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By Brian Crecente, Variety
“Fortnite”
continues its video game dominance, topping 200 million registered
players this month and peaking at 8.3 million people playing the game at
once, Epic Games tells Variety.
Both numbers show a significant increase in player count. In June, Epic Games
noted that it had 125 million registered users. The rocketing increase
in registered users is likely tied to the game expanding to the Nintendo
Switch that month and then to Android devices in August. In terms of
people actively playing the game at the same time, Epic announced back
in February that the game peaked at 3.4 million concurrent players. The
last time Epic announced total number of players in one month was
September when the game hit 78.3 million.
Epic Games continues to
push the game forward and keep players interested with seasonal events, a
compelling, bizarre, story of sorts and sweeping changes to the map,
weapons, and modes. That work has paid off, not just in high player
counts, but potential awards with “Fortnite” up for three in the upcoming Game Awards.
This week, Epic Games also announced the ability to buy and send gifts in-game to friends and other players.
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