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If you still recollect ofFortniteas a colourful , cartoony battle royale game , you might be surprised to take the extent of Epic ’s true ambitiousness .
Fortnite ’s big , chaotic fight to the death matches may still get top charge , but Epic has steadily been elaborate the horizons of its marquee secret plan to be more of a gameplatformthan a simple standalone biz . Fortnite ’s psychedelic resilient upshot , kaiju Ariana Grande concertsand its endlessuser - generated sandbox worldswere all hint about its final destination .
X may never be aneverything app , but Fortnite is already an everything plot . And it just bring a lot bigger .
Rapid fervour over consecutive day last calendar week , Epic launched three fresh gameswithin the plot , start with the endurance title Lego Fortnite on Thursday . Fortnite Festival , a rhythm game from the studio apartment behind Rock Band , and Rocket Racing , a fast - pace racing plot from the makers of Rocket League , followed quickly thereafter .
Epic and Lego ’s newfangled collaboration peaked at2.45 million concurrent playersshortly after launching . While Fortnite ’s regular modes like Zero Build and Hellenic Battle Royale scud up respectable numbers over the weekend and people also douse their toes into the other two new games , Lego Fortnite debuted on a whole different degree .
Lego Fortnite , a cozy cross of well - know plot like Minecraft , Animal Crossing and Valheim ( more on that in our review later ) , systematically floated around those same lofty peaks , and by Monday eventide sat around 1.1 million players — itself an larger-than-life tally that would put to ignominy plenteousness of smash on the Steam chart . The live “ Big Bang ” result that introduced the trio of new game a small over a week ago saw 11.6 million concurrent players , attendance in the ballpark of Fortnite ’s unrecorded show for artists like Marshmello orTravis Scott .
Lego Fortnite is just one corner of Epic ’s multiverse , but it ’s clearly the hot one at the second . Fortnite ’s grand totality of concurrent online instrumentalist sits somewhere style above that ( combine all Fortnite Creative mode , ranked play , Battle Royale , etc . ) , but mostly it ’s notable that a family - friendly game in an entirely unlike musical style is bring in this much bombilation . If Lego Fortnite can keep its momentum with a steady dripping of compelling content that deepens the plot , its free - to - dramatic play , fun for the whole family multiplayer experience may have nowhere to go but up .
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