Who made Fortnite?
Fortnite was first teased by Epic Games back in 2011 at the Spike Video Game Awards just three weeks after they initially came up with the idea.
If you follow the Epic chain of command all the way to the top, you’ll find some of the brightest minds in gaming, including eccentric CEO Tim Sweeney.
It was a departure in their usual fare which Epic fans will know was Unreal Tournament and Gears of War. They initially described Fortnite as “a world where you explore, you scavenge, you build and ultimately you survive.”
The game was developed to be released on the Unreal 4 game engine with an original release date of 2013.
In 2015 they let 50,000 players play the beta which enabled Epic to really understand the pros and cons of the game and how to make it better.
The Battle Royale mode wasn’t released until September 2017 – but by early 2018 it had become the biggest game on the planet.
