text:
Eric Dane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Eric Dane
Dane in D.C. to support the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), March 2015
Born
Eric T. Melvin
(1972-11-09) November 9, 1972 (age 45)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1991–present
Known for
Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy
Jason Dean on Charmed
Spouse(s)
Rebecca Gayheart (m. 2004; Feb. 2018)
Children
2
Eric Dane (born Eric T. Melvin, November 9, 1972)[1][2] is an American actor. After appearing in television roles throughout the 2000s such as Charmed, he became known for playing Dr. Mark Sloan on the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy, as well as films, co-starring in Marley & Me (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), and Burlesque (2010). He stars as Captain Tom Chandler in the apocalyptic drama The Last Ship.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 References
6 External links
Early life[edit]
Dane was born in San Francisco, California,[1] to a homemaker mother and an interior designer/architect father,[3] William Melvin.[4][5] When Dane was 7 years old, his father died of a gunshot wound.[6][7] Dane has a younger brother,[8] and they were raised in their mother's Jewish religion (Dane had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony).[9][10][11] He attended Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, from 1987 to 1990, and San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California, from 1990 to 1991, where he graduated. Dane was an athlete in high school, playing on the boys' varsity water polo team,[12] but pursued a career in acting after appearing in a school production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons.[13][14]
Career[edit]
In 1993, Dane moved to Los Angeles,[12] where he played small roles in the television series Saved by the Bell, The Wonder Years, Roseanne, and Married... with Children, among others. But in 2000, he was signed for a recurring role in Gideon's Crossing, and followed this with a two-season run in Charmed. His made-for-television film credits included two biopics, Serving in Silence (about Margarethe Cammermeyer's experiences in the military), and Helter Skelter, in which he portrayed Charles "Tex" Watson, a member of the Manson family.
Dane's first major feature film appearance was in The Basket. He also appeared in Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, Sol Goode, Feast, X-Men: The Last Stand, and starred in Open Water 2. In 2005, Dane guested as Dr. Mark Sloan (nicknamed "McSteamy" by Meredith Grey) in "Yesterday", the eighteenth episode of the second season of the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Positive audience reaction to the character led to Dane's becoming a regular in the show's third season. His first appearance in the season, in which he walked out of the bathroom soaking wet and wearing only a strategically placed towel, was labeled a "watercooler moment".[15] Dane resigned from the show after the end of season 8, but appeared in the first two episodes of season 9.
In December 2006, he starred in the A&E television film Wedding Wars as the brother of a gay man (played by John Stamos) who goes on strike in support of marriage equality. Dane, alongside Patrick Dempsey, appeared in the same big-screen project, the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine's Day. The Garry Marshall-directed film followed five interconnecting stories about Los Angelenos anticipating (or in some cases dreading) the holiday.[16]
In October 2012, Dane joined the main cast of the Michael Bay-produced TNT drama series The Last Ship.[17] He is also credited as a producer on the show.
Personal life[edit]
Dane married actress Rebecca Gayheart on October 29, 2004. They have two daughters together: Billie Beatrice Dane (born March 3, 2010) and Georgia Geraldine Dane (born December 28, 2011).[18][19][20] In February 2018, Gayheart filed for divorce from Dane after 14 years of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences".[21]
Dane made headlines when he participated in a nude tape with his wife and Kari Ann Peniche.[22]
In June 2011, Dane entered a California treatment center to rectify a dependency on prescription drugs he had developed after suffering a sports injury.[23]
In April 2017, The Last Ship halted production through Memorial Day to allow Dane to deal with the depression he was battling.[24]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1999 The Basket Tom Emery
2001 Sol Goode Overly dramatic actor
2005 Feast Hero
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man
2006 Open Water 2: Adrift Dan
2008 Marley & Me Sebastian Tunney
2010 Valentine's Day Sean Jackson
2010 Burlesque Marcus Gerber
2017 Grey Lady Doyle
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1991 Saved by the Bell Tad Pogue Episode: "The Game"
1992 Renegade Jimmy Episode: Mother Courage
1993 The Wonder Years Brett Episode: "Nose"
1995 Married... with Children Oliver Cole Episode: "Radio Free Trumaine"
1995 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Matt Television movie
1996 Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story Nick Television movie
1996 Silk Stalkings Justin Whalen Episode: "Private Dancer"
1996 Roseanne Bellhop Episode: "Disney World War II"
2000 Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane Alec Episode: "Kiss of Death"
2001 Gideon's Crossing Dr. Wyatt Cooper 4 episodes
2001 Ball & Chain Jack Television movie
2002 The American Embassy Rob Goodwin 3 episodes
2003–04 Charmed Jason Dean Recurring role, 9 episodes
2004 Las Vegas Leo Broder 2 episodes
2004 Helter Skelter Charles "Tex" Watson Television movie
2005 Painkiller Jane Nick Pierce Television movie
2006 Wedding Wars Ben Grandy Television movie
2006–12 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Mark Sloan Guest role (season 2)
Main role (season 3-9), 138 episodes
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2009–10 Private Practice Special Guest Star; 2 episodes
2014–present The Last Ship Capt. Tom Chandler Lead Role -46 Episodes
2015 The Fixer Carter television miniseries[25]
2018 Family Guy Himself Episode: "Veteran Guy"
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Eric Dane Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on July 18, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ "The Birth of Eric Melvin". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Eric Dane Biography (1972?-)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ Myers, Meghann (June 15, 2017). "'The Last Ship' skipper receives shadow box of dad's awards". Navy Times. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Jews Making News: Grey's Anatomy Alum, Eric Dane, Stars in New Show". Atlanta Jewish Times. June 20, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Lee, Luaine (June 15, 2014). "'I've a tendency to complicate things'". Gulf Times. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ Keck, William (May 15, 2007). "Star couple give a hand on Skid Row". USA Today. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Eric Dane: Acting for real". CNN. April 6, 2001. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
Jump up ^ Gladstone, E.C. (2006). "All Grown Up". Atlanta Peach Magazine: 84. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2010. Gayheart, who was raised Southern Baptist, is considering converting to Dane's Judaism. 'He's not pushing me, I just love all the traditions,' she says.
Jump up ^ "Jews in the News: Celebrity Scoop: James L Brooks, Eric Dane and Gwyneth Paltrow". Letmypeoplegrow.org. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Hollywood Now: Eric Dane on Last Ship and Kunis & Franco". InterfaithFamily. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b "Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) Bio - Grey's Anatomy". American Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
Jump up ^ Soll, Lindsay (February 9, 2007). "8 things you don't know about Eric Dane". Entertainment Weekly.
Jump up ^ "The towel scene still wears well with Eric Dane". ScrippsNews. May 15, 2007. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
Jump up ^ Oldenburg, Ann (October 4, 2006). "Dr. McSteamy scrubs in as cast regular". USA Today. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
Jump up ^ Matt Mitovich (July 8, 2009). "Grey's Stars Dempsey and Dane Celebrate Valentine's Day". TV Guide. Archived from the original on July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
Jump up ^ Berkshire, Geoff (October 10, 2012). "Eric Dane's 'Grey's Anatomy' rebound: Starring in Michael Bay's TNT pilot 'The Last Ship'". Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart Debut Baby Daughter!". Us Weekly.
Jump up ^ "Who's Due Next? - REBECCA GAYHEART - Babies, Pregnancy, Rebecca Gayheart". People. November 30, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
Jump up ^ Hammel, Sara (December 30, 2011). "It's a Girl for Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane! - Babies, Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart". People. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
Jump up ^ Vulpo, Mike (February 16, 2018). "Rebecca Gayheart Files for Divorce From Eric Dane". E! Online. United States: NBCUniversal. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
Jump up ^ Valentine, Nicky (August 18, 2009). "Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart, and Kari Ann Peniche's uncensored sex tape is here". Buzz Patrol. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009.
Jump up ^ "Ministry of Gossip". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ "'The Last Ship' on Production Hiatus as Eric Dane Battles Depression (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
Jump up ^ Vlessing, Etan (July 16, 2014). "Eric Dane, Kathleen Robertson Board Canadian Miniseries 'The Fixer'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
External links[edit]
Eric Dane on IMDb
Official Facebook Page
show
Awards for Eric Dane
show
v
t
e
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series
2000
The West Wing
Alan Alda
Stockard Channing
Kristin Chenoweth
Dulé Hill
Allison Janney
Moira Kelly
Rob Lowe
Joshua Malina
Mary McCormack
Janel Moloney
Richard Schiff
Martin Sheen
Jimmy Smits
John Spencer
Bradley Whitford
2001
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Amber Benson
Marc Blucas
David Boreanaz
Nicholas Brendon
Charisma Carpenter
Emma Caulfield
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Seth Green
Alyson Hannigan
Anthony Stewart Head
James Marsters
Michelle Trachtenberg
2005
Rescue Me
Denis Leary
John Scurti
Daniel Sunjata
Mike Lombardi
Steven Pasquale
Andrea Roth
Callie Thorne
Adam Ferrara
Larenz Tate
James McCaffrey
Dean Winters
2006
Grey's Anatomy
Justin Chambers
Eric Dane
Patrick Dempsey
Katherine Heigl
T. R. Knight
Sandra Oh
James Pickens Jr.
Ellen Pompeo
Sara Ramirez
Kate Walsh
Isaiah Washington
Chandra Wilson
2007
Mad Men
Bryan Batt
Anne Dudek
Michael Gladis
Jon Hamm
Christina Hendricks
January Jones
Vincent Kartheiser
Robert Morse
Elisabeth Moss
Kiernan Shipka
Maggie Siff
John Slattery
Rich Sommer
Aaron Staton
2009
True Blood
Chris Bauer
Mehcad Brooks
Anna Camp
Nelsan Ellis
Michelle Forbes
Mariana Klaveno
Ryan Kwanten
Todd Lowe
Michael McMillian
Stephen Moyer
Anna Paquin
Jim Parrack
Carrie Preston
William Sanderson
Alexander Skarsgård
Sam Trammell
Rutina Wesley
Deborah Ann Woll
2012
The Walking Dead
Andrew Lincoln
Sarah Wayne Callies
Laurie Holden
Norman Reedus
Steven Yeun
Lauren Cohan
Chandler Riggs
Melissa McBride
Scott Wilson
Danai Gurira
Michael Rooker
David Morrissey
2013
Orange Is the New Black
Taylor Schilling
Laura Prepon
Michael J. Harney
Michelle Hurst
Kate Mulgrew
Jason Biggs
2014
The Knick
Clive Owen
André Holland
Jeremy Bobb
Juliet Rylance
Eve Hewson
Michael Angarano
Chris Sullivan
Cara Seymour
Eric Johnson
David Fierro
Maya Kazan
Leon Addison Brown
Grainger Hines
Matt Frewer
2015
American Crime
Felicity Huffman
Timothy Hutton
W. Earl Brown
Richard Cabral
Regina King
Caitlin Gerard
Benito Martinez
Penelope Ann Miller
Elvis Nolasco
Johnny Ortiz
2016
Outlander
Caitriona Balfe
Sam Heughan
Tobias Menzies
Lotte Verbeek
Laura Donnelly
Steven Cree
Duncan Lacroix
Grant O'Rourke
Gary Lewis
Graham McTavish
Stephen Walters
Simon Callow
Nell Hudson
Dominique Pinon
Stanley Weber
Richard Rankin
Sophie Skelton
Andrew Gower
Rosie Day
Clive Russell
Frances de la Tour
2017
Poldark
Ruby Bentall
Caroline Blakiston
Christian Brassington
Ellise Chappell
Beatie Edney
Jack Farthing
Sean Gilder
John Nettles
Luke Norris
Heida Reed
Harry Richardson
Eleanor Tomlinson
Aidan Turner
Josh Whitehouse
Gabriella Wilde
Tom York
show
v
t
e
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2000–2009)
2000: The West Wing, season 1/season 2
Hill
Janney
Kelly
Lowe
Moloney
Schiff
Sheen
Spencer
Whitford
2001: The West Wing, season 2/season 3
Hill
Janney
Lowe
Moloney
Schiff
Sheen
Spencer
Whitford
2002: Six Feet Under, season 2
Ambrose
Conroy
Griffiths
Hall
Krause
Rodríguez
St. Patrick
2003: Six Feet Under, season 3
Ambrose
Conroy
Foster
Griffiths
Hall
Krause
Macdissi
Machado
Rodríguez
St. Patrick
Taylor
Wilson
2004: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,
season 4/season 5
Dourdan
Eads
Fox
Guilfoyle
Hall
Helgenberger
Petersen
Szmanda
2005: Lost, season 1/season 2
Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Andrews
de Ravin
Fox
Garcia
Grace
Holloway
Kelley
D. D. Kim
Y. Kim
Lilly
Monaghan
O'Quinn
Perrineau
Rodriguez
Somerhalder
Watros
2006: Grey's Anatomy, season 2/season 3
Chambers
Dane
Dempsey
Heigl
Knight
Oh
Pickens
Pompeo
Ramirez
Walsh
Washington
Wilson
2007: The Sopranos, season 6, part II
Antonacci
Bracco
Falco
Gandolfini
Grimaldi
Iler
Imperioli
Nascarella
Schirripa
Servitto
Sigler
Sirico
Turturro
Van Zandt
Vincent
2008: Mad Men, season 2
Batt
Brie
Gladis
Hamm
Hart
Hendricks
Jones
Kartheiser
Moses
Moss
Shipka
Slattery
Sommer
Staton
2009: Mad Men, season 3
Alemanni
Batt
Gilmore
Gladis
Hamm
Harris
Hendricks
Jones
Kartheiser
Morse
Moss
Shipka
Slattery
Sommer
Stanley
Staton
Complete list
(1994–1999)
(2000–2009)
(2010–present)
Authority control
WorldCat Identities
BNF: cb16982204m (data)
ISNI: 0000 0000 7827 0044
LCCN: no2008042348
MusicBrainz: 8ae852a7-fbfb-41ef-84d7-c585e33b64a5
SUDOC: 147515629
VIAF: 100935322
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eric_Dane&oldid=853147015"
Categories:
1972 births
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from California
American male film actors
American male television actors
Jewish American male actors
Male actors from San Francisco
Hidden categories:
Use mdy dates from October 2015
Articles with hCards
Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers
Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers
Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers
Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers
Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Article
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
In other projects
Wikimedia Commons
Languages
العربية
Asturianu
تۆرکجه
Čeština
Deutsch
Eesti
Español
فارسی
Français
Galego
한국어
Hrvatski
Bahasa Indonesia
Italiano
עברית
ქართული
Magyar
Македонски
Bahasa Melayu
Nederlands
日本語
Norsk
Polski
Português
Română
Русский
Suomi
Svenska
தமிழ்
Türkçe
Tiếng Việt
中文
23 more
Edit links
This page was last edited on 2 August 2018, at 18:53 (UTC).
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Cookie statement
Mobile view
Enable previews

