“It’s basically the only game I play,” said Erricker, an 11-year-old in Bengaluru, India, an avid Fortnite player on his Apple iPad. Unable to play outside, kids are spending hours with friends chit-chatting and fighting on Fortnite, which is free to play and available on nearly all devices. Removal means no new players can download the game and the app will not receive updates from the store. Fortnite and other online games have been Jack’s main social outlet since coronavirus lockdowns closed schools across the world in March. On Thursday, Epic released a video within Fortnite, on YouTube and other social media channels mocking Apple’s iconic “1984” ad with the hashtag “FreeFortnite”.

Source: The Star August 15, 2020 12:00 UTC