Breakthroughs Of 2018 In The Esports World
Game that met unprecedented success lately represents a genre of royal battle and is known under the name of Fortnite. If you have not yet tried this one, you should ask your friends, colleagues or class fellows since chances are they have tried this one already. Why has the game become so viral and popular among gamers? This is the question we will try to answer in this article to learn a bit more about Fortnite.
To start with, let us discuss the genre of royal battle. Back in 2017 we have already got the game representing this very genre known as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. The main idea is that 100 people are sent to some area where they have to fight for survival with only one person remaining alive and thus a winner. One may read about the special features of this one at esports website Egamersworld.com while we are going to discuss the main features of the Fortnite one.
What Makes Fortnite So Special?
After the stream of Canadian rapper Drake playing Fortnite together with Ninja having reached 600 000 views on Twitch, it became obvious – this game is something worth trying. At first, it was a relatively weak version of the royal battle game, but with several developments and updates, it managed to bring more and more players.
Epic Games, the Fortnite developer, has also established a game tournament under the name of “Summer Skimmish.” This lasts for 8 weeks with an overall prize pool amounting to $8 million.
Here are some of the undoubtful advantages of the game when compared to the variety of other ones:
- free of charge: surprisingly enough but Fortnite is free to download and play. Thus players access all the title’s multiplayer modes and weapons without spending a penny. This cannot but be valued;
- available for mobile phones: for now only users of iOS may enjoy the mobile version of the game. However, no worries in here for Android users as the version is on its way to release;
- good productivity: unlike the PUBG, developed by the small Korean studio, Fortnite has incredibly good productivity and does not cause its users any problems during gaming sessions;
- constant support and updates: game developer of Fortnite does care about the success of its project and therefore ensures that all the bugs and inconsistencies are eliminated as soon as possible. That is what makes players adore the mentioned game even more.
To wrap it up, Fortnite is one of the most successful games of this year. This is owing to the interesting game scenario entrenched in the principle of royal battle as well as efficient work of the design studio on the game’s constant improvement. However, will Fortnite be of the same popularity next year, this is what the time will show us.