values: mw-page-base noprint

values: mw-head-base noprint

values: firstHeading firstHeading en

values: siteSub noprint

values: mw-jump-link #mw-head

values: mw-jump-link #p-search

value: p

values: Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

values:
/wiki/Jason_Dean_(Charmed)
mw-redirect
Jason Dean (Charmed)

values: checkbox button toctogglecheckbox toctogglecheckbox display:none

values:
/wiki/Interior_designer
mw-redirect
Interior designer

values: Sequoia High School (Redwood City, California)

values:
/wiki/Serving_in_Silence
mw-redirect
Serving in Silence

values:
/wiki/Charles_%22Tex%22_Watson
mw-redirect
Charles "Tex" Watson

values:
/wiki/Zoe,_Duncan,_Jack_%26_Jane
mw-redirect
Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane

values:
/wiki/Open_Water_2
mw-redirect
Open Water 2

values:
/wiki/A%26E_Network
mw-redirect
A&E Network

values:
/wiki/Marriage_equality
mw-redirect
Marriage equality

values:
headerSort
0
columnheader button
Sort ascending

values:
nofollow
external text
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/22704

values: -moz-column-width: 30em; -webkit-column-width: 30em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;

values:
nofollow
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199312/
external text

values: Template:Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series

values: Template talk:Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series

values: nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner mw-collapsible mw-made-collapsible mw-collapsed

values: Template talk:ScreenActorsGuildAwards EnsembleTVDrama 2000–2009

values: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 4)

values: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 5)

values: nowraplinks hlist collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner mw-collapsible mw-made-collapsible mw-collapsed

values: nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-inner mw-collapsible mw-collapsed mw-made-collapsible

attrs: alt src width height style srcset data-file-width data-file-height

values:
nofollow
external text
http://isni.org/isni/0000000078270044

values:
nofollow
external text
https://www.idref.fr/147515629

values:
nofollow
external text
https://viaf.org/viaf/100935322

values: Category:20th-century American male actors

values: Category:21st-century American male actors

values: Category:American male television actors

values: Category:Use mdy dates from October 2015

values: Category:Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers

values: Category:Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers

values: Category:Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers

values: Category:Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers

values: Category:Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers

values: Category:Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers

values: Discussion about edits from this IP address [ctrl-alt-n]

values: A list of edits made from this IP address [ctrl-alt-y]

values: You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory

values: You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [ctrl-alt-o]

values:
/wiki/Eric_Dane
View the content page [ctrl-alt-c]
c

values: Discussion about the content page [ctrl-alt-t]

values: p-namespaces navigation vectorTabs p-namespaces-label

values:
p-variants
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-variants-label

values: Past revisions of this page [ctrl-alt-h]

values: p-views navigation vectorTabs p-views-label

values:
p-cactions
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-cactions-label

values:
mw-wiki-logo
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page

values:
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page [ctrl-alt-z]
z

values: Featured content – the best of Wikipedia

values: Find background information on current events

values:
/wiki/Special:Random
Load a random article [ctrl-alt-x]
x

values: portal navigation p-navigation p-navigation-label

values: Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia

values: About the project, what you can do, where to find things

values: A list of recent changes in the wiki [ctrl-alt-r]

values: portal navigation p-interaction p-interaction-label

values: List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [ctrl-alt-j]

values: Recent changes in pages linked from this page [ctrl-alt-k]

values:
/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard
Upload files [ctrl-alt-u]
u

values: A list of all special pages [ctrl-alt-q]

values: Permanent link to this revision of the page

values: إيريك دين – Arabic

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ast
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-azb
display: none;

values:
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Czech
cs
cs
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cs
display: none;

values:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – German
de
de
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Estonian
et
et
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-et
display: none;

values:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Spanish
es
es
interlanguage-link-target

values: اریک دین – Persian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-fa
display: none;

values:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – French
fr
fr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Galician
gl
gl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-gl
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ko
display: none;

values:
https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Croatian
hr
hr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-hr
display: none;

values:
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Indonesian
id
id
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Italian
it
it
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-it
display: none;

values: אריק דיין – Hebrew

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-he
display: none;

values: ერიკ დეინი – Georgian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ka
display: none;

values:
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Hungarian
hu
hu
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mk
display: none;

values:
https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Malay
ms
ms
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Dutch
nl
nl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-nl
display: none;

values: エリック・デイン – Japanese

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ja
display: none;

values:
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Norwegian
no
no
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Polish
pl
pl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Portuguese
pt
pt
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Romanian
ro
ro
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ro
display: none;

values: Дэйн, Эрик – Russian

values:
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Finnish
fi
fi
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Swedish
sv
sv
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sv
display: none;

values: எரிக் டான் – Tamil

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ta
display: none;

values:
https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Turkish
tr
tr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tr
display: none;

values:
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Dane
Eric Dane – Vietnamese
vi
vi
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vi
display: none;

values: 埃里克·迪恩 – Chinese

values: /static/images/wikimedia-button-1.5x.png 1.5x, /static/images/wikimedia-button-2x.png 2x

values: /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_132x47.png 1.5x, /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_176x62.png 2x

values:
suggestions
display: none; font-size: 13px;

values: mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Eric_Dane rootpage-Eric_Dane skin-vector action-view


