You pick up Fortnite excitedly and register a silly username just because you want to join a match quickly. Now, you’ve matured into quite the player, and you think it’s high time you change your username on Fortnite. No matter what your reasons are, Fortnite allows you to change your username easily, and this article …
Playing Fortnite on the go has been virtually impossible for the past two years. Epic Games is still fighting with Apple and Google, which means the publisher’s most important game isn’t available on the App Store or Google Play. Thankfully, Microsoft found a way to bring Fortnite back to smartphones without going through an app …
Epic Games announced a new 3D scanning app for iOS and Android devices on Monday. It’s called RealityScan, and as the name indicates, it turns photos you take with your phone into high-fidelity 3D models. Epic Games developed RealityScan in collaboration with Capturing Reality (which it acquired last March) and Quixel (creator of Megascans).
We’re used to websites and apps going down, but it’s not often that the most popular game on the planet goes offline for an extended period of time. That’s exactly what happened on Wednesday, as Fortnite went down just after 1 PM ET. According to the Epic Games status page, the game services, matchmaking, parties, …
Epic Games and Apple are embroiled in a major App Store legal battle. The outcome might have significant repercussions on how the App Store and Google Play operate. Epic provoked the crisis last summer. The company intentionally added its own payment option to Fortnite on iPhone, defying Apple’s App Store rules. Apple swiftly banned Epic, …
The court dealt a major blow to Apple in its ongoing battle against Epic Games this week. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a permanent injunction against Apple on Friday, prohibiting the company from forcing developers to use its in-app payment system. Going forward, developers will be allowed to direct users to third-party payment …
Few video games turn into genuine crossover cultural phenomenons, but two games in the past several years have taken the world by storm. The first is Fortnite, which, in addition to being the subject of one of the most fascinating lawsuits in the technology industry, is the most popular game in existence. The second is …
Almost ten years ago, Apple unveiled the new iMessage app at WWDC 2011; the app would replace SMS texting on iPhone with something much better. iMessage works over cellular and Wi-Fi, adding a richer instant messaging experience over an internet connection. The app also provided end-to-end encryption, the kind of strong privacy protection other chat …
Epic Games is behind a new piece of legislation in North Dakota that would force Apple to allow developers to implement their own in-app payment system. Epic Games is currently in a bitter legal dispute over Apple’s 30% commission on in-app transactions. Apple kicked Epic Games’ popular Fortnite title off the App Store last year. …
The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of Fortnite will be ready to download on launch day. The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launch globally on November 10th, while the PS5 is coming to some territories on November 12th, and others on November 19th. Fortnite on next-gen consoles will add 4K resolution at …
