Friday marks the beginning of another Fortnite x Star Wars crossover, with content coming to Battle Royale, Lego, Festival, and Rocket Racing. Players can rescue Chewbacca, battle the Empire, Battle Royle, and form a band in the Mos Eisley Cantina. The crossover also adds new weapons, quests, outfits, and more. Fortnite crosses over with Star …
Disney invests $1.5 billion in Fortnite maker Epic Games Disney has announced that it is investing $1.5 billion in Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite, marking its biggest move into the gaming world. Straight Arrow News Fornite Chapter 5 Season 2 was set to release on March 8, but with servers down what’s going on …
The server for the popular video game Fortnite is still down just before the launch of Chapter 5: Season 2 of the game. Epic Games, owner of Fortnite, currently has servers for Fortnite shut down for scheduled maintenance ahead of the release. The maintenance was only supposed to last until Friday morning, but servers are …
Disney has purchased a £1.1billion ($1.5bilion) stake in Epic Games, it was revealed yesterday (February 7). The official announcement on the Epic Games website states that the two companies will also be working together on a “persistent and social” game which will allow users to interact with various different Disney franchises. This new game is …
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court’s decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game “Fortnite.” The justices also turned …
Have you ever wanted to display Fortnite or Spider-Man on your car’s dashboard or front bumper? Well, your opportunity may be coming very soon. Sony and Honda recently showed off their prototype 2024 Afeela EV at their CES press conference, where it was introduced by being driven on stage using the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. …
Readers may know me as one of Destructoid’s local Destiny heads, but right now, we need to talk about the Video Game Awards (VGA). Namely, how Cyberpunk 2077 stole a 2023 award from another game and studio. On December 7, the VGA named Cyberpunk 2077 the winner of the ceremony’s Best Ongoing Game award. This was in spite of the fact …
Epic Games and LEGO partnered to create a new Fortnite cooperative crafting mode called LEGO Fortnite. Downloadable through the Fortnite launcher, LEGO promises to offer a secure environment for kids to express their creativity. Fortnite is no stranger to crossovers, but this extends beyond adding new skins. LEGO Fortnite allows up to eight players to …
The ongoing Epic Games v. Google trial has uncovered the tech giant’s plan to purchase the Fortnite developer at one point. According to an internal email exchange dating back to 2018, Google planned to purchase a controlling stake in Epic Games. This would have theoretically allowed Google to make Fortnite a core component of Android. …
During the ongoing Epic vs Google antitrust trial, Google confirmed in court that it had offered a $147 million deal to Epic for launching its battle royale game Fortnite on the Google Play store for Android. Purnima Kochikar, the VP of Play partnerships at Google, said that the deal was proposed and presented to Epic, …