A concept in its own right

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250 million players worldwide recorded at the end of February 2019. That's twice as many as in... June 2018. More than a video game, Fortnite has established itself as a real social phenomenon. So much so that Netflix considers the game to be a much more worrying threat than HBO , a direct competitor. Méta-Media takes a look back at this UFO straight out of... your screens!


The name "Fornite" is already an abuse of language in itself. Explanations ecuador cell phone number list Games , the game's designer, decided to launch a first version of the game in July 2017 called "Fornite. Save the World". This is the original form thought up by the producers. The game consists (it still exists) of surviving in a post-apocalyptic world facing a hostile environment. But it is not this game mode that made Fortnite famous. It is the development two months later of the second mode "Fortnite. Battle Royale" . "Battle Royale" is a game mode that was popularized a few months earlier by the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds . It consists of bringing together several players simultaneously during a game who fight in the same virtual place , at the end of which only one survivor remains . Building on the success of this game, which sold millions of copies in just a few weeks , Epic Games decided to capitalize on it by launching "Fortnite. Battle Royale" in September 2017, making adjustments that would become its trademark. Here are the key elements to remember about the concept .