Fortnite Receives PUBG Inspired Battle Royale Mode

<p><em>Fortnite<&sol;em>&comma; the third-person crafting&comma; building and shooting game from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;fortnite&sol;en-US&sol;news&sol;patch-v-1-6-fortnite-battle-royale"><strong>Epic Games<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; has already received one new mode via an update&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s received another one already&period; Epic has just updated <em>Fornite<&sol;em> and added a new PVP mode called Battle Royale&comma; which is heavily inspired by surprise hit&comma; <em>Player Unkown&&num;8217&semi;s Battlegrounds<&sol;em>&comma; as well as <em>H1Z1<&sol;em>&period; The mode is live for current <em>Fortnite<&sol;em> players and will be officially launch later this month on September 26&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"6K4T0nGU4pg" title&equals;"Fortnite Battle Royale - Announce Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;6K4T0nGU4pg"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;6K4T0nGU4pg&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Fortnite Battle Royale - Announce Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are a number of important things to note&period; First of all&comma; this mode is separate from the regular PVE <em>Fortnite<&sol;em> experience&period; Your characters and gear don&&num;8217&semi;t transfer over at all&period; When you start Battle Royale&comma; you become a different hero at random at the beginning of the game&comma; and have only your pickaxe with you&period; Players wait around in a massive lobby&comma; until it&&num;8217&semi;s time to board a massive flying battle bus&comma; that heads towards the Battle Royale island&period; As the bus flies over you pick when you want to jump&comma; and skydive down to the island&period; As soon as you land&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s everyone for themselves as you scavenge for weapons and gear&comma; and you can still farm materials for building purposes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The experience is a frantic one&comma; as you head to shacks and houses&comma; on the lookout for whatever you can get to give yourself a leg up on your opponents&period; The weapons have all been rebalanced for the mode&comma; and some changes were made&comma; like weapons damage structures and an increase in fall damage&period; The mode has been designed by the Unreal Tournament team&comma; separate from the regular PVE <em>Fortnite<&sol;em> team&period; The team will be constantly updating the mode and balancing things and adding squads down the road&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;129604" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-129604" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-129604" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;12141157&sol;Fortnite-blog-announcing-fortnite-battle-royale-FortniteBattleRoyale&lowbar;OutlookScreenshot-1920x1080-552bd26a97f66973123f3d9375767ff467662c89-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-129604" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Fortnite&comma; Epic Games<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>It was rumored that there would be a PVP mode heading to <em>Fortnite<&sol;em>&comma; but Battle Royale on this scale was probably not expected&period; I managed to get in a couple of rounds&comma; and it is a lot of fun&comma; and pretty intense&comma; and well worth checking out if you have the game&period; It should be noted that <em>Fortnite<&sol;em> is in paid early access right now&comma; and will be free to play next year&comma; which will also include this Battle Royale mode more than likely&period; <em>Fortnite Battle Royale<&sol;em> is playable on PS4&comma; Xbox One and PC&period; Will you be trying out the new mode&comma; are you looking forward to taking on ninety nine other players&quest; Let us know in the comments section if Battle Royale is what you&&num;8217&semi;ve been looking for from your <em>Fortnite<&sol;em> experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;12&sol;fortnite-battle-royale-launches-september-26&sol;">PlayStation Blog<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;