In news that should make other studios making battle royale games salivating, Epic Games has announced that the Fortnite player count has now surpassed over 20 million players across all platforms since launch!
You read that right! 20 million! Epic Games has released a quick video thanking players for this accomplishment.
We just passed 20 million players across all of Fortnite since launch! Thanks from the bottom of our 💗💜💚 pic.twitter.com/LuVV5vb7wj
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) November 6, 2017
That’s a lot of players! I don’t care if it’s a free-to-play game or not, the fact that it managed to rope in 20 million players is quite impressive indeed. You can read up on the game’s latest title update right here.
Congrats, Epic! Once the game reaches another milestone, we’ll be sure to let people know.
Want more battle royale news? After some digging, we’ve found out that Hi-Re Studios, the developers of Paladins and Smite, seem to be reviving the Tribes IP and making it into a battle royale game called, Tribes Royale!