feel great as well as show off your tactical skills in the heat of battle. Your feedback in combination with internal testing has shown that previous changes in these areas were not achieving the goals we had set out for. The new changes are aimed at allowing for strengths and weaknesses between the SMGs, shotguns and structures during close range combat.

Here are the changes that are now live:

Building Changes

By increasing initial wall health values based on material type, material strength should feel more intuitive when making decisions
 

• Wood wall initial HP increased from 80 to 90
• Stone wall initial HP increased from 80 to 100
• Metal wall initial HP increased f...

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Heya folks, test

We recently stood up our Playground LTM on June 27th, at about 4 AM EDT. Following this, we experienced an overload of our matchmaking service which caused both the default modes and Playground to fall over.  We worked to get the service to where it needed to be, and were finally able to roll out the mode on the evening of July 2nd.

What happened?
Our matchmaking is built on something called the Matchmaking Service (MMS), which is responsible for facilitating the “handshake” between players looking to join a match and an available dedicated server open to host that match.  Each node in the matchmaking cluster keeps a large list of open dedicated servers that it can work with, randomly distributed by region to keep a roughly proportional amount of free servers for each.  Players that connect to MMS request a server for their region, MMS assigns that player to a node, and the node picks a free server for the requested region fr... Read more

WEEK 4 FORMAT

HOLD THE THRONE

The first player to reach 8 points is the winner. Victory Royales, Top Placements, and Eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine placement at the end of the event. The top 20 players at the end of the Summer Skirmish will be awarded. In the case of a tie, players will be scored on a tiebreaker system. You can also check the top players here.

Victory Royale: +2 Points
Second Place: +1 Point
Th...

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WEEK 4 FORMAT

HOLD THE THRONE

The first player to reach 8 points is the winner. Victory Royales, Top Placements, and Eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine placement at the end of the event. The top 20 players at the end of the Summer Skirmish will be awarded. In the case of a tie, players will be scored on a tiebreaker system. You can also check the top players here.

Victory Royale: +2 Points
Second Place: +1 Point
Th...

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WEEK 3 FORMAT

RACE TO THE CROWN

The first Duos team to reach 13 points is the winner. Victory Royales and Eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine placement at the end of the event. The top 20 teams at the end of the Summer Skirmish will be awarded. You can also check the top players here.

Victory Royale: +4 Points
5 or more Eliminations: +2 Points
Most Eliminations (per match): ...

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WEEK 3 FORMAT

RACE TO THE CROWN

The first Duos team to reach 13 points is the winner. Victory Royales and Eliminations in this competition will be scored to determine placement at the end of the event. The top 20 teams at the end of the Summer Skirmish will be awarded. You can also check the top players here.

Victory Royale: +4 Points
5 or more Eliminations: +2 Points
Most Eliminations (per match): ...

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FORTNITE – SOLO SHOWDOWN

Official Contest Rules

By participating in the Fortnite – Solo Showdown Limited Time Mode (the “Contest”), Contestants agree to be bound by these Fortnite - Solo Showdown Official Contest Rules (the “Rules”), which are binding and final on matters relating to this Contest.

SUMMARY:

In the Solo Showdown LTM you will be placed against other self-selected competitors making this the ultimate test of survival.  Placements in this limited time mode will be specially tracked and determine rewards you receive at the end of the event. The top 100 players in each server region will be awarded.

Your first 25 matches in the Solo Showdown LTM will be counted towards your Score.  You must play 25...

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