The Fortnite Team

The Fortnite Team



13 Apr


Fortnite Fans,

Fortnite’s replay system is now live and we couldn’t be more thrilled to finally put it into your hands. We’re issuing an all-hands-on-deck situation: We want to see what you can do with this nifty new system, creating your best Fortnite Battle Royale highlights video!

For more details on the new replay system, head here.

What’s in it for you?

Glad you asked! Submit a highlights video of your own g...

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Replay Royale Contest Rules

  1. ELIGIBILITY:  The Replay Royale (“Contest”) is open to individuals aged 16 and older who are Fortnite Licensees throughout the Contest Period (“Contestants”). Contest is open to participants worldwide, but is void wherever restricted or prohibited by law. The Contest is sponsored by Epic Games, Inc., located at 620 Crossroads Blvd, Cary, NC 27518 (“Sponsor”). Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives of Sponsor, the legal, promotion and advertising agencies of any aforementioned entity, and their immediate family members (defined as spouse, mother, father, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, grandparents and in-laws, regardless of where they live) and those living in their household (whether or not related), and each person or entity connected with the production or administration of the Contest, and each parent company, affiliate, subsidiary...

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12 Apr

Heya folks,

It’s been no secret that over the past 24 hours we’ve been experiencing issues with our services that have prevented many of you from playing Battle Royale and Save the World. We’re sorry. We know how frustrating this has been.

We messed up here. As thanks for being awesome and patient, we’re doing the following:
  • For Battle Royale players, this weekend we’ll be offering a Back Bling gift that you can pick up in the store for free.
  • For our Save the World folks, this weekend we will be offering a Troll Stash Llama in the loot tab for free.
Next week, we will be granting a pack of Battle Stars to our Battle Royale players and Seasonal Gold to the Save the World players. This will require brief additional downtime, so we will be including it as a part of our planned update next week.

We’ll have a detailed postmortem of this week’s issues, and more information about how we will improve services for you in the future... Read more

11 Apr

Heya Folks, 

We’re excited to finally be able share the replay system we’ve been working on for Fortnite Battle Royale with you! 

You can now save your matches and watch them again from any angle, and share those hype plays with the entire squad. Adjust all sorts of cameras and settings to capture awesome cinematic moments on the battlefield. You can also use the replay system to analyze the match, learn where you can improve, develop strategies and take that Victory!  Level those skills up!

We actually use this same system internally to shoot all of the Weapon, Outfit, and Limited Time Mode trailers we release. And we’re psyched to finally get these tools into your hands!

Replay System Features:

Camera Modes
  • Third Person
    • Follows and orbits around the selected player.
    • 3 different follow modes: Off, Auto, Lazy.
  • Drone Follow
    • Drone style camera that ...
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30 Mar


#boogiedown Contest Rules

1. ELIGIBILITY:  The #boogiedown (“Contest”) is open to adults who are Fortnite Licensees throughout the Contest Period (“Contestants”). Contest is open to participants worldwide, but is void wherever restricted or prohibited by law. The Contest is sponsored by Epic Games, Inc., located at 620 Crossroads Blvd, Cary, NC 27518 (“Sponsor”). Employees, officers, directors, agents, representatives of Sponsor, the legal, promotion and advertising agencies of any aforementioned entity, and their immediate family members (defined as spouse, mother, father, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, grandparents and in-laws, regardless of where they live) and those living in their household (whether or not related), and each person or ent...

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#boogiedown

Introducing… the #boogiedown Contest!

To celebrate you, the fans, we’re calling upon our most passionate gamers to show us their best moves, with the first place winner’s dance created as an emote in Fortnite!

It’s easy to enter - simply take a video of you (or your friends) boogie-ing down and share your submission on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram with #boogiedown.

The contest begins right now and will run until April 10. All entries must be submitted during the contest period. You can see the full rules ...

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29 Mar


We’re proud to present the Combat Pro control scheme for Save the World!  Here are the PS4 & Xbox One images (explanation below):
 

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15 Mar


Hey Fortnite Community,

Today we’re emailing the first round of invites for the Fortnite Invite Event on iOS. This is the initial round of invites. We will be sending more in the coming days and weeks, so if you don’t get one right away, don’t worry.

The game is in an early state and we look forward to your feedback as we iterate and improve. We will email you when you are granted friend invites. Please post your suggestions to ...

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On PlayStation 4, cross-play, cross-purchase and cross-progression have been available between PS4, PC and Mac since the launch of Battle Royale back in September.

Starting today, Fortnite will ALSO support cross-platform functionality between PlayStation 4 and iOS! Support for Android is coming within the next few months. As always, cross-platform functionality is a 100% opt-in experience.

For now, cross-platform functionality will require several steps to enable. We are working to make this easier in the next few weeks.

To connect your PlayStation Network Account to an Epic Games account:

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Starting today on Xbox One, cross-platform play, purchasing and progression are available between Xbox One, PC, Mac and iOS.  Support for Android is coming in the next few months. As always, cross-platform functionality is a completely opt-in experience.

For now, cross-platform functionality will require several steps to enable. We are working to make this easier in the next few weeks.

To connect your Xbox Live Account to an Epic Games account:

  • Access the Official Fortnite Website.
  • If you are already logged in, hover over your display name and select “Sign Out”.
  • Hover over the silhouette next to “Download” and select “Xbox”.
  • Sign in with your Xbox Live creden...
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50 celebrities. 50 pro gamers. One Victory Royale.

