Fortnite

CEO Tim Sweeney says cuts are necessary to "keep the company funded" and to put it "in a more stable place" Image credit: Epic Games Epic Games is laying off more than 1,000 employees after a "downturn in Fortnite engagement" led the company to "spend significantly more" than it makes.…

Chris Kerr, Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com March 24, 2026 2 Min Read Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker Epic Games is laying off over 1,000 employees.  In a note to workers penned by Epic boss Tim Sweeney ( published on the Epic Games blog ), the company said it must downsize…

Over the weekend, Epic added skins to Fortnite based on the hit indie co-op climbing game Peak . If you want to use one of these skins in the popular battle royale, you’ll need to pay more than twice what it costs to buy an actual copy of Peak on…

Fortnite is back on the Google Play Store after almost six years of absence, becoming available worldwide once more after Epic Games and Google settled their long-standing dispute. Announced by Epic earlier today , the company is currently offering a Fortnite skin as a reward for sending an invite to…

Right on time for a new season with The Rock and Bugs Bunny Following years of legal battles, Epic Games has brought Fortnite back to Google Play worldwide. The game had been available to sideload or stream, but now, fans around the globe can once again download a native Android version. Fortnite was…

Business The popular online gaming platform Fortnite is hiking the price of its in-game currency starting Thursday, a rare move that experts say sheds some light on the cost of its parent company's antitrust battles against tech giants Google and Apple. Parent company Epic Games has for years been embroiled…

Josh D'Amaro took over for Bob Iger today as the new CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and one of his first orders of business was to give an update on the long-awaited Disney x Fortnite project.During Disney's annual shareholder meeting, D'Amaro said he recently reviewed some of the progress…

Following a near six-year hiatus, Fortnite for Android is officially returning to the Google Play Store later this week following the conclusion of the long-running Google vs Epic Games court case. In a post on Twitter/X as well as a video posted to YouTube, Epic Games says that “Fortnite is…

News Not a fortnight, maddeningly enough Fortnite is set to make a return to Android with a solid release date finally set March 18th will see Fortnite return almost half a decade after first leaving Google Play But it will be returning to a much-changed mobile platform full of new…

In an era in which live service games like Fortnite continue to support the predatory monetization methods of yesteryear to make a quick buck off of unassuming consumers and plague the gaming industry with outdated game design and unsustainable development practices, it is always refreshing to see a game eschew…