Epic pulls its ‘overpowered’ Infinity Blade from ‘Fortnite’

There’s getting a competitive advantage and then there’s just killing the game for everyone else. And that’s what the Infinity Blade did for Fortnite. The mythic item gave the player who wielded it. It gave them a health and shield boost, HP regeneration, faster movement, incredible damage-dealing potential, and the ability to smash through buildings in no time at all. But the problem was it was too strong, which meant those in the receiving end of it didn’t like it. It drew enough flak that Epic Games was forced to pull the weapon in no time. In a tweet, Epic said, “We messed up and rolled out the Infinity Blade overpowered / without good counters, especially in the end game. The Infinity Blade has been Vaulted and we are re-evaluating our approach to Mythic items.”

The company initially had plans to rework it but decided to just pull it out completely. Epic said it’s also rethinking its approach to mythic items and promises to release more details in the coming week about their “competitive philosophy when it comes to new items, updates, and seasons."

Source: Engadget

‘Fortnite’ comes to more Android users

After first coming exclusively to Samsung Galaxy devices, Epic just announced it’s bringing Fortnite to more Android devices. You can check if your phone is compatible via this link. You must remember that the game won’t be coming to the Google Play Store, so you’ll need to check this step-by-step instruction from The Verge on how to get the battle royale game on your device.

Beta invites for ‘Fortnite’ on Android start going out to Samsung devices

Fortnite's exclusive Galaxy outift

As announced at the recent Samsung Unpacked event, Epic Games planned to bring Fortnite: Battle Royale exclusively first to the Samsung Galaxy owners starting from the Galaxy S7 and above. Those who get the new Galaxy Note9 and Galaxy Tab S4 get the exclusive Galaxy outfit. The beta invites have started to roll out to Galaxy users and starting tomorrow, August 12, it’ll be coming to other devices the game’s beta will be available on. As we’ve reported before, you can download the game from Fortnite’s site. We listed under the cut the devices the game will be playable on.

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Google Play Store on Android informs users that ‘Fortnite’ won’t be downloadable there

It’s been all over the news how Epic Games will be skipping the Google Play Store when it launches Fortnite: Battle Royale on Android. Now, Google is making sure its users on the platform know they can’t find the game in the Play Store. This is ultimately helpful for users who might accidentally download fraudulent or malicious apps posing as the game. The message “Fortnite Battle Royal [sic] by Epic Games, Inc is not available on Google Play” appears when you search for the words “Fortnite” or “Fortnite Mobile.” Unfortunately, the message only appears when you search for the game on mobile and not when you’re browsing on the web version of the Play Store. We don’t know if Google plans to do this for the other apps as well. But it could be useful to avoid users from getting scammed by fake apps.

Source: NDTV