The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Lunar Horizons Moon mission game has hit Fortnite, and it has you playing as an astronaut on the Moon’s surface, close to its South Pole. Your mission is to gather resources and use them to build a lunar habitat.
You can still play Fortnite on an iPhone, but it requires NVIDIA’s GeForce Now streaming service. After signing up, playing the game is as simple as firing up iOS Safari and then launching the title, but keep note that the free tier only allows for 1-hour gaming sessions, complete with ads.
LEGO Fortnite is now live worldwide, and in addition to playing as your favorite characters, like Brite Bomber, Cuddle Team Leader and Raven, in brick form, players can also battle enemies solo with friends. Customize your home base by building shelter for defense before recruiting villagers to gather materials and help them survive the night.
It’s official, LEGO Fortnite has been announced, and this new survival crafting adventure will go live inside Fortnite starting on December 7, 2023. This marks the first play experience to come from LEGO’s partnership with Epic Games to develop fun and safe digital spaces for children as well as families.
BMW introduces ‘Hypnopolis’ in Fortnite, an island that doubles as a gamified car created centered around the new iX2 ahead of its launch. This futuristic city that combines next-generation technology with nature, and players can view the most famous architectural landmarks of the BMW Group including the company headquarters known as the “Four Cylinder”.
Fortnite and Nike collaborate to launch Airphoria, a unique immersive gaming experience based on Air Max sneakers, made in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). Put simply, players will be able to explore an Air Max–themed universe that allow them to engage with the sneakers in a new, captivating way as they embark on the ultimate sneaker hunt.
Epic Games showcased Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) at their State of Unreal 2023 keynote and this tool lets developers design, develop, and publish content into the game, alongside Fortnite’s existing Creative toolset. Over time, UEFN will have most of the same tools found in Unreal Engine 5.
Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 4, Season 2: MEGA lets players duke it out in ‘MEGA City’, whether it be on foot, skates, the Victory Crown Rogue motorcycle or Nitro Drifter car. Grab a Legendary Slurp Juice to restore a lot of Health and Shield fast simultaneously, making it perfect for use before combat.
BioShock’s Rapture City is a nice change from your typical map, but the Fortnite Unreal Engine 5 upgrades takes things to a whole new level. Players already know that the sun’s position changes as you play due to the dynamic time of today, and this is where Lumen really shines with its more accurate reflections as well as global illumination.
A BioShock fan wanted to pay tribute to Rapture, the underwater city that is the main setting for the first two games in this series. So, they recreated it in Fortnite, complete with a rain filter and a squid that replaces the standard pickaxe. Neon lighting was added to the exterior buildings to finish things off and give it the ambience of BioShock.