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Fortnite Creator Claims Google Forced OnePlus to Renege on Launcher Deal

Tim August 14, 2020 28

More details about the battle royale between Fortnite creator Epic Games and Google are surfacing, following yesterday's news that Apple and Google have pulled the game from their respective game stores due to Epic implementing a bypass of those stores'...

You No Longer Need an Invite to Play Fortnite on Android

Tim October 11, 2018

Epic Games announced this morning that Android players no longer need an invite to download and play Fortnite. Woot! Looking back at Fortnite's Android rollout, it was first available to select Samsung Galaxy devices, then a few more devices from different...

Fortnite Season 6 is Live for All Platforms, Offers Player Pets and Big Map Changes

Tim September 27, 2018

Season 6 for Fortnite's Battle Royale mode is now live, complete with an all-new Battle Pass for unlocking new content, big map changes, as well as a few mysteries for players to discover on their own. Cosmetically speaking, there are of course a ton of new...

Fortnite Adds Voice Chat for Android Players, More Device Support

Tim September 6, 2018

Patch notes for v5.40 of Fortnite are up for digesting, and as always, there's a lot to take in. Not only is there a completely new game mode called High Stakes (which sounds like great fun for squads of 4 players), but Android players also received a few good...

Fortnite on Android: Frustrating Controls, but Still Promising

Tim August 13, 2018

Earlier this year, Epic Games announced it was bringing Fortnite to mobile devices. It was launched for iOS some time ago, but is now out for select Samsung Galaxy devices for Android players. Thankfully, I have a Galaxy S9+ sitting on my desk, so I downloaded...

You’ll be Fine Downloading Fortnite for Android Outside of Google Play (Updated)

Kellen August 3, 2018

The media hysteria over today's news that Epic Games will release Fortnite for Android outside of Google Play is a bit much. It's really not that big of a deal. It's certainly not worth proclaiming that malware will take over the world, that you'll instead...

When Fortnite for Android Launches, You Won’t Find It on Google Play

Tim August 3, 2018

There typically isn't so much news surrounding a game's launch for Android, but this is Fortnite, currently the world's most popular game. It also helps that I play Fortnite on a daily basis, so this news hits close to home for me. According to The Verge, who...

When Fortnite Launches for Android, It Might be a Samsung Exclusive for Limited Time

Tim July 26, 2018

If you thought OS exclusivity periods for select apps were bad, wait till you get a load of Android OEM exclusivities! According to a source of 9to5Google, when Fortnite launches for Android this year, it may be an exclusive for Samsung devices, the upcoming...