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Fortnite for Android: Epic tells us why it won’t be on Google’s Play Store

Epic Games confirmed on Friday that it plans to bypass Google’s Play Store for the eagerly awaited Android launch of Fortnite, its galactically popular online shooter. Instead the developer will point visitors to its site to download and install the game.  Installing an app from anywhere but the official app store is known as sideloading, …

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Fortnite for Android could launch exclusively on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9

We already knew Fortnite, the biggest video game on planet Earth, would be coming to Android this summer. But if a new slate of rumors are to be believed, it could be as a timed exclusive for Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 9.  Sources speaking to both 9to5Google and XDA Developers revealed Fortnite’s Android release is likely to launch alongside Samsung’s new flagship …

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How to replay the World Cup Final

Missed the World Cup Final? Perhaps you spent your Sunday watching not soccer but baseball (it was, after all, the last day of baseball before the four-day All-Star break hiatus). Or perhaps you spent your Sunday at the beach or pursuing another leisurely summertime activity. No matter your reason for skipping the World Cup Final between France and Croatia, you’ve …

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Surprising Fortnite bill? How to stop your kid from making iOS in

Fortnite is a smash success on iOS. It has reportedly made more than $25 million in its first 30 days on the iPhone. In the first two weeks in April, Fortnite was second only to Netflix and ahead of Tinder in iPhone spending. That’s right, iPhone users are spending more money to look good and dance well in Fortnite than …

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Fortnite for iOS no longer requires an invite

Good news, gamers! (Bad news, parents of easily distracted schoolchildren.)  Roughly two weeks after it first launched on iOS in an invite-only beta, the free-to-play gaming sensation Fortnite is now available to  anyone who owns a recent iPhone or iPad. You no longer need an invite to get in on the action. Works with: iPhone SE, 6S, 7, 8, X; …

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Fortnite coming to iPhones and Android devices

Fortnite, released last July for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, is best described as a game that’s kinda like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). But now it’s truly setting itself apart with a mobile port. The mobile version of Fortnite, announced on Thursday by Epic Games, is ambitious: It’ll feature the same 100-player battle royale gameplay that its console brethren is famous …

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