06-14-2018, 10:24 PM
Fortnite has attracted 125M players in under a year
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fortnite-has-attracted-125m-players-in-under-a-year.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><strong>Newsbrief:</strong> <em>Fortnite</em> has grown to 125 million registered players since launching less than a year ago on July 25, 2017. </p>
<p>Publisher Epic Games broke the news in a <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/announcing-2018-2019-fortnite-competitive-season">blog post</a>, where the main focus was the game’s <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/318485/Epic_Games_puts_up_100M_for_Fortnite_esports_prize_pool.php">$100 million push into esports</a>.</p>
<p>While the popular multiplayer shooter did indeed hit shelves in July last year, the stand out battle royale game mode was only added in September.</p>
<p>Since then, the title has gone from strength to strength, and is now available on most major platforms including PS4, Xbox One, PC, MacOS, mobile, and Nintendo Switch.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fortnite-has-attracted-125m-players-in-under-a-year.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p><strong>Newsbrief:</strong> <em>Fortnite</em> has grown to 125 million registered players since launching less than a year ago on July 25, 2017. </p>
<p>Publisher Epic Games broke the news in a <a href="https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/announcing-2018-2019-fortnite-competitive-season">blog post</a>, where the main focus was the game’s <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/318485/Epic_Games_puts_up_100M_for_Fortnite_esports_prize_pool.php">$100 million push into esports</a>.</p>
<p>While the popular multiplayer shooter did indeed hit shelves in July last year, the stand out battle royale game mode was only added in September.</p>
<p>Since then, the title has gone from strength to strength, and is now available on most major platforms including PS4, Xbox One, PC, MacOS, mobile, and Nintendo Switch.</p>
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