These structures aren’t impenetrable - you can’t just build four walls and a roof and call it a day. It uses the building mechanics of the core game, so players can create platforms and walls to either get a better vantage point or hide from enemy fire. In “Fortnite," battle royale means up to 100 players on a single map trying to be the last person or squad standing as the safe zones get smaller and smaller, forcing all remaining players together. It was popularized by the PC/Xbox One game "PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds," which came out earlier in 2017, and “Fortnite” built on that existing formula while adding some new tricks of its own. You’ll get a chance to observe how experienced players act - when they build, how they stay alive - and have fun along the way, which is really all that matters.Īnd if it’s not for you, that’s fine too at least now you have a better understanding of what the fuss is all about.īattle royale is a gameplay genre that uses strategy and survival elements in a last-man-standing arena, much like in the Japanese movie of the same name (or, more recently, "The Hunger Games"). 1 victory royale on the first try, or even the tenth, but you’re always welcome to keep on trying. Sure, you’re probably not going to top the competition and achieve a No. “Fortnite” is uniquely welcoming to newcomers, which isn’t true of all online shooter-style games.īecause it’s free, there are always inexperienced players jumping into a match for the first time. Why has this particular game gotten so big? Even if a decent portion of players are only chipping in $10 or $20 for some V-Bucks (the game's currency), that adds up to a lot of money when you consider the player base of the game. Microtransactions are in-game purchases that cost real money in exchange for in-game currency, which can be used to buy various items and skins (slang for how a player looks in the game). “Fortnite” gets a large chunk of its revenue from microtransactions (small purchases to buy in-game currency) - it’s making over $300 million a month at this point. If “Fortnite” is mostly free, does that mean it’s going to run out of money? There’s something distinctly watchable about this battle royale its art style, mechanics and fanbase provide endless entertainment, and even celebrities like Drake are getting in on the action.
Epic Games has been quiet about the total number of players, but we know that as of January “Fortnite” had around 45 million active players across all platforms and that number is only going to go up, especially with the recent release of the game on Nintendo’s popular Switch console.Īnd that still doesn’t even account for the many people who tune in just to watch others play on streaming sites like Twitch and YouTube. The battle royale mode is what remains incredibly popular and what most people are talking about when they talk about “Fortnite.” Reset my password and forced a logout across all devices.This is when “Fortnite” really started to take off - 10 million people were playing within weeks of its release. Reached out to EG support and they were initially helpful but have since stopped replying. Tl dr: Suspicious activity on my EG account. Looking for guidance and I guess just some reassurance. I reset my password and changed my 2FA from my phone number to my Authenticator App (is this wise?) and then I also forced a logout from all devices.ĭo you recommend anything further I should do to make sure my account is secure? Is there some way I can see this supposed suspicious activity from my EG account? What would get flagged as suspicious? I only login to play Fortnite from my Switch so I am unsure why there would be account activity from the EG account itself. I've done both of those things and have received no further response beyond the initial email. (I've emailed him twice in case the first one did not go through.) He sent me a new password reset to my connected email account and contacted me via my work email like asked and told me to reset and email him back. I asked him to reach out via my work email so I could easily stay on top of any incoming emails from Epic. He said he would but would have to close the chat. I did not find exactly what I was looking for and I decided to reach out via chat.Ī nice support rep helped me out and noticed that there was in fact some suspicious activity, so I asked him to resend the password reset email so I knew it was coming from Epic. I didn't find any so I tried to search the HELP section to see if Epic tended to email people when they see something suspicious happening. Instead, I logged into my EG account and tried to see if there were any messages on the account regarding suspicious activity. I received an email from Epic Games support to the email my account is attached to claiming suspicious activity and needing to reset my password via a link. Looking for some advice! I hope this is okay to post here.