and Epic Games stance on Linux gaming is known

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    Ported… into… Fortnite? I don’t understand what that means. Like portint Sonic into Mario it just, what

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      Fortnite is a massive platform now, not one game with a few modes. They have car racing, the actual fortnite game, Lego survival crafting, all kinds of stuff. It’s why the download is 100+GB and every patch is like 50gb.

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        They have Rock Band too. Yes really, it’s even worked on by Harmonix, the original creators.

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        What the actual fuck? Glad I quit playing it years ago, cause I like new features but I hate when games stray too far from the original vision (yes I’m aware that BR is a spinoff but you get my point). Why still call it Fortnite, if building forts is no longer a core aspect of the game?

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          The Battle Royale portion is called Fortnite Battle Royale. The true original Fortnite was a sandbox defense game that is now known as Fortnite: Save the World. They are both accessible from the Fortnite lobby.

          Very confusing.

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            They’re trying to create a Super-app, similar to what WeChat is in China, but for games. Very interesting concept, there’s a lot of videos about the concept. Though I detest the idea of centralized apps and accounts therefore more central tracking of you.

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              They’re trying to create a Super-app, similar to what WeChat is in China, but for games.

              Like Roblox, actually. They are trying to stanch the users’ leaking out of their cash cow, but shoving everything in will just piss off the kids when fourth 50+ GB patch hits. As for Rocket League, they already mismanaged it to shit, the levels have lost all flair years ago, new ones are inexplicably ugly.

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        Do they even own the publishing rights to the originals to even cut them off? It sounds to me like they’re just making game modes that mimic the gameplay.

        Edit: googled it and omg they do.