The growth of Fortnite

Epic Games has created what is undoubtedly the king of the gaming industry in 2018. Fortnite is a game known for its F2P(Free to Play) Battle Royale mode that has seen a concurrent player base of more than 40 million people worldwide!

With successful sales and garnering attention from popular influencers, athletes and celebrities such as Drake, Lil Yachty, Lamelo Ball, Joe Jonas, Roseanne Barr and Harry Kane to name a few. Fortnite has escalated in growth since its inception. Meaning that it is definitely here to stay. Now more than ever with its recent Celebrity Pro-Am at E3 2018 which brought 50 celebrities and 50 Fortnite experts to team up and entertain over 700,000 people live on the streaming platform, Twitch.

Early Concept Art

Many artists have contributed to creating Fortnite since its conceptualization in 2011. Originally, Fortnite was a darker game focused on creating a traditional shooter game with the twist of building elements similar to Minecraft and Terraria. With art inspired by Tim Burton, Pixar and Looney Tunes, Fortnite is rich in its creative background and the developers were willing to use thematically distinct sources to bring the game to life.

Pete Ellis, the current Art Director at Epic Games, Tanya Jensen a former Executive Producer at Epic and Cliff Bleszinski a former design director at Epic revealed the game officially to the world in E3 2012 with a relatively similar design to the current game. The 2012 E3 demo sported a look closer to Burtonesque characters with the character models having exaggerated limbs and slimmer builds.

The Husks also made appearances in the 2012 E3 Demo as zombie-like beings that sported human faces for hoodies?

Why we love Fortnite’s origins

It’s pretty clear that Epic Games is a company that loves testing the waters and gamers are happy about that. Without these wacky ideas being tested, Epic wouldn’t have been brave enough to add some of the weirdest things to the game. Like that time Thanos appeared or the shopping carts, jetpacks, homing missiles, gravity crystals and many more!

Gamers are hopeful for the success of season 5 in Fortnite Battle Royale and Fortnite: Save The World is also receiving major updates as well. Epic Games is a brilliant company and gaming studios could learn from their bravery to create a unique experience for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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The way the game became popular all of a sudden is suprising!! Everywhere on Instagram na fortnite u go dey see.

Are there Nigerian Fortnite players? Is it on any other platform than PC and consoles?

okwabayi:
Are there Nigerian Fortnite players? Is it on any other platform than PC and consoles?

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okwabayi:
Are there Nigerian Fortnite players? Is it on any other platform than PC and consoles?

fortnite is on every single gaming platform on the planet

it's the greatest battle Royale currently