Fortnite
A hugely popular video game developed by Epic Games. The company's attempt to bypass the 30% app store fee for in-game purchases led to the lawsuits against Apple and Google.
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Fortnite is a multi-modal online video game and platform developed by Epic Games, first released in 2017. It encompasses several distinct experiences, most notably the cultural phenomenon Fortnite Battle Royale, alongside Save the World, Creative, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival, and Fortnite Ballistic. By December 2019, the game had generated $9 billion in gross revenue and attracted over 125 million players within its first year. Beyond its commercial success, Fortnite has been at the center of major legal battles regarding digital marketplaces; Epic Games successfully challenged Google's Play Store as an illegal monopoly in a landmark antitrust case, though it faced a different outcome in its litigation against Apple's iOS App Store.
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The Game Awards - Best Ongoing
Developer
Epic Games
Platforms
macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game Engine
Unreal Engine
Player Count
125 million (within first year)
Gross Revenue
$9 billion (as of December 2019)
Initial Release Year
2017
Timeline
- Initial release of Fortnite: Save the World and Fortnite Battle Royale as early access titles. (Source: Wikipedia)
2017-07-25
- Fortnite Battle Royale reaches 125 million players within its first year of release. (Source: Wikipedia)
2018-07-25
- Release of Fortnite Creative, allowing players freedom to create worlds and arenas. (Source: Wikipedia)
2018-12-06
- Fortnite reaches a cumulative gross revenue milestone of $9 billion. (Source: Wikipedia)
2019-12-31
- A jury finds Google's Play Store to be an illegal monopoly in the Epic vs. Google antitrust lawsuit. (Source: eb4480db-8906-408f-b8da-c7f2622c98ce)
2023-12-11
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Fortnite is a 2017 online video game and game platform developed and released by Epic Games. It is available in seven distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite Battle Royale, a battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative hybrid tower defense-shooter and survival game in which up to four players fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with traps and fortifications they can build; Fortnite Creative, in which players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas; Lego Fortnite, an open world game collection divided between survival game Lego Fortnite Odyssey and social game Lego Fortnite Brick Life; Rocket Racing, a racing game; Fortnite Festival, a rhythm game; and Fortnite Ballistic, a tactical first-person shooter currently in early access. All game modes except Save the World are free-to-play. Save the World and Battle Royale were released in 2017 as early access titles, while Creative was released on December 6, 2018. While the Save the World and Creative versions have been successful for Epic Games, Fortnite Battle Royale in particular became an overwhelming success and a cultural phenomenon, drawing more than 125 million players in less than a year, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month. Fortnite as a whole generated $9 billion in gross revenue up until December 2019, and it has been listed among the greatest games of all time. Save the World is available for macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, while Battle Royale and Creative were released for all those platforms as well as Android and iOS devices and Nintendo Switch. The game also launched with the release of the ninth-generation PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. Furthermore, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival, and Fortnite Ballistic are available on all platforms.
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- Fortnite - Wikipedia
Fortnite Battle Royale is a player-versus-player game for up to 100 players, allowing one to play alone, in a duo, or in a squad (usually consisting of three or four players). Weaponless players airdrop from a "Battle Bus" that crosses the game's map, and then scavenge for weapons, items, and resources while trying to stay alive and to attack and eliminate other players. Over the course of a round, the safe area of the map shrinks down in size due to an incoming toxic storm; players outside [...] Fortnite Festival is a rhythm game developed by Harmonix, consisting of three modes. In the "Main Stage", players play popular hit songs and original tracks created by Harmonix and the Epic Games Sound Team, hitting notes to the rhythm in the Main Stage on one of the four unique parts: Lead, Guitar/Bass, Drums and Vocals, in a manner similar to Harmonix's Rock Band games, while the "Battle Stage" pits sixteen players to get the highest score and survive each round until one player remains. In [...] Fortnite: Save the World is a player-versus-environment cooperative game, with four players collaborating towards a common objective on various missions while avoiding the effects of an encroaching cataclysmic storm. The players take the role of commanders of home base shelters, collecting resources, saving survivors, and defending equipment that helps to either collect data on the storm or to push back the storm. From missions, players are awarded a number of in-game items, which include hero
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©2025 Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved. Epic, Epic Games, the Epic Games logo, Unreal, Unreal Engine, UE5, the Unreal Engine logo, Fortnite, the Fortnite logo, Fortnite Festival, and Rocket Racing are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the USA and elsewhere. Rocket League ©2025 Psyonix LLC. LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2025 The LEGO Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. [...] Chapter Seven kicks off a new era for Fortnite Battle Royale’s story, where the greatest stories are told — the Golden Coast. Surf the Storm to an all-new sun-soaked Island and become the last player standing with an all-new new arsenal at your disposal. Drive the reboot vans, soar through the sky in a Wingsuit, and unlock your cast in a star-studded Battle Pass in Chapter Seven: Pacific Break! ## Everything you love, all in Fortnite! [...] Play thousands of games made by developers like deathruns, tycoons, racing, zombie survival and more! Or, build your own games with Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) or Fortnite Creative tools for everyone to play. Each game has an individual age rating so you can find what’s right for you. ## Chapter 7 Pacific Break
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