text:
Fortnite Battle Royale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Fortnite Battle Royale
Developer(s)
Epic Games
Publisher(s)
Epic Games
Series
Fortnite
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
macOS
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
iOS
Nintendo Switch
Android
Release
Windows, macOS,
PlayStation 4, Xbox One
September 26, 2017
iOS
April 2, 2018
Nintendo Switch
June 12, 2018
Android
August 9, 2018
Genre(s)
Battle royale
Mode(s)
Multiplayer
Fortnite Battle Royale is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed and published by Epic Games. It was released as an early access title for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2017, for iOS in April 2018, the Nintendo Switch in June 2018, and an Android version in August 2018. It is a spin-off from Epic's Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative survival game with construction elements.
As a battle royale game, Fortnite Battle Royale features up to 100 players, alone, in duos, or in squads of up to four players, attempting to be the last player or group alive by killing other players or evading them, while staying within a constantly shrinking safe zone to prevent taking lethal damage from being outside it. Players start with no intrinsic advantages, and must scavenge for weapons and armor to gain the upper hand on their opponents. The game adds the construction element from Fortnite; players can break down most objects in the game world to gain resources they can use to build fortifications as part of their strategy. Limited-time modes are cycled through the game that introduce experimental or unconventional gameplay but otherwise follow the battle royale "last player standing" goal. The game features cross-platform play between the platforms that was limited for the first five seasons, before the restrictions were eased.
The idea for Fortnite Battle Royale arose following the release of the similar battle royale game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which saw numerous player count records broken throughout 2017. Seeing its rapid growth and commercial success, Epic Games saw the opportunity to create a battle royale mode of their own. Originally released as part of the paid Fortnite game, Epic spun out a dedicated version of the game offered as free-to-play funded by microtransactions, sharing in-game currency with the main Fortnite game, allowing players to buy or earn cosmetic items to customize their character. As of July 2018, the game has seen over 125 million players, and has been estimated to have earned more than US$1 billion in microtransactions, outcompeting PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Fortnite Battle Royale has become a cultural phenomenon, with Fortnite streams achieving record-high viewerships, and with several celebrities and athletes stating their appreciation of the game.
Contents
1 Gameplay
1.1 Limited time and competitive modes
1.2 Seasonal changes
2 Development
2.1 Localization
2.2 Ports
2.3 Cross-platform play
2.4 Promotion and marketing
3 Professional competition
4 Reception
4.1 Player count and revenue
4.2 Impact
5 Lawsuits
5.1 Cheats and mods
6 References
7 External links
Gameplay
The main gameplay for Fortnite Battle Royale follows the battle royale genre's standard format. The game nominally is played either with each player on their own, or in a squad of two to four players, with up to 100 players participating each round. The round starts with players, weaponless, skydiving from floating buses ("Battle Bus") then deploying a glider onto a region of land. The island's fixed layout includes several landmarks and locations (named in an alliterative fashion, such as "Loot Lake", "Tilted Towers", and "Retail Row") that are mostly ghost towns, while a random distribution of weapons, shields, and other combat support features can be found by searching buildings and other sites. The goal is to be the last player or team alive by eliminating or avoiding other players. Over time, the game's safe zone (representing the eye of a storm that is ravaging the world), decreases in size, and players caught outside the zone will take damage, potentially dying. This directs the surviving players into tighter spaces, forcing player encounters. Players can loot defeated enemies for equipment. Random supply drops will occur during a match, providing random weapons and items. Like in the original Fortnite game, Fortnite Battle Royale is primarily played in a third-person perspective, and there is no current way to change it.
Fortnite Battle Royale's primary distinction from other battle royale games is the building system, which originated from the original Fortnite survival game. Nearly all objects in the environment can be destroyed and harvested for materials (wood, stone, and metal), which can then be used to build fortifications of limited durabilities, such as walls, ramps, floors, and roofs, which can be used to help traverse the map, protect the player from gunfire, or slow down progression of other players. Weaker pieces can be destroyed in a few hits, but can be built quickly, while stronger pieces can withstand more punishment, but take longer to build.
The game is free-to-play, supported by microtransactions that allow players to buy "Vinderbucks", "V-Bucks" for short, the game's internal currency. V-Bucks are also shared with the main Fortnite "Save the World" game, which offers players the opportunity to earn V-Bucks by completing missions or daily quests.[1] V-Bucks can then be used to buy cosmetic improvements to the player (character, pickaxe and glider skins, back-wear, and emotes). The game is run as seasons, lasting about 12 weeks each. Each season introduces a new set of cosmetic items that can be obtained, which otherwise are not available outside that season. These are offered through a dual-track battle pass, which present a number of tiers that a players climbs through by earning experience through completing in-game objectives and their general performance during matches, while acquiring cosmetic rewards or other items in the process. Each player has access to the "free" track of the Battle Pass, which offers fewer prizes that must be earned by clearing multiple tiers, while players can also purchase the Pass' "premium" track with V-Bucks (roughly costing US$10),[2] which offers more diverse challenges and grants prizes for every tier the player clears. Players can use V-Bucks to complete tiers as well once they have a Battle Pass.[3]
Since release, Epic Games has added more features, such as new weapons, vending machines, and small, makeshift vehicles, such as shopping carts and golf carts. Epic is also able to deploy hot-fixes to the game to adjust aspects like weapon attributes and distribution, pushing these out in minutes if necessary should they or players discover critical issues or glitches.[4][5]
Limited time and competitive modes
Epic has the ability to include limited time modes (LTM) within the game, which provides Epic with experimental capabilities and gain feedback from players to improve upon.[6] One of its earliest additions was a 50-v-50 mode, placing players randomly on one of two teams and dropping them on opposite sides of the map, giving the two teams time to gather resources, create fortifications, and hunt the other team before the storm moved in.[7] Shortly after the launch of the film Avengers: Infinity War, Epic ran a Marvel-sponsored event that featured the Infinity Gauntlet that randomly spawned on the map; any player that equipped it became Thanos with added abilities.[8] A sandbox Playground LTM was introduced in June 2018, which allows up to four players to explore and build anything anywhere on the battle map, while being able to fight each other and respawn upon defeat until the storm covered the map after an hour and eliminated them all; Epic later made this a permanent mode in the game.[9]
Epic has stated that they intend to add ranked competitive play in the future.[10] A preliminary competitive mode, Solo Showdown, ran for a limited time starting in May 2018, ranking players by their final placement in matches and rewarding the top-placing competitors with V-Bucks.[11]
Seasonal changes
Fortnite Battle Royale has created a larger loose narrative that is exhibited through changes in the game map, which generally correlated to the start and end of the in-game season. For example, in the lead up to the fourth season which started in May 2018, players saw a number of shooting stars cross the skies, followed by a giant comet that neared the ground; upon the start of season four, the comet had hit one of the locations on the map, leaving a giant crater, among other changes. This tied into several new cosmetic skins related to superheroes and super-villains that were available that month.[12] Epic has the ability to create custom events that occur across all game servers simultaneously as well; the first example of such was a countdown leading to a giant rocket's launch in June 2018 which, in the aftermath, left cracks in the skies that have grown since that event.[13]
The game initially launched without any seasonable schedule, but starting with the release of Season 2 in December 2017, Epic has provided new content, which includes new cosmetics, new gameplay elements, and changes to the game's map, on a roughly 10-week basis. This also introduced the use of the battle pass for players to obtain some of this new content by completing challenges and gaining experience.
Season
Period
Description
Season 1 September 2017 – December 2017 Retroactively considered the first season upon the start of second.
Season 2 December 2017 – February 2018 Introduction of the battle pass. Medieval themed.
Season 3 February 2018 – April 2018 Space-themed.
Season 4 May 2018 – July 2018 Superhero/Movies-themed season. Leading up to the start of Season 4, players had observed shooting stars crossing the game's map during Season 3, which later became small meteorites that hit the ground and caused some damage. Across all games a large meteor also started to appear, on track to hit the game map to coincide with the start of Season 4, completely destroying one of the major landmarks.[14][15]
Season 5 July 2018 – September 2018 Time travel-themed season. Prior to this season, Epic established a one-time event across all games on June 30, 2018 that fired a rocket from a villainous lair which created interdimensional rifts on the map.[16] The rifts grew over the next few days, with some in-game objects disappearing and new objects from other time periods appearing.[17] As part of its marketing, Epic planted a real-world version of the "Durrr-Burger" restaurant sign in the California desert, with clues pointing to locations of real-world version of the game's loot llamas located around the world.[18] The season started with changes of the map due to these rifts, while the rifts remained as a gameplay element within the season, teleporting the player to a high elevation and to re-land elsewhere in the map.[19]
Season 6 September 2018 – present[20] Darkness and corruption themed. Near the end of the fifth season, another one-time event occurred in which the rifts created by the rocket launch closed up, leaving a large purple cube with glyphs on its surface in the game world, which players nicknamed "Kevin". Kevin slowly moved on its own across the map, in certain spots leaving behind glyphs that created low-gravity playing areas. Kevin ended its journey by falling into Loot Lake, turning its water purple and making it a bouncy surface.[21][22][23] At the start of the sixth season, the skies above the map darkened and Kevin re-emerged from the lake, lifting Loot Lake's island and mansion high into the air and occasionally moving it to different places above the map. The lake is then renamed "Leaky Lake", becoming a whirlpool that levitates anyone who approaches it. Several other places on the map became "corrupted" where players could find Shadow Stones which makes them temporarily invisible, able to move faster, and pass through objects, but unable to use weapons.[24] Through the course of the season, the floating island moved across the map to the spots where Kevin had left the glyphs, pulling up a small part of the land as a miniature floating island in its wake.[25] Eventually, the glyphs of seven floating islands were activated, destroying the mansion and the island that Kevin was levitating and scattering the remains across the map, which then became portals that heralded the arrival of transdimensional alien creatures named "Cube Monsters". The Monsters become a new side threat to all players, similar to the Zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout mode, and can easily be slain with special weapons for loot.[26]
Development
See also: Fortnite: Save the World § Development
Fortnite had first been revealed by Epic Games in 2011, considered to be a combination of Minecraft and Left 4 Dead as four players would work together to scavenge resources to built fortifications, traps, weapons, and other objects to survive monster attacks.[27][28] The game ended up with a protracted development period, in part due to both external pressures, with the industry transitioning to a games as a service model, and internal shifts of focus within Epic (including focusing attention on their first free-to-play title Paragon) to meet the external challenges. During this period, Epic made a deal with Tencent, giving them about 40% of the company in exchange for their support for the games as a service approach as well as ready access to the Chinese video game market.[29] Fortnite was confirmed to have a planned 2018 release in June 2017, with a paid early access period starting a month later; the game is planned otherwise as a free-to-play title supported by microtransactions. With release in early access, the game featured its primary gameplay mode, "Save the World", where players in teams up to four would work cooperatively to survive and complete objectives on randomly generated maps.[30][31]
During the latter part of Fortnite's development, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was released in March 2017 on personal computers in early access, and quickly became a popular and successful game, becoming the defining example of the battle royale genre. According to Mustard, the Epic team "loved Battle Royale games like [Battlegrounds]", and explored how they could make a similar mode within Fortnite's engine. They kept this mode in a separate development team from the main player versus environment modes for experimentation and as to not throw off the balance in the main game.[32] The Battle Royale mode development was led by Eric Williamson with Zack Estep as production lead. Their goal was to develop the Battle Royale mode quickly from the core "Save the World" mode, putting off any complex features that weren't already in place as to launch the new mode as soon as possible; while they explored such potential ideas, they held off inclusion until after the main mode was launched.[6] The development of the Battle Royale mode took about two months starting in July 2017 after the "Save the World" mode had shipped, and was aided by the Unreal Tournament team.[4][33] Key differences for Battle Royale that differed from "Save the World" included a more limited progression for weapons, a small subset of traps, and a smoother, more natural terrain for the maps.[6] They also wanted to aim for games not taking longer than 25 minutes, which led to some decisions of which elements from "Save the World" would not carry over.[6] They had including Fortnite's building mechanic for fortifications, not sure how players would use that since the safe zone would continue shrinking, but found quickly that the mechanic helped to distinguish the game from Battlegrounds and was used by expert players frequently to win matches, and had since implemented more features to help players with rapidly constructing temporary bases.[6]
