ABOUT FORTNIGHT

Fortnite is an online video game and game platform developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in six distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative hybrid tower defense-shooter and survival game in which up to four players fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with traps and fortifications they can build; Fortnite Creative, in which players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas; Lego Fortnite, an open world survival game; Rocket Racing, a racing game; and Fortnite Festival, a rhythm game. Save the World and Battle Royale were released in 2017 as early access titles, while Creative was released on December 6, 2018. While the Save the World and Creative versions have been successful for Epic Games, Fortnite Battle Royale in particular became an overwhelming success and a cultural phenomenon, drawing more than 125 million players in less than a year, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month. Fortnite as a whole generated $9 billion in gross revenue up until December 2019, and it has been listed among the greatest games of all time. Save the World is available for macOS,[c] PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, while Battle Royale and Creative were released for all those platforms as well as Android and iOS devices[c] and Nintendo Switch. The game also launched with the release of the ninth-generation PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. Furthermore, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival are available on all platforms. GAME MODE Fortnite has multiple game modes, using the same engine; each has similar graphics and art assets. Five of these modes are directly created and managed by Epic Games and its subsidiaries: 1. Fortnight: save the world is a player-versus-environment cooperative game, with four players collaborating towards a common objective on various missions while avoiding the effects of an encroaching cataclysmic storm. The players take the role of commanders of home base shelters, collecting resources, saving survivors, and defending equipment that helps to either collect data on the storm or to push back the storm. From missions, players are awarded a number of in-game items, which include hero characters, weapon and trap schematics, and survivors, all of which can be leveled up through gained experience to improve their attributes 2. Fortnight:Battel Royal is a player-versus-player game for up to 100 players, allowing one to play alone, in a duo, or in a squad (usually consisting of three or four players). Weaponless players airdrop from a "Battle Bus" that crosses the game's map, and then scavenge for weapons, items, and resources while trying to stay alive and to attack and eliminate other players. Over the course of a round, the safe area of the map shrinks down in size due to an incoming toxic storm; players outside that threshold take damage and can be eliminated if they fail to quickly evacuate. This forces remaining players into tighter spaces and encourages player encounters until the last player or team is alive 3.Lego fortnight is a survival sandbox game, where players play as Lego Minifig versions of characters, as they collect materials, build various buildings, craft various weapons and tools and fight against monsters 4. Rocket Racing is a racing game, developed by Psyonix and serving as a spin-off title to Rocket League. Players race vehicles, gaining speed boosts from special lanes sections or by drifting, as well as the ability to jump and racing on vertical and inverted surfaces, while avoiding obstacles on the course. 5. Fortnight Festival is a rhythm game developed by Harmonix, consisting of three modes. In the "Main Stage", players play popular hit songs and original tracks created by Harmonix and the Epic Games Sound Team, hitting notes to the rhythm in the Main Stage on one of the four unique parts: Lead, Guitar/Bass, Drums and Vocals, in a manner similar to Harmonix's Rock Band games, while the "Battle Stage" pits sixteen players to get the highest score and survive each round until one player remains.[4] In the "Jam Stage", players cooperate to make remixes, similar to Harmonix' Dropmix and Fuser, using any part of any song within Festival mode, in which are also usable in Battle Royale, Creative and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). In addition to these modes, Fortnite offers the sandbox mode, Fortnite Creative. Within this mode, players are given complete freedom to spawn any item from the Battle Royale gamemode on a personal island, and can create games such as battle arenas, race courses, platforming challenges, and more. Furthermore, it also supports Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), which allows players to edit worlds using Fortnite assets. Creative and UEFN also allows players to create custom Fall Guys games which can be accessible within the Fortnite launcher. All modes except Save the World are free-to-play; Save the World is pay-to-play.[5] The games are monetized through the use of V-Bucks, in-game currency that can be purchased with real-world funds, but also earned through completing missions and other achievements in Save the World.[6] In other modes, V-Bucks can be used to buy cosmetic items such as character models or the game's battle pass, a tiered progression of customization rewards for gaining experience and completing certain objectives during the course of a Battle Royale season.