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All roads lead to hero shooters Image credit: Guerilla It took them long enough, but Sony and Guerilla have finally announced that other online Horizon game (the one that isn't an MMO), and it's called Horizon Hunters Gathering. On the offset it sort of looks like a Monster Hunter clone…

Fortnite can feel completely normal until Epic suddenly takes matchmaking offline. In most cases, it’s not a problem on your end, but rather scheduled Fortnite server downtime—basically, planned maintenance before a major update or hotfix is pushed live. To help clear any confusion, you’ll find the latest Fortnite server status…

The latest freebies for XGP subscribers.The Xbox Game Pass Perks program is continuing to add a bunch of freebies for Game Pass members throughout February 2026, including for the likes of Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite, Stumble Guys and various other games. We expect many more to come over the next…

Photo Credit: Epic Games After weeks of rumors and leaks, Fortnite confirms Chappell Roan as the Fortnite Festival Season 13 headliner with three skins and more goodies. Rumors circulated for weeks after a leak revealed Chappell Roan as the next Fortnite Festival headliner. Now, Epic Games has finally confirmed the…

Diego Argüello, Contributing Editor, News , GameDeveloper.com February 3, 2026 2 Min Read Epic Games has announced a program that aims to increase sales on the Epic Games Store by "leveraging the marketing power" of Fortnite .  The news was shared via the 2025 year-in-review for the digital store. According…

A new type of Trailblazing.Fortnite is planning to add more gaming characters this year, as it continues to find ways to cross-promote the Epic Games Store.You may have seen recently, for example, that Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace Ashcroft and Crimson Desert’s Kliff are both coming to the Battle Royale –…

Epic Games has acknowledged players' complaints about Fortnite's recent stability issues, and it's taking action to fix them. Fortnite design director Ted Timmins has announced a new "multi-discipline live-ops strike team" will now be watching over Fortnite to catch any issues and help improve the game's quality of life.According to…

PlayStation/ZDNET Looking to make the switch to an all-digital game library? Right now at Best Buy, you can save $100 on the PS5 Digital Edition Fortnite Flowering Chaos bundle . This brings the price down to just $399, which is the lowest I've seen outside of a Black Friday sale. …

(Image credit: Epic Games) Epic Games Store general manager Steve Allison says the new batch of gift-with-purchase Fortnite collabs are inspired by Team Fortress 2. Epic Games has previously offered goodies in Fortnite with the purchase of games on its store – most notably, in 2023, those who purchased Alan…

Bots have been an integral part of Fortnite’s casual scene for years, and with the addition of modes like OG, it seems like every experience is full of these AI enemies. Though bots are useful in some ways, it’s particularly frustrating to run into a lobby full of bots pretending…