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Remix: The Finale In-Game Concert Bids Farewell To Fortnite Chapter 2 Island With Musical Performance Players will soon bid farewell to the remixed Chapter 2 island when Remix: The Finale drops this weekend. Live Events have become a staple in Fortnite culture with Epic Games reserving them almost …

Epic Games confirms nearly 15 million players showed up to participate in Remix: The Finale which featured a touching tribute to Juice WRLD at the conclusion of the event.

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Fortnite Kicks Allows Players To Flex Their Style And Sport Athletic Shoes With Their Favourite Character Lace up those sneakers because Kicks have arrived in Fortnite – footwear cosmetics which can be equipped to eligible Outfits with original and collaborative stylistic options. Epic Games bega…

Fortnite Kicks adds another layer of customization with stylish shoes; majority of Outfits being compatible by Spring 2025 according to announcement.

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Fortnite Crew Evolving With All Battle Pass Included In Monthly Subscription; Current Price Not Affected Epic Games is continuing to evolve the Fortnite Crew by announcing that members will receive every Battle Pass including the LEGO Pass and Music Pass at no additional charge. The announcement lande…

Fortnite Crew members will have all Battle Passes included with their monthly subscriptions; price unchanged.

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Epic Games Is Celebrating The Holiday Season With Cobalt Star Fortnite Package; PlayStation 5 Bundles With the holiday season quickly approaching, Epic Games is giving players an opportunity to power through the cold by releasing a pair of specialty PlayStation 5 console bundles. The Cobalt Star Bu…

"Deck the Halls" and unlock the Cobalt Star cosmetics with specialty PlayStation 5 console bundles this holiday season.

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Fortnite Crew: Kyran Aryk Outfit | November 2024 With all of the fun and excitement emanating from Chapter 2 Remix – Fortnite Crew subscribers can stand out with Kyran Aryk who is headlining the November Crew Pack offerings. Players might n…

Fortnite Crew subscribers are eligible to unlock the Operative 18’s Legacy Style for the Kyran Aryk Outfit - must have acquired him in November to qualify.

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Fortnite Festival: Season 6 | Snoop Dogg The Fortnite Festival stage has welcomed one of the biggest rap icons in the world – Snoop Dogg – to dazzle and delight players during its sixth season. His influence is also exceeding …

Snoop Dogg will close out his Fortnite Festival performance in January 2025 and players can use XP from any experience to unlock his Music Pass rewards.

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Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix Throws Players Back With Beloved Apollo Island Revamped By Hip-Hop Artists The year was 2019 and Fortnite had done the unthinkable – developers took it offline for 36 hours without a word; some speculating that their beloved game was gone forever. This of course was…

Fortnite returning to Chapter 2 was a nostalgic walk down memory lane.

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Nintendo Launches Music Streaming Service Where Players Can Listen To Their Favourite Nintendo Hits Nearly 40 years of Nintendo history has been collected with Nintendo Music – a streaming service available exclusively to Nintendo Switch Online members. Players can listen to songs directly …

Nintendo Music allows players to stream and enjoy their favourite soundtracks - 40 years worth - and curate personalized playlists to suit any mood.

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Players Can Progress Battle Passes Simultaneously In Fortnite By Earning XP From Various Experiences Epic Games is changing up their Battle Pass model once again with players now able to progress available passes simultaneously using XP rather than separate point systems – which would often …

Players can simultaneously level up their Battle Passes with XP across any eligible Fortnite experience rather than separate point awarding systems.

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete Launching In December 2024 As Servers Prepare To Go Offline After seven years of service, Nintendo has decided to shut down Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete – a paid offline version – taking its place. Play…

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has officially shut down services with an offline "Complete" version slated to launch in December minus online capabilities.

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Fortnite: Level Up Quest Pack | Zain Outfit Epic Games first launched Level Up Quest Pack bundles in 2022 during Chapter 3 – Season 1 as an alternative way for players to reach their Battle Pass goals without having to grind through the diff…

Level Up Quest Packs offer amazing value to Fortnite players and Zain suited up with his Chitin Armour during the Absolute Doom season.

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Detective Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman) Swings Into Fortnite With Venomous Webbing At Her Fingertips “Spiders don’t have families. But I do.” Jessica Drew swings onto the Fortnite scene with venomous webbing at her fingertips. Epic Games pulled her from the Spider-Verse…

Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) brought her venomous webbing to the Fortnite island - sporting her iconic Earth-616 appearance.

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Xbox Partner Preview (Full Recap) | 10.17.24 The Xbox Partner Preview – held on October 17th, 2024 – showcased fifteen upcoming titles with majority of them scheduled to release next year. The 30 minute presentation provided updat…

Mouse: P.I For Hire made quite an impression during the Xbox Partner Preview and our recap covers everything that was announced during the broadcast.

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Xbox Launches Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Collections Featuring Accessories And Xbox Gear Shop Clothing Xbox is celebrating the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with a collection of accessories inspired by the covert operations of the franchise. Players can purchase – and customize – …

Players can take their Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 experience to the next level with limited edition Xbox accessories.

