Fortnite Hits The Mainstream

Fortnite Hits The Mainstream

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FORTNITE’S INVITE-ONLY BETA PERIOD IS FINALLY OVER

If you haven’t heard of Fortnite, (where have you been?!) here’s a quick rundown on the hit video game. It has been referred to by multiple sources as a cross between Minecraft and The Hunger Games. The cartoon style video game’s most popular version involves 100 players paradropped onto an island to search for the best weapons and ultimately to fight to be the last man standing.

The game is currently available on PS4, Xbox, PC and now finally on iOS too. The iOS version was originally an invite-only beta, but since early April the game has been available to all iOS users, and it is already making hundreds of millions of dollars. It has become the most watched game on Twitch and YouTube Gaming, making up 12.8% of all traffic to those platforms in February alone, according to gaming data firm Newzoo.

FORTNITE MADE MORE MONEY THAN PUBG IN FEBRUARY

Back in February, the PC version of the increasingly popular video game made more money and had more viewers than PUBG (PlayersUnknown’s Battlegrounds), “the game that inspired it in terms of viewers and revenue.”. This data comes from a report produced by research company SuperData and states that Fortnite is officially bigger than PUBG.