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Epic games introduced seasons into the Battle Royale mode of Fortnite starting in October 25th, 2017. A season is a in game purchase that gives the player different consumables to express their character through out the game. These consumables are in no way to help the player be better or give them an advantage over their competition. Since October 25th, 2019 Epic Games has introduced 8 seasons to their gamers with new consumables and new changes to the map that Battle Royale game mode is held on which keeps gamers hooked to see what Epic Games has in stored for the next season.

Epic games shortly after the release of season 8 announced that they will be holding a Fortnite World Cup for all Fortnite players regardless of platform they are playing on. Players that think they have what it takes will be able to the qualify for the World Cup by obtaining points in solo and duo game mode called Arena and must obtain enough points to reach the champions division to be able to enter the World Cup qualifiers and go through the most of 5 qualifiers for each solo and duos with a $1 million dollar prize pool in each qualifier. Of all the qualifiers only 100 of them will compete in the World Cup finals held in New York in the solo category and 50 qualifiers of the duo category with the finals being help on July 26th to the 28th of 2019. Although there are exceptions all competitors must be 13 years or older and all players of ages 13 to 17 must have permission from a parent or legal guardian to able to qualify for the World Cup.

Fortnite is one of the first games to open the door to cross platform gaming; meaning that friends on separate consoles weather that be on PS4, XBOX ONE, Nintendo Switch they can be playing on the same online servers. In the fall of 2018 is when Sony the company which makes PS4 gave the green light in order to allow cross platform idea to start. The idea of cross platform was an idea that Fortnite had wanted to for a while in order to put no boundaries to which you can play.

With the reputation that Fortnite has gotten it isn't any surprise that they helped to generate popularity to professional gamers. One is specific that helped to jumpstart their career is the fellow twitch steamer known as ninja. Ninja was one of the first streamers to start streaming the gaming for viewers and exposing out to the world and quickly became a big hit. Epic games and ninja joined together help both of their brands increase in popularity with all of the viewers watching ninja they quickly drew their attention to playing the game themselves and increasing the popularity of the game rapidly.

Awards

In 2017, the game was nominated for "Best Co-op Game" by PC Gamer,[33] and for "Best Spectator Game" by IGN.[34] In 2018, the game won the award for Best Ongoing Game by PC Gamer[35] and IGN,[36] the latter of which nominated it for "Best Nintendo Switch Game", "Best Mobile Game", and "Best Action Game".[37][38][39]