Fortnite Battle Royale at the 2018 Game Developers Conference
In those two months of development, Epic's plan was to include Battle Royale within the paid Fortnite game, and originally announced this approach publicly in early September 2017. Only two weeks before it was released did Epic decide to make it a separate free-to-play title, fearing that having it as part of the paid package would slow down the growth of the title.[33] Epic announced this change formally about a week after first announcing Battle Royale, allowing those that had purchased early access to Fortnite in anticipation of this mode to request refunds.[34] This release, which beat out Battlegrounds to consoles, caused some concern with Battlegrounds developer Bluehole, as they had been working closely with Epic for Unreal engine support in Battlegrounds, and were worried that Fortnite might be able to include planned features to their Battle Royale mode before they could release those in Battlegrounds.[35][36][37]
With the popularity of Fortnite Battle Royale by the start of 2018, Epic split off a separate development team to focus on improvements for this mode.[38] Epic said that their attention to Fortnite was causing some of their other games to see lower player populations, leading them to reduce development efforts on these games, particularly Paragon.[39] By the end of January 2018, Epic announced it was shutting down Paragon by April of that year, providing refunds to all players.[40] Players on a Fortnite-dedicated Reddit forum had expressed concerns that a similar fate could befall the Save the World mode of Fortnite, as externally, the Save the World mode has not received the same attention in providing updates and improvements compared to the Battle Royale mode since that mode's release.[41]
Localization
Tencent, who is a partial owner of Epic Games, will bring Fortnite Battle Royale to China; the company is already involved in bringing and supporting Battlegrounds in China as well. Tencent plans to spend up to US$15 million to help promote the game in China, set up eSports tournaments, and fight against copyright infringement and clones of Fortnite that have appeared in the country.[42] Epic is also working with Neowiz Games to bring a version of Fortnite to Korean PC bangs by the second quarter of 2018.[43]
Ports
A release of Fortnite for the Nintendo Switch video game console had been rumored in the week prior to the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 in June 2018. During the Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo and Epic Games announced the release of Fortnite Battle Royale for the Nintendo Switch, supporting cross-platform play with any other platform except the PlayStation 4; such users are able to carry over their inventory, Battle Pass status, and in-game currency between these platforms through their Epic user account. The game was released on June 12, 2018, the same day as the announcement. It is the first game to support direct voice chat through the Switch console.[44]
In March 2018, Epic announced it was making Fortnite Battle Royale for Android and iOS mobile devices.[45] The iOS version was released first, and was expected to be followed by the Android version by mid-2018.[46] The beta version for iOS devices launched on March 15, 2018,[47] and opened to all players on April 2, 2018.[48] Epic Games stated that it was not possible to release the Android version with the iOS version simultaneously, and declined to provide a concrete release date for it, because the developers wanted to spend a few months making sure that the game will be compatible with as many Android devices as possible, a task that is not easily accomplished due to the high variety of Android hardware.[49]
The Android beta version of Fortnite was released on August 9, 2018 with a time-exclusivity for selected Samsung mobile devices until August 12, 2018.[50][51] On August 13, 2018, Epic began sending invites for the Android version to registered users for non-Samsung devices,[52] and by October 11, 2018, the Android client was made available to all without an invite.[53] Epic distributed the Android Fortnite Battle Royale app directly from its website rather than through the Google Play Store, citing that they want to have a direct connection to the players of the game, and they believe that the 30% fee Google takes from all microtransactions from apps through the Play Store was disproportionate to the types of services the store provides.[54] Security experts expressed concern over this decision, since this requires users to modify security settings in default Android distributions to allow third-party sites to install Android application packages (APK). This setting can make users, particularly younger players, prone to potential malware, including clones of Fortnite that install malicious programming.[55] About a month after the Android release, there were at least 32 clones of the Fortnite installer on the Google Store, with half found to include malware.[56] Epic's installer for Android does include a warning message following the install that users should re-enable security controls and warns users of only downloading content from trusted sources.[57] The initial installer was found by Google to have a potential vector that would allow for malware to be installed, though this was patched within 48 hours of discovery and Epic did not believe anyone used the vector.[58]
The iOS version of Fortnite Battle Royale alone brought in an estimated US$1 million in microtransaction revenue within the first three days of in-app purchases being available, according to analysis firm Sensor Tower. Glixel considered these numbers impressive, compared to the early success rate of other popular mobile games, such as Pokémon Go and Clash Royale which earned US$4.9 million and US$4.6 million in their first four days, respectively.[59] Sensor Tower further estimated that after one month, the mobile title had earned more than US$25 million in revenue, surpassing revenues from any other mobile games and other several top-grossing apps during the same period.[60][61]
Cross-platform play
For the first five seasons, all ports of Fortnite Battle Royale support cross-platform play with other versions, but with limited interaction in regards to the PlayStation 4. That is, players on personal computer and mobile versions can cross-play with Xbox One and Nintendo Switch users, or alternatively they can cross-play with PlayStation 4 users.[45][62] While Epic Games has expressed interest in having full cross-platform play across all available platforms, Sony's continued refusal to allow cross-play between the PlayStation 4 and other consoles rendered this impossible during the game's first year of operation, according to Microsoft.[45] Further, while players can use a single Epic Games account to share progress in Fortnite: Battle Royale on all other platforms, those who used their PlayStation Network credentials to establish their Epic account cannot use that account on other platforms.[63][64] The account restriction was confirmed to be as a result of Sony's initial decision to prohibit cross-platform play between its PlayStation 4 and other consoles, rather than a choice Epic had made.[63][65]
By September 2018, Sony had made a decision to allow cross-platform play for the PlayStation 4 for "select third-party titles", starting with Fortnite. A beta version of the PlayStation 4 client supporting this was released for the game on September 26, 2018, the same day as Sony's announcement.[66] A means to merge multiple Epic accounts as well as unlinking console accounts from an Epic account to attach to another are planned for release in November 2018.[67]
Solo mobile players, or squads entirely consisting of mobile players will play solely with other mobile players by default for fairness; players however can use cross-platform play to join squads on other platforms, and matchmaking will consider all available matches.[68]
Promotion and marketing
In May 2018, Epic announced a partnership with sports apparel manufacturing company IMG to produce official Fortnite-themed clothing.[69] A Hasbro-licensed Fortnite Battle Royale-themed version of Monopoly was announced for release by late 2018; the Fortnite Monopoly game reflects some elements of the video game, such as the money being replaced with player's lives, and the ability to protect properties on the board with walls.[70] Further, with this deal, Hasbro will produce Fortnite-based Nerf blasters, which are expected to reach retail in 2019.[71] Funko will release a series of Fortnite themed Pop! figurines by late 2018.[72]
Fortnite Battle Royale has been packaged as special bundles with both the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, each version providing redeemable codes for V-bucks and platform-unique customization options.[73][74] A retail release of Fortnite Battle Royale, called Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle, will be distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch by late 2018. The package will include redeemable codes for V-Bucks and unique in-game cosmetics.[75]
Professional competition
The Fortnite Pro-Am event at E3 2018
One of the first professional eSports competitions using Fortnite was the Fortnite Pro-Am event, held on June 12, 2018 during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018, with 3000 in attendance.[2] This tournament was announced after the success of the March 2018 stream by Tyler "Ninja" Blevins where he played alongside celebrities like Drake. The event featuring 50 celebrities paired with 50 top streaming players competing for prize pool of US$3 million to be given to winning teams' charities.[76] Ninja and his celebrity teammate Marshmello were the winners of this event.[77]
In May 2018, Epic announced it was setting aside US$100 million to fund various tournaments throughout the year to help grow Fornite Battle Royale into a eSport.[78] During the Fortnite Pro-Am at E3 2018, Epic announced it was setting up a 2019 Fortnite World Cup event, featuring separate series for solo players and two-player teams. All players, regardless of skill, would have an opportunity to try to gain placement in the World Cup event.[79]
During mid-2018, Epic started running a Summer Skirmish series over 8 weeks, each week having a different format, with US$8 million to be offered to winners throughout the series. The series had some initial problems; the first week event was cut short due to technical issues with game servers, while the second event ended with accusations of cheating towards the winner which Epic later verified were not true.[80] Epic launched its second competition play series, the Fall Skirmish, on September 21, 2018, with up to US$10 million in prizes for winners.[81]
Reception
Reception
Review scores
Publication
Score
GameSpot 8/10[82]
IGN 9.6/10[83]
Player count and revenue
See also: Reception and accolades for Fortnite
Fortnite Battle Royale has become its own phenomenon, compared by analysts to the success in drawing in players that are not average video game players as both World of Warcraft and Minecraft had done previously.[84] Fortnite Battle Royale obtained over 10 million players two weeks after its release.[85] By March 2018, it was estimated to have more than 45 million players.[86] Three months later, in June 2018, Epic announced they had achieved over 125 million players in less than a year, with at least 40 million players playing the game once per month.[87] Within a day of becoming available, the Nintendo Switch version had been downloaded over 2 million times, according to Nintendo.[88] Epic said that Fortnite had been downloaded over 15 million times for Android within three weeks of its launch.[89] On the release of Season 5 in July 2018, Akamai Technologies reported that Fortnite traffic neared 37 terabytes per second, the largest recorded amount of traffic for any video game that they have observed.[90]
Analysis firm SuperData estimated that Fortnite Battle Royale made over US$126 million in February 2018, surpassing Battlegrounds's revenues for the same period of US$103 million.[91] SuperData estimated Fortnite's revenues over all platforms to exceed US$223 million for the month of March.[92] By April 2018, SuperData estimated that Fortnite Battle Royale had surpassed both sales and player count on all platforms over Battlegrounds.[93] The game generated US$296 million in revenue in April, followed by US$318 million in May, according to SuperData.[94][95] By July 2018, Fortnite Battle Royale had been estimated to have brought in over US$1 billion in revenue.[96][2] Prior to the Season 5 start in July 2018, Sensor Tower estimated that the mobile version of Fortnite Battle Royale made over US$1.2 million daily; following the launch of Season 5, revenues jumped to US$2 million per day.[97]
At the time of Tencent's investment into Epic in 2012, Epic Games had a US$825 million valuation.[98] Because of Fortnite Battle Royale, Epic's valuation increased to US$4.5 billion as of May 2018.[99] Bloomberg raised the estimate to around US$8.5 billion by the end of 2018 should Fortnite Battle Royale reach US$2 billion during the year.[98] Partially due to the influx of revenue from Fortnite Battle Royale, Epic reduced its portion of sales it collected from the Unreal Engine Marketplace from 30% to 12% in July 2018, applying that retroactively to past sales.[100]
Impact
The Fortnite exhibition booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018
Journalists attributed Fortnite Battle Royale's success over PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds as a combination of several factors: besides being free-to-play and available on consoles, the game was released at a time when Battlegrounds was struggling with game cheaters and a toxic community, and that it features a less violent, cartoonish quality to it that, like Minecraft, was able to draw in a younger and mixed-gendered audiences to play.[101][102] Further, Epic has maintained frequent updates for the game, adding new weapons and in-game tools alongside limited-time events and longer-term narrative elements that help to further draw in players.[103] The high interest in the game within March 2018, which has been able to draw larger audiences compared to existing multiplayer games like Grand Theft Auto Online and Destiny 2, has had a financial impact on competing publishers Take-Two Interactive and Activision Blizzard, their stocks having fallen during this period, according to analysts from Morgan Stanley and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.[86][99] Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick, on their quarterly results released May 2018, stated that "Fortnite is definitely a lot of competition right now...it’s been a really important catalyst in attracting new gamers to gaming",[104] and the company is looking to develop its own battle royale title.[105] Electronic Arts CEO Blake Jorgensen also considered both Fortnite Battle Royale and Battlegrounds as having a significant market impact. Jorgensen said " [Fortnite is] bringing younger people into the marketplace and younger people into first-person shooters, and I think that's good for the long run health of that category for all of us in the industry".[106]
