Fortnite Reaches 40 Million Player Milestone; Major Update Coming Very Soon

Epic Games’ popular Battle Royale game Fortnite has reached yet another milestone. This time, it has surpassed the 40 million player mark, which is an amazing feat.

Fortnite Reaches 40 Million Player Milestone

After the game’s Battle Royale mode was called out by the developers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Fortnite has continued to grow at a very fast rate, with the aforementioned Battle Royale mode even overshadowing the base co-op survival mode for many. Today, Epic Games gave us another glimpse at just how many people are playing Fortnite across PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and teased a major map update for Fortnite: Battle Royale. 

Since the game launched back in July of 2017, the game’s base mode and Battle Royale combined have seen over 40 million players. In addition, the game has also peaked at 2 million concurrent players, a great feat for any multiplayer game. This is no surprise given the massive popularity spike in Battle Royale games that came from H1Z1 King of the Kill and of course, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, but Fortnite contributed its fair share in the genre craze.

The developers also gave more details on a major map update coming to Fortnite: Battle Royale sometime today, January 18th 2018. The update adds two new large points of interest to the game: Titled Towers a new city area, and Shifty Shafts, an underground mine. Epic Games has also updated already existing areas to make them more distinct, adding new loot and choke points to many of the map’s locations.

You can check out a brand new trailer showcasing what’s new in this update at the top of this post. Fortnite is currently available for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with its Battle Royale mode being free.

Pokdepinion: Well, they definitely weren’t kidding about the game growing at a very rapid pace. At this point, we’re gonna see something huge by the time we reach mid-2018.