Fortnite Releasing on Android This Summer

<p>Although Android players took the brunt of <i>Fortnite<&sol;i>&&num;8216&semi;s success on IOS&comma; it seems like the smash hit will finally make its way on the platform&period; Epic Games announced this on their <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;site&sol;en-US&sol;home">website<&sol;a> through a blog post&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Fortnite is coming to Android&excl; We are targeting this summer for the release&period; We know many of you are excited for this release&comma; and we promise that when we have more information to share&comma; you’ll hear it from us first&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Bluehole Games had an advantage over Epic Games by releasing battle royale competitor PUBG on both platforms in a finished state&period; Unfortunately&comma; Epic Games might overtake Bluehole in the mobile gaming landscape when <i>Fortnite<&sol;i> finally appears on the Play Store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Please keep in mind that this announcement does not definitively seal the release date&period; Epic Games are eyeing a Summer release but does not outwardly confirm an exact date&period; Nevertheless&comma; the demand for the game will probably allow for an early Summer release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A possibility is that the &&num;8216&semi;Save the world&&num;8217&semi; mode is not available upon release&period; Instead&comma; the game will be in beta mode alike the IOS version&period; If the IOS version leaves beta mode it can be assured that Android will follow close suit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>Fortnite<&sol;i> dominated the App Store charts in over 40 countries after its debut on IOS devices&period; It currently grosses around &dollar;1 million in microtransactions on IOS daily&period; These figures will surely repeat when it is available on the Play Store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This release will add another platform to <i>Fortnite<&sol;i>&&num;8216&semi;s expansive Cross-Play selection&period; Ps4&comma; Xbox One&comma; Mac&comma; PC&comma; IOS and &lpar;eventually&rpar; Android are all able to play against&sol;with each other&period; According to industry rumors&comma; <i>Fortnite<&sol;i> will also come to the Nintendo Switch&period; If this happens&comma; most of the eighth generation can gather and play the same game&period; That will settle some differences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think&quest; Will <i>Fortnite<&sol;i> overtake <i>PUBG<&sol;i> in Play Store Downloads&quest; Will it be in a beta format&quest; Leave your comments down below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;