Part of the game's success is also considered to be related to its impact on social media.[84] By March 2018, Fortnite: Battle Royale became the most-viewed game on Twitch, exceeding the average-concurrent viewership numbers of League of Legends and Battlegrounds.[107] One notable streamer was Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, who gained a large number of subscribers by March 2018, in part due to his skill and through promotions on Twitch that offered free Fortnite Battle Royale cosmetic items; by March 2018, he was estimated to be making US$500,000 a month from his streaming revenue.[108] YouTube streamer Rubén Doblas Gundersen held a Fortnite Battle Royale match with 99 other well-known YouTube streamers in late March, which drew over 1.1 million viewers, making it one of the most-watched gaming YouTube streams.[109] The Fortnite Pro-Am event held at E3 2018 was estimated to have drawn over 1.3 million views across Twitch and other streaming services, making it one of the highest-viewed live-streamed event to date.[110]
A number of celebrities and athletes have said they play Fortnite: Battle Royale, such as Chance the Rapper, Joe Jonas, Finn Wolfhard, Roseanne Barr, and Norm Macdonald.[111] For athletes, their appreciation for the game has taken on the form of recreating the various emotes in game as part of their on-field celebration dances.[112] Such Fortnite celebrations were frequently throughout the 2018 FIFA World Cup event in June and July 2018,[113] including by Antoine Griezmann after a scoring penalty kick during the final.[114] In March 2018, Tyler Blevins hosted a stream that included Drake, Travis Scott, Kim DotCom, and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster all playing the game. The stream broke over 635,000 concurrent viewers, making it the highest-watched stream on Twitch outside of eSports tournaments.[115][116] Other notable people have expressed their fondness for the game; the Russo brothers, directors of Avengers: Infinity War, stated that they often played Fortnite Battle Royale during breaks on the film's development, leading them to propose the idea of the Thanos LTM for the game.[8] The awareness of the game from well-known celebrities has been considered a reason for further popularity and player growth of the game.[117]
Fortnite Battle Royale has been jokingly referred to as the honomyn "Fork Knife" on social media, believed to have originated with people, unfamiliar with the game, described their friends and family spending time playing the game.[118] Epic added a harvestable, non-playable "Fork Knife" food truck to the game map as the term gained popularity.[2] In September 2018, Fortnite was featured as a question on the game show Jeopardy!,[119] and was spoofed in a skit on the September 29, 2018, episode of Saturday Night Live.[120]
With the release of the mobile version, teachers, parents, and students have found that the game had become popular to younger players due to the free-to-play nature, its cartoonish art style, and its social nature.[121] This carries over into schools, which has been seen as a disruptive element within the classroom.[122][123][124] Epic has since added warnings on the game's loading screens to discourage students from playing it during classes.[125] The UK's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Matt Hancock, expressed concern at how much time children were playing Fortnite Battle Royale and similar video games without a balance of physical exercise and social interactions.[126] Other agencies, including the United States' Center on Media and Child Health and the United Kingdom's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children have cautioned parents that children may be influenced by the violent behavior due to Fortnite Battle Royale.[127][128] At the same time, parents have expressed appreciation for Fortnite to have their children engage socially outside of their core groups of friends in a game that is otherwise not excessively violent,[129] or see offering Fortnite as a reward for encouraging children to do well in school, offering their children the purchase of V-bucks in exchange for good grades.[130] Some parents see potential in their children becoming skilled in Fortnite as to become professional players and compete for part of the large prize pools, creating a market for tutors to help children improve their skills in the game.[131]
Lawsuits
In January 2018, Bluehole's PUBG Corp., the South Korean company behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), filed a lawsuit against Epic Games, claiming that Fortnite Battle Royale was a copyright infringement of Battlegrounds; they accused Epic Games of copying PUBG's user interface and game items.[132][133] According to Korea Times, market observers predicted that there would be little likelihood of Bluehole winning the case, as it would be difficult to establish the originality of PUBG in court due to the battle royale game genre, which includes both PUBG and Fortnite Battle Royale, being derived from the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale.[134] The case has since closed, with PUBG Corp. dropping the lawsuit in June 2018 under undisclosed reasons.[135]
In May 2018, Epic Games filed a lawsuit against quality assurance tester Thomas Hannah after he leaked information regarding Season 4. Hannah, who had joined Epic in December 2017, breached the non-disclosure agreement by sharing details of the Season with Adam DiMarco. DiMarco later shared information in a Reddit post, spoiling the theme of the Season.[136] Epic stated that Hannah "diminished the enjoyment of the people who play, or who watch others play, Fortnite by ruining the suspense that had been building in the Fortnite community in anticipation of upcoming season".[137]
Cheats and mods
In October 2017, Epic Games filed civil complaints against two associates of the website Addicted Cheats, which for a payment provided cheating services to players. The company argued that the two defendants made and used altered game breaking code that was against the End User License Agreement and the Copyright Act.[138]
In October 2018, Epic Games sued YouTuber Brandon Lucas, who posts videos on the channel, Golden Modz. The lawsuit details that Lucas, cheats at the game and "...promotes, advertises and sells software that enables those who use it to cheat."[139] The lawsuit also names Lucas's secondary website in which visitors are encouraged to purchase the hack and/or Fortnite user accounts preloaded with hacks.[140]
References
Jump up ^ Kim, Matt (March 1, 2018). "Fortnite's V-Bucks Currency is Another Battleground for a Community at Odds". USGamer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Feldman, Brian (July 13, 2018). "The Most Important Video Game on the Planet". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Frushtick, Russ (March 16, 2018). "Should you spend money on Fortnite?". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Duggan, James (April 17, 2018). "How Fortnite Became The Biggest Game In The World". IGN (video). Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hernandez, Patrica (June 21, 2018). "Here's why Fortnite shopping carts are giving Epic Games such a big headache". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Douglas, Dante (March 14, 2018). "Q&A: How Epic pared down Fortnite Battle Royale to be fast and approachable". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Knezevic, Kevin (July 6, 2018). "New Fortnite: Battle Royale Limited-Time Modes And Items Teased". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Romano, Nick (May 7, 2018). "Thanos is coming to Fortnite for epic Avengers: Infinity War crossover". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
Jump up ^ Lemon, Marshall (July 6, 2018). "Fortnite has plans to make Playground a permanent mode". VG247. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Bailey, Dustin (March 15, 2018). "Competitive Fortnite details are incoming as Epic announce the Celebrity Pro-Am at E3". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Goslin, Austen (May 17, 2018). "Fortnite's new Solo Showdown mode is for players who want to get competitive". Polygon. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hernandez, Patrica (May 1, 2018). "Fortnite Comet Hits Dusty Depot, Altering Map and Gravity For New Season". Kotaku. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Webster, Andrew (July 2, 2018). "Fortnite has the most interesting video game story in years". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kuchera, Ben (April 30, 2018). "Fortnite's comet is hitting tomorrow". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Statt, Nick (May 1, 2018). "Fortnite season 4 arrives with an answer to the mystery of the meteor". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hernandez, Patricia (June 30, 2018). "Fortnite's rocket launch created a spectacular dimensional rift in the sky". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Santangelo, Nick (July 9, 2018). "Fortnite Rifts Are Now Spawning New Items Into The Game". IGN. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Geeter, Darren (July 13, 2018). "'Fortnite' Season 5 is being played in real life". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hussan, Tamoor (July 14, 2018). "Fortnite Season 5 Out Now With Map Changes, New Skins, And Battle Pass". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Knezevik, Kevin (September 21, 2018). "Fortnite Season 6 Start Date Confirmed". GameSpot. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hernandez, Patricia (August 24, 2018). "Fortnite's lightning rift has created a purple interdimensional cube". The Verge. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
Jump up ^ Webster, Andrew (August 27, 2018). "Fortnite's mysterious cube keeps moving, and I can't stop following it". The Verge. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
Jump up ^ Bailey, Dustin (September 19, 2018). "Fortnite's cube made its last stop – now Loot Lake is purple and bouncy". PCGamesN. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
Jump up ^ Goslin, Austin (September 27, 2018). "5 things to know about Fortnite Season 6". Polygon. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
Jump up ^ Davenport, James (October 18, 2018). "Fortnite's floating island is up to something". PC Gamer. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
Jump up ^ Tassi, Paul (24 October 2018). "Fortnite's Cube Island Just Blew Up, Cube Monsters Spawning For 'Fortnitemares' Event". Forbes. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
Jump up ^ Makuch, Eddie (July 12, 2013). "Epic: Fortnite is "Minecraft meets Left 4 Dead"". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
Jump up ^ McWhertor, Michael (March 26, 2014). "What's the future of games at Epic Games?". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
Jump up ^ Crecente, Brian (March 21, 2013). "Tencent's $330M Epic Games investment absorbed 40 percent of developer [Updated]". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hall, Charlie (June 8, 2017). "Fortnite announces early access release, hands-on the unfinished game". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
Jump up ^ Nunneley, Stephany (July 21, 2017). "Fortnite Early Access has started for those who pre-ordered Founder's Packs". VG247. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
Jump up ^ Chalk, Andy (September 12, 2017). "Fortnite Battle Royale is a 100-player last-man-standing mode, coming this month". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Davenport, James (March 22, 2018). "Fortnite Battle Royale was developed in just two months, wasn't originally free-to-play". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Jump up ^ Plante, Chris (September 20, 2017). "Fortnite: Battle Royale will beat PUBG to consoles and be free-to-play". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
Jump up ^ Hall, Charlie (September 22, 2017). "PUBG and Fortnite's argument raises the question: Can you own a genre?". Polygon. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
Jump up ^ Skipper, Ben (September 22, 2017). "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds team issues threat over 'carbon copy' battle royale mode in Epic Games' Fortnite". International Business Times. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
Jump up ^ Livingston, Christopher (September 23, 2017). "PUBG exec clarifies objection to Fortnite Battle Royale: 'it's not about the idea itself, it's about Epic Games'". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
Jump up ^ Crecente, Brian (January 15, 2018). "'Fortnite: Battle Royale': The Evolution of World's Largest Battle Royale Game". Glixel. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Makuch, Eddie (January 17, 2018). "Fortnite's Huge Success Means Its Studio's Other Game Might Not Live On". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Schreier, Jason (January 26, 2018). "After Fortnite's Massive Success, Epic Shuts Down Paragon". Kotaku. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hastings, Dan (February 16, 2018). "Could Fortnite's Save The World mode be next on Epic's kill list?". VG247. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
Jump up ^ Lumb, David (April 23, 2018). "'Fortnite' is coming to China". Engadget. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
Jump up ^ Ji-hye, Jun (May 25, 2018). "PUBG takes US game firm to court". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kuchera, Ben (June 12, 2018). "Fortnite for Nintendo Switch is out today". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b c Gach, Ethan (March 12, 2018). "Microsoft Says Sony Is Holding Back Fortnite Cross-Play". Kotaku. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Statt, Nick (May 18, 2018). "Fortnite is coming to Android this summer". The Verge. Archived from the original on May 19, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
Jump up ^ Thier, Dave (March 15, 2018). "'Fortnite Battle Royale' On iOS Is Live, Invites Going Out Now". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hall, Charlie (April 2, 2018). "Fortnite now available for everyone on iOS". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kain, Erik (March 16, 2018). "Why Isn't 'Fortnite' Coming To Android At The Same Time As iOS?". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018. Nick Chester: "There’s a very wide range of Android devices that we want to support. We want to make sure Android players have a great experience, so we’re taking more time to get it right."
Jump up ^ Blumenthal, Eli (August 9, 2018). "'Fortnite' for Android officially arrives at Galaxy Note 9 launch". USA Today. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hussain, Tamoor (August 9, 2018). "Fortnite Android Beta Coming Today, But Exclusive To Samsung Devices For A Few Days". GameSpot. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
Jump up ^ Knezevic, Kevin (August 13, 2018). "Fortnite Android Beta Now Available For More Phones". GameSpot. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
Jump up ^ McAloon, Alissa (October 11, 2018). "Fortnite's Android version is no longer invite-only". Gamasutra. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
Jump up ^ Statt, Nick (August 3, 2018). "Fortnite for Android will ditch Google Play Store for Epic's website". The Verge. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Field, Matthew (August 8, 2018). "Fortnite decision to bypass the Google Play store sparks security concerns for teen gamers". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
Jump up ^ Saed, Sherif (September 12, 2018). "50% of fake Fortnite apps on Android contain malware, spyware or adware – report". VG247. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Orland, Kyle (August 13, 2018). "Google Play warns searchers that Fortnite "is not available"". Ars Technica. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