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Join us this E3 for the ultimate Fortnite Party Royale, pairing some of the world’s greatest athletes and entertainers with top Fortnite Battle Royale players from across the globe.

Teams will clash in the premier Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am in Los Angeles during E3. One team will rise to the top for ultimate bragging rights. Who will claim Victory Royale? We’ll soon begin building the teams, so stay tuned for more information on the event.

And one more thing... details on the first season of competitive play coming in the next few week...

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10 Mar


Hey Fortnite Community,

We’re happy to announce today that in partnership with our friends at Microsoft, Fortnite will feature cross-play, cross-progression, and cross-purchase, between Xbox One, PC, Mac, iOS and (in the next few months) Android.

Contrary to what may have been implied, Microsoft has long been a leading voice in supporting cross-platform play, connecting players across PC, mobile and all consoles. We’ve been working together with them over the last several months to make this possible, and will bring this functionality to Fortnite players on Xbox right along with other platforms.

With each new platform we support and every update we ship, we strive to bring Fortnite to more people, and make it easier to play together with friends. And, as always, cross-play is opt in.

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08 Mar


Hey Fortnite Community,

Fortnite Battle Royale is coming to mobile devices! On phones and tablets, Fortnite is the same 100-player game you know from PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac. Same gameplay, same map, same content, same weekly updates. Starting Monday, you can sign-up for the Invite Event on iOS. Support for Android will be coming in the next few months.

In partnership with our friends at Sony, Fortnite Battle Royale will support Cross Play and Cross Progression between PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, iOS and eventually Android. This means players across devices can squad up with friends and play together.

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02 Mar


The Fortnite Spray Contest (the “Contest”) is subject to these Fortnite Spray Contest Official Rules (“Official Rules”), which are binding and final on matters relating to the Contest, except as expressly stated otherwise.  No purchase necessary to enter or win.  The Contest is sponsored by Epic Games, Inc. (the “Sponsor”). The Contest is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Twitter or Instagram.   

1. How to Enter:

Online submissions only.  Entrants (as defined below) can enter the Contest by uploading an original design inspired by Fortnite’s Ghost or Shadow factions to such Entrants’ own Twitter or Instagram account, with the hashtag #FortniteSprayContest, and make it publicly visible and searchable, during the Contest Period (as defined below) (“Submission”).

All Su...

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28 Feb


What is Twitch Prime?
If you have an existing Amazon Prime membership, then you have Twitch Prime. As part of Twitch Prime you can unlock some awesome free loot as a subscriber.

How do I get it?
Head over to your Twitch account, go to your settings, hit the Twitch Prime tab and connect away! Or navigate to the Twitch Prime Page itself.

What’s this Twitch Prime / Fortnite Pack?
You can find out more info about the Fortnite Twitch Prime Packs ...

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21 Feb

Heya folks,

We’re always hammering away at building and working through ways to improve feel. Our new features (in v.3.0.0) allow you to both be in the heat of battle and still craft that clutch set of stairs!

Turbo Building
“Turbo Building” allows you to hold down primary fire and continuously place the selected building piece (Toggled in the Game options). Now you can “paint” building pieces into the world quickly. This will be very useful for defensively building walls around you and sprinting up ramps while building them simultaneously.

Automatic Material Swapping
“Auto Change Materials” will switch to another material when your current supply runs dry (this can be toggled in the Game options). In addition to “Turbo Building” this makes the building process fast and simple. It also allows for quick defensive structures from flanking with less input and worry about running out of a particula...

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19 Feb


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Heya folks,

With Season 2 coming to a close later this week, we’re here to answer your questions!

Battle Pass

New to the Battle Pass? It’s a way to get exclusive loot by playing Fortnite. Then earn or buy tiers to unlock even more rewards!

When you buy the Season 3 Battle Pass, you’ll instantly unlock a batch of great in-game rewards including the new Mission Specialist Outfit! As you play during the season, you unlock a series of reward tiers. The more you play, the more you unlock.

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09 Feb


Service Stability Issues

We were not able to stay ahead of our continued growth and multiple of our backend services have been struggling under load the last several weeks (e.g. friends functionality and general login service). And we also shipped v2.3.0 with significant bugs.

We don’t consider either acceptable. We have changed our release plans & processes to help improve quality of client builds, and scrambled people to make traction on backend scalability by any means possible.


Ongoing Optimizations

When you play some Battle Royale, we want the time from when you’re in the lobby to when you’re in the action to be as short as possible. We’re continuing to work on load time improvements to help with that. You want a smoother in-game experience, and we agree!

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18 Jan


Excited for the new map update this week? Get a dev perspective with some of the Fortnite team!

David Spalinski, Lead Level Designer:

Since the initial release of Battle Royale in September we’ve been keeping an eye on opportunities to improve and add to the map. We had some initial predictions about what would make it better for you, but chose to take the time to watch, listen, and play with the community to learn about various things we couldn’t have known at the onset. We’ve taken that knowledge and built it into this update, which represents a major iteration on the Battle Royale map.

One of the primary things we identified needed improvement was the density of the points of interests (POIs...

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10 Jan


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. NVIDIA ShadowPlay Highlights is supported for all PC gamers using GeForce GTX 650 and above graphics cards.

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.

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More info on ShadowPlay features can be found ...

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