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Fortnite raises V-Bucks prices, lowers Battle Pass cost

Epic adjusts pricing.

Dot Esports · Mar 10

Epic Games claims the cost of running games 'has gone up a lot' as it hikes V-Buck prices

Epic Games has announced that it will be raising the prices of Fortnite's V-Bucks this month.

TechRadar · Mar 10

Epic Games needs Fortnite players to "help pay the bills" as the multi-billion-dollar company raises V-Bucks prices while making Battle Passes and Crew way worse in value

"The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot"

GamesRadar · Mar 10

Epic Games is suing one of its former contract workers, alleging that he is notorious Fortnite leaker AdiraFN

AdiraFN spilled the beans on numerous Fortnite crossovers, using information Epic claims he discovered while working for the company under NDA.

PC Gamer · Mar 5

Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions

Google will lower the lucrative fees imposed on its Android app store and offer a way for rival options to gain its stamp of approval, ending a bruising legal battle that led to one of several rulings condemning its tactics as an illegal monopoly

The Independent UK · Mar 4

EA's Javelin anti-cheat is coming to Arm-based systems soon — new job listing for Windows-on-ARM driver anticipates Nvidia N1/N1X debut and pivotal shift in PC gaming

A new job listing for a Senior Anti-Cheat Engineer has revealed that EA is working on bringing its Javelin anti-cheat software to Arm-based devices. The timing aligns nicely with the purported launch of Nvidia's N1/N1X SoCs that are also Arm-based. The role also involves future development for Linux/Proton.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 4

Trump administration weighs forcing China's Tencent to sell its stakes in Epic Games, Riot Games, and Supercell — meetings held over security risk ahead of China summit with Xi Jinping

The Trump administration is actively debating whether to allow Chinese tech giant Tencent to keep its ownership stakes in several major gaming companies, including Fortnite creator Epic Games.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 4

Fortnite's Chapter 7 loot pool is a blueprint for battle royale going forward: balanced, lethal, and flexible

Weapon buffs and new guns in Fortnite Chapter 7 make it the most balanced loot pool I can remember.

PC Gamer · Mar 1

“The title was a kind of code word because the song was a preposterous, grandiose thing. Patton wrote the words a week after he joined the band”: The groundbreaking hit that saved Faith No More’s career – and saved the life of Slipknot’s Corey Taylor

The enigmatic lyrics continually allude to “it” – while never quite articulating what “it” actually is

MusicRadar · Mar 1

Fortnite's no-aim-required lock-on assault rifle is an all-time stinker, and I hope Epic vaults it into oblivion

The Lock On assault rifle in Fortnite Chapter 7 is too weak to help new players, but it's still annoying to face

PC Gamer · Feb 28