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After watching friends play Fortnite on their iPhones for months, you may have downloaded the game the second it became available for your Android phone. I get it. But doing so could have put you at risk. As spotted by Android Central, Google has disclosed a huge vulnerability in Epic Games’ original Fortnite installer for Android, one that could have taken …

When Microsoft introduced the slimmer Xbox One S in 2016, one new feature didn’t get as much fanfare as it should’ve — a Bluetooth gamepad that can double as a controller for your tablets and phones. Only that gamepad didn’t necessarily work the way you’d think on Android. The buttons were assigned wrong. But XDA-developers reports that after two long …

Twitch is letting the ads flood in, even if you paid to keep them out. Twitch Prime, a service the streaming video site offers in partnership with its parent company Amazon, will no longer be ad-free for new members starting Sept. 14. Current monthly subscribers will get ad-free viewing until Oct. 15. This comes as Twitch — which lets gamers record …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is touting 100 million downloads of its mobile version, reaching the milestone four months after its release on iOS and Android. The game’s developer PUBG Corp. and publisher Tencent announced the news Thursday, mentioning that their battle royale game became the most downloaded title in 100 countries during its first week after release. The mobile version is …

One of the biggest announcements from Samsung’s Unpacked event, where it launched the Galaxy Note 9, was that Fortnite was exclusively coming to Galaxy devices — well, at least temporarily. The game works on any Galaxy phone and tablet starting with the Galaxy S7 ($160 at eBay) and newer. But in a few days (no specific date given), it will …

Every week Epic Games releases new challenges in Fortnite: Battle Royale to give you a boost to your experience points so you can level up your all-important Battle Pass. As you probably know, the more you level up through the Battle Pass’ tiered reward system, the more items and gear you’ll unlock, including new emotes, dance moves, gliders and more. …

Fortnite, the biggest thing in video games, was only portable if you had an iPhone, iPad or Nintendo Switch. Then it came to Android — but only as a Samsung Galaxy exclusive.  Now, non-Samsung Android phones are getting on the Fortnite Battle Bus, too. We still don’t have a firm release date for when each Android phone will get to …

“Fortnite Battle Royale by Epic Games, Inc is not available on Google Play.”  That’s the message you’ll get if you type “Fortnite” into the Google Play Store on your Android device today. That’s not news, of course — the fact that the insanely popular game won’t be available on Google’s own Android storefront has been a controversial topic for well over a …

It’s a fine example of a first-world problem: Spend $1,000 on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 now, or endure the wait until next year and the potentially massive upgrades to come. That’s a decision some of you will have to make after Samsung unveiled its Note 9 on Thursday. To be fair, this is a question everyone could ask themselves. …