The changes, hashtagged #FirstDrop, were received well by gamers, with ‘Fortnite is back’ trending on US Twitter with 13 thousand tweets. Nintendo’s Mario mobile game has server overload on launch dayNearly 80,000 tuned in to watch the new game being played live by gamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney on video game live-streaming platform Twitch, less than two hours after its launch. The games are free to download and play but users pay for upgrades, like the “skins” displayed on characters. Fortnite raked in $2.4 billion in revenue in 2018, more than any other single title, according to Nielsen data. Fortnite publisher Epic was worth $15 billion when it last raised capital from investors last year.

Source: The Express Tribune October 16, 2019 07:18 UTC