Jump up ^ Fingas, John (August 26, 2018). "Initial 'Fortnite' Android installer let hackers install malware". Engadget. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Fogel, Stefanie (March 20, 2018). "Mobile 'Fortnite' Players Spent Over $1M in First 72 Hours". Glixel. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
Jump up ^ Statt, Nick (April 6, 2018). "Fortnite on iOS made $15 million in its first three weeks in the App Store". The Verge. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
Jump up ^ McAloon, Alissa (April 18, 2018). "Fortnite mobile nabbed $25M in revenue during its first month". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
Jump up ^ Thier, Dave (June 12, 2018). "'Fortnite' On Nintendo Switch Can Cross-Play With Xbox One, iOS And PC...Just Not PS4". Forbes. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Kuchera, Ben (June 12, 2018). "Fortnite accounts that have been used on the PS4 are blocked on Switch (and vice versa)". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Beck, Kellen (June 12, 2018). "Sony's lack of cross-compatibility in 'Fortnite' is a bad sign". Mashable. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Warren, Tom (June 14, 2018). "Sony issues weak response to Fortnite cross-play controversy on PS4 and Switch". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Plunkett, Luke (September 26, 2018). "Sony Is Finally Allowing Cross-Play On The PS4". Kotaku. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Phillips, Tom (September 26, 2018). "Fortnite cross-play account merge feature coming November". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Takahashi, Dean (August 3, 2018). "Tim Sweeney: Epic's CEO on Fortnite on Android, skipping Google Play, and the open Metaverse". Venture Beat. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Fogel, Stephanie (May 23, 2018). "Brace Yourselves, 'Fortnite' Merchandise Is Coming". Variety. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kent, Emma (September 6, 2018). "Fortnite Monopoly is now available for pre-order". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Santangelo, Nick (September 6, 2018). "Fortnite Nerf Blasters Are Coming In 2019". IGN. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Blake, Vikki (September 29, 2018). "Funko reveals 14 Fortnite-themed Funko Pop! figures". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
Jump up ^ Goslin, Austin (September 25, 2018). "Fortnite Xbox One S bundle features some console exclusives". Polygon. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
Jump up ^ Macy, Seth (September 28, 2018). "Score Exclusive Skins And V-bucks With A Fortnite Bundle". IGN. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
Jump up ^ McAloon, Alissa (October 9, 2018). "Epic is bringing a physical Fortnite bundle to store shelves for the holidays". Gamasutra. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
Jump up ^ Pereira, Chris (March 15, 2018). "After Drake, Fortnite Will Host A Celebrity "Party Royale" At E3". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Goslin, Austen (June 12, 2018). "Ninja and Marshmello win Epic's E3 2018 Fortnite Pro Am". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kim, Tae (May 21, 2018). "Epic makes 'Fortnite' biggest esport in the world with $100 million in prize money". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Goslin, Austen (June 12, 2018). "Epic announces the 2019 Fortnite World Cup event". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Webster, Andrew (July 30, 2018). "Fortnite's grand e-sports plans are off to a shaky start". The Verge. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
Jump up ^ Fogel, Stephanie (September 21, 2018). "'Fortnite' Has 78 Million Month, Epic Details Fall Skirmish". Variety. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
Jump up ^ Austen, Golsin (March 27, 2018). "Fortnite: Battle Royale – Laying The Foundation". GameSpot. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
Jump up ^ Austen, Golsin (March 27, 2018). "Fortnite Battle Royale Review". IGN. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Tsukayama, Hayley (April 3, 2018). "Everything you need to know about Fortnite and why it's so popular". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Makuch, Eddie (October 12, 2017). "Fortnite: Battle Royale Has Hit 10 Million Players In Two Weeks". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Fogel, Stefanie (March 21, 2018). "Activision, Take-Two Stocks Taking a Hit Thanks to 'Fortnite'". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
Jump up ^ Statt, Nick (June 12, 2018). "Fortnite now has 125 million players just one year after launch". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Dornbush, Jonathon (June 13, 2018). "E3 2018: Fortnite On Nintendo Switch Has Been Downloaded 2 Million Times In Its First Day". IGN. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
Jump up ^ Orland, Kyle (September 7, 2018). "Fortnite reaches 15 million Android downloads without Google Play". Ars Technica. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
Jump up ^ Morris, Chris (July 13, 2018). "New Fortnite Release Downloads Shatter Record for Internet Traffic". Fortune. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
Jump up ^ Jones, Ali (March 22, 2018). "Fortnite made $126m in February, making more than PUBG for the first time". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
Jump up ^ Sinclair, Brendan (April 26, 2018). "Fortnite earned $223 million in March – Superdata". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
Jump up ^ Jones, Ali (April 26, 2018). "Fortnite has overtaken PUBG's total revenue and player count across all platforms". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Thier, Dave (May 24, 2018). "Report: 'Fortnite: Battle Royale' Made Nearly $300 Million Last Month". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ Molla, Rani (June 26, 2018). "Fortnite is generating more revenue than any other free game ever". Recode. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
Jump up ^ Valentine, Rebekah (July 17, 2018). "Fortnite has earned $1 billion from in-game purchases alone". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
Jump up ^ Taylor, Haydn (July 24, 2018). "Fortnite daily mobile revenue reaches $2m". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Pendleton, Devon; Palmeri, Christopher (July 24, 2018). "Fortnite Mania Fuels Epic Growth to $8.5 Billion". Bloomberg LP. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Lee, Jane Lanhee; Kitchener, Jillian (May 4, 2018). "Free to play, expensive to love: 'Fortnite' changes video game business". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ Chalk, Andy (July 12, 2018). "Fortnite is making so much money that Epic is giving Unreal Marketplace creators a big raise". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Bailey, Kat (March 26, 2018). "Fortnite Battle Royale Won by Capturing the Minecraft Generation". USGamer. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Paumgarten, Nick (May 15, 2018). "How Fortnite Captured Teens' Hearts and Minds". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Statt, Nick (June 12, 2018). "How Fortnite is transforming the gaming industry". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
Jump up ^ Palmeri, Christopher (May 3, 2018). "To Fight Fortnite, Activision Is Retooling How Its Games Work". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Chalk, Andy (May 3, 2018). "Activision says Fortnite is 'a lot of competition right now'". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ Makuch, Eddie (May 8, 2018). "Fortnite Could Have A Lasting, Significant Impact On Gaming Industry Overall, EA Says". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hester, Blake (March 6, 2018). "'Fortnite' Is Currently Twitch's Most-Watched Game". Glixel. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Top Fortnite streamer Ninja earns $500,000 per month – VG247". VG247. March 19, 2018. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
Jump up ^ Alexander, Julia (March 26, 2018). "Fortnite livestream with 100 YouTubers draws in more than 1M viewers". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
Jump up ^ Davenport, James (June 13, 2018). "Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am Twitch channel breaks 700,000 concurrent viewers". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Celebrities Who Play Fortnite – Drake, Chance the Rapper and More!". Twin Galaxies. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
Jump up ^ Dator, James (March 12, 2018). "'Fortnite' celebrations are sweeping the sports world". SB Nation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Alvarez, Edgar (July 14, 2018). "Even the World Cup couldn't escape the 'Fortnite' fever". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Antoine Griezmann celebrates World Cup final goal with 'disgusting' Fortnite dance". The Daily Telegraph. July 15, 2018. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
Jump up ^ Patrick Gill, Christopher Grant, Ross Miller, and Julia Alexander (March 15, 2018). "Drake sets records with his Fortnite: Battle Royale Twitch debut". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
Jump up ^ "'Fortnite' streamer breaks Twitch records with help from Drake". Engadget. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kuchera, Ben (March 20, 2018). "From Drake to porn, everyone wants a piece of Fortnite". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
Jump up ^ Jackson, Gita (May 3, 2018). "Teenagers Love The Hot New Game Fork Knife". Kotaku. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ Makuch, Eddie (September 26, 2018). "Video Games Was A Category On Jeopardy Tonight, And The Contestants Didn't Do So Well". GameSpot. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
Jump up ^ Good, Owen (September 30, 2018). "Live-action Fortnite shows up on Saturday Night Live". Polygon. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
Jump up ^ Stewart, Keith (March 7, 2018). "Fortnite: a parents' guide to the most popular video game in schools". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Klepek, Patrick (March 28, 2018). "Teachers and Parents Share Stories From Inside the 'Fortnite' Phenomenon". Vice. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hernandez, Patricia (March 23, 2018). "Teens And Teachers Say Fortnite Mobile Is Destroying Some Schools". Kotaku. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ Koczwara, Michael (July 6, 2018). "Fortnite Continues To Be A Problem For Children In School". IGN. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Lemon, Marshall (April 2, 2018). "Fortnite mobile is asking kids to stop playing during class". VG247. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Swinford, Steven; Hope, Christopher (May 1, 2018). "Fortnite and other video games risk 'damaging' children's lives, Culture Secretary warns". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ "What should I know about Fortnite – is it ok for kids to play?". Center on Media and Child Health. May 22, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Griffin, Andrew (May 3, 2018). "Fortnite Could Endanger Children And Expose Them To Violence, NSPCC Claims". The Independent. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Needleman, Sarah (April 13, 2018). "Why Parents Are Fans of Games Like 'Fortnite'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
Jump up ^ Rosenblatt, Kalhan (September 2, 2018). "Parents work to put boundaries on 'Fortnite' during the school year". NBC News. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Needleman, Sarah (July 31, 2018). "Ready, Aim, Hire a 'Fortnite' Coach: Parents Enlist Videogame Tutors for Their Children". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Fortnite sued for 'copying' rival game". BBC News. May 29, 2018. Archived from the original on May 31, 2018.
Jump up ^ Nakamura, Yuji; Kim, Sam (May 29, 2018). "Most Popular Game on the Planet Accused of Copyright Violation". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on May 30, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Can PUBG win legal battle against Epic Games?". Korea Times. June 8, 2018. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018.
Jump up ^ Kim, Sam (June 26, 2018). "Copyright Lawsuit Dropped Against Fortnite Creators, Ending Legal Battle". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
Jump up ^ Koczwara, Michael (June 25, 2018). "Leaker of Fortnite's Season 4 Meteor Saga Being Sued by Epic". IGN. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
Jump up ^ S. Good, Owen (June 23, 2018). "Accused Fortnite leaker files defense against Epic's lawsuit". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
Jump up ^ D'Anastasio, Cecilia. "Epic Is Suing Two Alleged Fortnite Cheaters". Kotaku. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
Jump up ^ "Fortnite cheat YouTuber sued by Epic Games". BBC News. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
Jump up ^ Fogel, Stefanie (2018-10-15). "Epic Games Sues YouTubers, Says They Were Selling 'Fortnite' Cheats". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
External links
Official website
hide
v
t
e
Epic Games
Games
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Unreal
Unreal
Tournament (1999)
Tournament 2003
Championship
Tournament 2004
Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
Tournament 3
Tournament (upcoming)
Gears of War
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Gears of War: Judgment
Infinity Blade
Infinity Blade
Infinity Blade II
Infinity Blade III
Fortnite
Fortnite: Save the World
Fortnite Battle Royale
Other games
ZZT
Jill of the Jungle
Kiloblaster
Silverball
Xargon
Extreme Pinball
7th Legion
Age of Wonders
Shadow Complex
Bulletstorm
Robo Recall
Paragon
Subsidiaries
Current
Chair Entertainment
Former
Safari Software
Impossible Studios
Titan Studios
Pitbull Studio
People Can Fly
People
Current
Tim Sweeney
Mark Rein
Steve Polge
Sjoerd De Jong
Former
Rod Fergusson
Cliff Bleszinski
Mike Capps
Technology
Unreal Engine
Epic Citadel
Related
List of Unreal Engine games
Make Something Unreal
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fortnite_Battle_Royale&oldid=866381991"
Categories:
2017 video games
Battle royale games
Third-person shooters
Early access video games
Epic Games games
Free-to-play video games
MacOS games
Nintendo Switch eShop games
PlayStation 4 games
PlayStation Network games
Unreal Engine games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games with cross-platform play
Windows games
Xbox One games
IOS games
Android (operating system) games
Video games containing loot boxes
Hidden categories:
CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter
Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism
Use American English from July 2018
All Wikipedia articles written in American English
Use mdy dates from July 2018
Articles using Infobox video game using locally defined parameters
Articles using Wikidata infoboxes with locally defined images
Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Article
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
View source
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
Languages
العربية
Čeština
Eesti
Español
Français
Italiano
עברית
Latviešu
مصرى
日本語
Português
Русский
Simple English
Slovenčina
Slovenščina
Српски / srpski
Türkçe
中文
9 more
Edit links
This page was last edited on 30 October 2018, at 00:32 (UTC).
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Cookie statement
Mobile view
Enable previews