[7][8] All modes of Fortnite are cross-platform play compatible, requiring users to use an Epic Games account for cross-saving between platforms The Save the World mode achieved over one million players by August 2017, just prior to the release of Battle Royale.[30] Fortnite Battle Royale became a significant financial success for Epic Games, leading them to separate the teams between Save the World and Battle Royale to provide better support for both modes. Within two weeks of release, over 10 million players had played the mode,[31] and by June 2018, just after the Nintendo Switch release, had reached 125 million players.[32] Revenue from Fortnite Battle Royale during the first half of 2018 had been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars per month,[33][34] with total 2018 revenue estimated at $2.4 billion by analysis firm SuperData Research.[35] Total revenue for Fortnite reached more than $9 billion by the end of 2019.[36] Fortnite Battle Royale has also become a cultural phenomenon,[37] with several celebrities reporting they play the game, and athletes using Fortnite emotes as victory celebrations.[38] A notable streaming event in March 2018, with streamer Ninja playing Fortnite Battle Royale alongside Drake, Travis Scott, Kim DotCom, and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, broke viewership records for Twitch to date, and led to Epic arranging a Fortnite Battle Royale pro–am with 50 pairs of streamers and professional players matched with celebrities at E3 2018 in June 2018.[39][40][41] Epic Games has developed organized esports competitions around Fortnite Battle Royale, such as the inaugural US$30 million Fortnite World Cup tournament that took place in July 2019[42][43] and the Fortnite Championship Series (FNCS), the latter of which would be organized by Epic Games in 2020 and 2021 before being organized by Blast ApS from 2022 onwards. See also: Fortnite Battle Royale § Parental concerns There has also been growing concern over Fortnite Battle Royale's draw toward young children, emphasized with the release of the mobile client. Parents and teachers had expressed concern that students are being distracted and drawn away from school work due to playing Fortnite.[44] Concerns have also been raised about the impact that playing a game involving repeated depictions of gun violence may have on young children n 2017, the game was nominated for "Best Co-op Game" by PC Gamer,[47] and for "Best Spectator Game" by IGN.[48] In 2018, the game won the award for Best Ongoing Game by PC Gamer[49] and IGN,[50] the latter of which nominated it for "Best Nintendo Switch Game", "Best Mobile Game", and "Best Action Game".[51][52][53] n 2017, the game was nominated for "Best Co-op Game" by PC Gamer,[47] and for "Best Spectator Game" by IGN.[48] In 2018, the game won the award for Best Ongoing Game by PC Gamer[49] and IGN,[50] the latter of which nominated it for "Best Nintendo Switch Game", "Best Mobile Game", and "Best Action Game".[51][52][53] Year Award Category Result Ref(s). 2017 The Game Awards 2017 Best Multiplayer Nominated [54] 2018 16th Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project (A Hard Day's Night) Nominated [55][56] 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Nominated [57][58] SXSW Gaming Awards 2018 Excellence in Multiplayer Nominated [59][60] Excellence in Gameplay Nominated 14th British Academy Games Awards Evolving Game Nominated [61][62] Multiplayer Nominated 2018 Webby Awards People's Voice Award for Best Multiplayer/Competitive Game Won [63] Game Critics Awards 2018 Best Ongoing Game Won [64][65] Develop Awards Best Animation Nominated [66][67] Teen Choice Awards Choice Videogame Won [68][69] BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards Best Game (Fortnite Battle Royale) Won [70] Golden Joystick Awards 2018 Best Competitive Game Won [71][72][73] Mobile Game of the Year Nominated Ultimate Game of the Year (Fortnite Battle Royale) Won The Game Awards 2018 Best Multiplayer Game Won [74][75] Best Mobile Game Nominated Best Ongoing Game Won Best Esports Game Nominated Gamers' Choice Awards Fan Favorite Game Won [76] Fan Favorite Multiplayer Game Won Fan Favorite eSports Game Won Fan Favorite Battle Royale Game Won Fan Favorite eSports League Format (Community Skirmishes) Won 2019 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Online Game of the Year Won [77][78] 15th British Academy Games Awards Evolving Game Won [79][80] Mobile Game Nominated Famitsu Awards Excellence Prize Won [81] 2019 Webby Awards Best Multiplayer/Competitive Game Won [82] Game Critics Awards 2019 Best Ongoing Game Nominated [83] Golden Joystick Awards 2019 Still Playing Nominated [84][85] eSports Game of the Year Won The Game Awards 2019 Best Ongoing Game Won [86][87] Best Community Support Nominated Best eSports Game Nominated Best eSports Event (Fortnite World Cup) Nominated 2020 16th British Academy Games Awards Evolving Game Nominated [88][89] 2020 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Video Game Nominated [90] The Game Awards 2020 Best Ongoing Game Nominated [91] Best Community Support Nominated Best eSports Game Nominated Best of Galaxy Store Awards Game of the Year 2020 Won [92] 2021 2021 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Video Game Nominated [93] 2022 2022 Game Awards Best Community Support Nominated [94] Best Ongoing Game Nominated 2023 2023 Game Awards Best Ongoing Game Nominated [95] 2024 20th British Academy Games Awards Evolving Game Nominated [96][97] EE Game of the Year Nominated Notes