FORTNITE
Kenneth Shepard Aug 2, 2021. 1 minute read
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Character Ariana Grande to Host Concert in Fortnite
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius playable character Ariana Grande is the star of Fortnite’s next virtual concert. From August 6 to 8, players can log in and see an entire in-game concert featuring the “34+35” singer. Check out the trailer for the concert below: There are five showtimes across all three days, so…
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NEWS
Dillon Skiffington Jun 25, 2021. 3 minute read
Fortnite’s Cosmic Summer Event Quests Demand A Mindless Slog
Fortnite is holding a big summer bash this year with lots of new skins to purchase, limited-time game modes, and free cosmetics to be earned. As with most events, it also means more XP to collect through limited-time challenges so you can further level up your seasonal battle pass. There’s…
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TRENDING
Dillon Skiffington May 26, 2021. 2 minute read
Fortnite Chiara Skin Guide – All Styles, Back Bling, Gameplay
Chiara is a rare Fortnite skin added in Patch 16.5 during Season 2, Chapter 6. It’s part of the new Burning Highway set, themed around what seems to be a Mad Max type universe. One half of her arms and one half of her legs is mechanical and she’s outfitted…
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GUIDES
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Imran Khan May 4, 2021. 4 minute read
Epic vs. Apple: An Explainer
This week, Fortnite developer Epic Games went to court against tech giant Apple over what Epic alleges are unfair business practices. If you are confused about what lead to this point, we’re here to offer a handy-dandy explainer that will get updated as the trial proceeds. How It Started Fortnite, which is…
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NEWS
Imran Khan May 3, 2021. 2 minute read
PlayStation Charged Developers to Implement Crossplay
The trial between Epic and Apple, two mega-corporations both in and out of the gaming space, began today. As part of the trial, quite a lot of evidence and documentation has been made public, including Epic’s own internal communications with console partners like PlayStation. Contained within is PlayStation’s policies…
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Dillon Skiffington Mar 23, 2021. 2 minute read
How To Tame a Boar in Fortnite – Where to Find Boars
If you haven’t been keeping up with the latest Fortnite season, you’re probably confused by this Chapter 2, Season 6, Week 2 epic challenge. Wildlife is a completely new addition and while you can obviously hunt animals for resources like bones and meat, you can also take those materials and…
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GUIDES
Imran Khan Feb 23, 2021. 2 minute read
Review: Chug Jug With You
In 2018, YouTube channel CM Skits posted a 16-second video titled “Let’s Play Fortnite!!!!”, wherein a high-pitched distorted voice crooned a pained song snippet about the battle royale shooter Fortnite to the tune of “American Boy” by Estelle. It is the kind of video you chuckle at, close the window, and forget…
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REVIEWS
Imran Khan Feb 19, 2021. 1 minute read
Fortnite Datamine Suggests A Street Fighter Crossover
It is a little difficult for Fortnite, the incredibly popular battle royale/toybox, to phase us even more. After both Kratos and Master Chief became playable skins in the game a few months ago to surprisingly little conversation, we have largely become desensitized to the churning wheel of licenses Epic Games keeps…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Feb 19, 2021. 3 minute read
Valve Politely Asks To Be Left Alone After Apple Subpoena
It’s been about six months since Epic Games and Apple began their legal dispute about Apple taking a cut of in-game purchases on iOS devices after Fortnite was pulled from the storefront. Since then, Apple has revoked Epic Games’ access to iOS development tools. Epic also hosted has hosted an in-game…
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Nicholas Grayson Dec 25, 2020. 9 minute read
Niki Grayson’s Game of the Year List 2020
Aye. It’s Niki. I’m here to tell you about my favorite video games from the year of our lord 2020. Even though the year was an absolute fucking tire fire, Big Video Game™ managed to release some good video game products. This was also a big year for the website…
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FEATURES
Kenneth Shepard Dec 2, 2020. 2 minute read
Kratos is Joining Fortnite as the Game Continues to Morph into an Ad
Look, the most I ever pay attention to Fortnite is when it’s the subject of a messy, public divorce between two billion dollar companies, but every now and then an announcement comes along about Epic Games’ cultural phenomenon that gives me pause. Why is it that every time Fortnite penetrates beyond its own…
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merritt k Oct 27, 2020. 2 minute read
The Top 10 Games Where You Can Be a Pumpkin Head Guy
Since time immemorial, man has wanted to know what it would be like to be a guy with a pumpkin for a head. And so, it was fated that video games would explore this most compelling of fantasies, alongside other deeply-ingrained dreams like dating pigeons and making a gorilla drive…
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LISTS
Sean Aitchison Oct 9, 2020. 5 minute read
Why Superhero Video Games Need to Ditch “Realism”
Video game developer David Cage has stated that he thinks video games cannot tell emotional, meaningful stories and cannot otherwise be praiseworthy unless the characters have the highest number of polygons and look as close to reality as possible. Unfortunately, his views on realism are not unique, with other developers…
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FEATURES
Kenneth Shepard Aug 21, 2020. 2 minute read
Epic Continues to Make its Super Serious Apple Lawsuit into a Meme with Fortnite Event
As much as any of us would like to believe that Epic Games’ ongoing lawsuit between it and Apple has anything remotely resembling good intentions behind it, it’s really hard to feel that way when the Fortnite developer is using its game’s events to memeify the entire thing. Late last night,…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Aug 17, 2020. 2 minute read
Apple Says it’s Revoking Epic’s Access to iOS and Mac Developer Tools
The Epic and Apple public divorce is getting messier today, as the Fortnite developer has announced that Apple will be revoking its developer accounts on iOS and Mac devices, which will prevent the company from developing games for Apple’s platforms entirely. According to Epic’s statement, the change will happen on August…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Aug 14, 2020. 2 minute read
Epic is Suing Google, Fortnite Ad Parody Not Included
If you somehow managed to miss out on yesterday’s hoopla between Fortnite developer Epic Games and Apple, the wildly popular battle royale was removed from the App Store. This was after Epic deliberately tried to circumvent Apple’s 30% cut from purchases made through Apple’s digital storefront by allowing people to pay…
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Kenneth Shepard Aug 13, 2020. 2 minute read
Epic and Apple Undergo Public Divorce After Fortnite App Store Removal, Lawyers Are Involved
In a world where having billions of dollars in value can mean you can escape the consequences of your actions in most scenarios, that same privilege is apparently not afforded to you when you deliberately try to undermine another entity with billions of dollars in value. That is why Fortnite…
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John Warren May 28, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanbyte Morning News May 28, 2020
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merritt k May 21, 2020. 2 minute read
The 17 Best Holes in Video Games
When it comes to signification, the humble hole is anything but void. Symbolizing a lack, a break, a missing piece, the hole figures prominently in video games. Frequently, it is the passive nonexistence to the player’s active existence, the ever-present threat of oblivion. At other times, its powers are handed…
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LISTS
John Warren Apr 29, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanbyte Morning News April 29, 2020
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