key: html

type: local

value: div

attrs: id class

values: mw-page-base noprint

values: mw-head-base noprint

value: a

value: img

attrs: alt src width height srcset data-file-width data-file-height

attrs: href title

values: This article is semi-protected until January 16, 2019, due to vandalism

attrs: class id

value: i

attrs: id class lang

values: firstHeading firstHeading en

values: siteSub noprint

attrs: class href

values: mw-jump-link #mw-head

values: mw-jump-link #p-search

value: th

attrs: colspan class style

value: tr

attrs: href class

value: td

attrs: colspan style

attrs: scope style

values:
/wiki/Unreal_Engine_4
mw-redirect
Unreal Engine 4

values: width:22em;float: right; width: 22em; font-size: 90%; text-align: left; border-spacing: 3px;

values: checkbox button toctogglecheckbox toctogglecheckbox display:none

values:
/wiki/Third-person_(video_games)
mw-redirect
Third-person (video games)

attrs: alt src width height class srcset data-file-width data-file-height

values:
/wiki/Neowiz_Games
mw-redirect
Neowiz Games

values:
/wiki/Nintendo_Direct
mw-redirect
Nintendo Direct

values:
/wiki/Beta_version
mw-redirect
Beta version

values:
/wiki/Google_Play_Store
mw-redirect
Google Play Store

values:
/wiki/Tyler_Blevins
mw-redirect
Tyler Blevins

values: background:transparent;padding:0em;margin:0em 1em 1em 1em;text-align:center;float:right;clear:right;width:23em

values:
/wiki/Bloomberg_LP
mw-redirect
Bloomberg LP

values:
/wiki/Korea_Times
mw-redirect
Korea Times

values:
/wiki/New_York_Magazine
mw-redirect
New York Magazine

values:
/wiki/Venture_Beat
mw-redirect
Venture Beat

values: Category:CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter

values: Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

values: nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner mw-collapsible mw-made-collapsible

values: Category:Video games developed in the United States

values: Category:Video games with cross-platform play

values: Category:Android (operating system) games

values: Category:Video games containing loot boxes

values: Category:Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism

values: Category:Use American English from July 2018

values: Category:All Wikipedia articles written in American English

values: Category:Articles using Infobox video game using locally defined parameters

values: Category:Articles using Wikidata infoboxes with locally defined images

values: Category:Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode

values: Discussion about edits from this IP address [ctrl-alt-n]

values: A list of edits made from this IP address [ctrl-alt-y]

values: You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory

values: You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [ctrl-alt-o]

values:
/wiki/Fortnite_Battle_Royale
View the content page [ctrl-alt-c]
c

values: Discussion about the content page [ctrl-alt-t]

values: p-namespaces navigation vectorTabs p-namespaces-label

values:
p-variants
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-variants-label

values:
This page is protected.
You can view its source [ctrl-alt-e]

values: Past revisions of this page [ctrl-alt-h]

values: p-views navigation vectorTabs p-views-label

values:
p-cactions
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-cactions-label

values:
mw-wiki-logo
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page

values:
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page [ctrl-alt-z]
z

values: Featured content – the best of Wikipedia

values: Find background information on current events

values:
/wiki/Special:Random
Load a random article [ctrl-alt-x]
x

values: portal navigation p-navigation p-navigation-label

values: Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia

values: About the project, what you can do, where to find things

values: A list of recent changes in the wiki [ctrl-alt-r]

values: portal navigation p-interaction p-interaction-label

values: List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [ctrl-alt-j]

values: Recent changes in pages linked from this page [ctrl-alt-k]

values:
/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard
Upload files [ctrl-alt-u]
u

values: A list of all special pages [ctrl-alt-q]

values: Permanent link to this revision of the page

values: Link to connected data repository item [ctrl-alt-g]

values: Printable version of this page [ctrl-alt-p]

values: فورتنايت باتل رويال – Arabic

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cs
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-et
display: none;

values: פורטנייט – Hebrew

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-he
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lv
display: none;

values: فورتنايت باتل رويال – Egyptian Arabic

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-arz
display: none;

values: フォートナイト バトルロイヤル – Japanese

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-simple
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sk
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sl
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sr
display: none;

values: 堡垒之夜 大逃杀 – Chinese

values: All languages (initial selection from common choices by you and others)

values: mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Fortnite_Battle_Royale rootpage-Fortnite_Battle_Royale skin-vector action-view