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Frightening Festivities Have Been Conjured Up With Spooktacular Collabs Haunting Fortnitemares Event As the leaves begin to fall and the smell of pumpkin spice everything fills the air, Fortnite has been transformed into a ghoulish paradise with Fortnitemares – annual Halloween tradition &#8…

Leatherface and Billy the Puppet were but a few of the spooktacular standouts during the annual Fortnitemares celebration this year.

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Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo – Morning Wake-Ups Become Playful With Rewarding Sound Interactions Wahoo! Nintendo has introduced Alarmo – an interactive alarm clock that allows individuals to start their morning routines with playful music and melodic sound effects. The surprise announcem…

Wahoo! Wake up with Alarmo - Nintendo's alarm clock with sound effects from five popular Nintendo Switch titles.

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Billy The Puppet Wants To Play A Game With Horror Franchise ‘Saw’ Kicking Off Fortnitemares Festivities “Hello, Peely… I want to play a game.” Halloween in Fortnite guarantees a mixture of frights and ghoulish delights! Jack-o’-lanterns populate the island and Epic Games holds…

“Hello, Peely… I want to play a game.”

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Basketball Superstar Shaquille O’Neal Joins Fortnite Icon Series; Power Up And Shimmy Towards Victory Former NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal can officially add Fortnite to his resume as Epic Games drafted him to the Icon Series – comprised of celebrities. He dropped on October 4th, 2024 wit…

Shaquille O’Neal can officially add Fortnite Icon to his resume.

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Fortnite Crew: Polus Outfit | October 2024 In Greek Mythology – Coeus (also called Polus) is a Titan born from Uranus and Gaia who attempted unsuccessfully to overthrow Zeus before being imprisoned as punishment. During the Myths &amp…

Polus will be departing the Fortnite Crew tonight.

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Pixar Suits Up With Inaugural Fortnite Collaboration Introducing Super Franchise To Battle Royale Island Epic Games has partnered with Disney – and Edna Mode – to bring The Incredibles to Fortnite in what can only be described as one of the most INCREDIBLE collaborations to date. After Dis…

Edna Mode - and Epic Games - partnered up to bring The Incredibles to the Fortnite island for a legendary collaboration.

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PlayStation State Of Play (Full Recap) | 09.24.24 Hot off the heels of the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection announcement, players received a detailed look at over twenty titles during the latest State of Play presentation. The 40 minute bro…

The Midnight Walk and Ghost of Yōtei were but some of the games PlayStation announced during their latest State of Play presentation.

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Ranked Reload Has Arrived In Fortnite With Players Able To Get Felina Outfit; Level Up Their Battle Pass The wait is finally over. Epic Games recently added Ranked Reload to the Fortnite competitive circuit where players can put their skills to the test. It launched on September 24th, 2024 and operate…

Players can unlock the Felina Outfit by logging in to Fortnite and accumulating 50 account levels before the deadline.

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Fortnite Celebrates 7th Birthday With FREE Rewards And Players Can Extend Greeting To The Bus Driver Happy Birthday! Fortnite is seven years old and Epic Games is celebrating by offering FREE rewards during the week-long festivities. Players have until October 1st, 2024 at 2AM EST to unlock the fo…

Epic Games celebrated Fortnite's 7th birthday this year with galactic themed rewards and lots of balloons!

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Sony Celebrating 30 Years Of PlayStation; Nostalgic Hardware And Accessories Sell Out For Pearl Jubilee The original PlayStation (dubbed PS1) console launched on December 3rd, 1994 in Japan with North American markets seeing it hit store shelves on September 9th, 1995 where it had phenomenal success …

PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection begins rolling out next month.

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Fortnite Icon Series Inducts Spanish Creator Rubius With Portion Of Proceeds Going To Animal Shelters Rubén Doblas Gundersen – professionally known as El Rubius – is a Spanish-Norwegian content creator who has amassed over 60 million followers across his channels. Despite being unknown …

Rubén Doblas Gundersen - known as El Rubio - becomes the latest content creator to join the Fortnite Icon Series with initial proceeds going towards a good cause.

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Fortnite Days Of Doom Pits Avengers Against Doom Henchmen With Offensive And Defensive Gameplay Avengers… assemble! Epic Games has dropped their latest LTM – Day of Doom – which finds players engaging in team based warfare. Team A takes the offensive as Doom’s Henchmen…

Days of Doom LTM pitted players against each other in two rival factions - heroic loadouts versus malevolent aspirations.

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Explore Lost Isles With LEGO Fortnite Update Which Includes Klombo And Tropical Treasures To Unlock Welcome to the Lost Isles – a hidden world with lush biomes to explore, resources to harvest, and dangers lurking within the shadows. Epic Games dropped the colossal update on September 17th,…

Klombo returns to Fortnite after a three year hiatus - this time in adorable LEGO form.

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Victor von Doom Invades Battle Pass With Latverian Cosmetics; Isle Of Doom Contains Unyielding Power After sabotaging the Nitro pipeline, Doom has established his control over the island – engineering powerful armour which can harness the chaotic energy from Pandora’s Box that was unea…

"Fool! Doctor Doom does as he pleases!"

There are only a few more days to unlock Doctor Doom and his powerful Pandora's Armour variant.

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