Inside The Development History Of Fortnite

When we announced Fortnite as the May cover of Game Informer , many commented that they had forgotten about the game since its announcement back in 2011 .

. Why did the game take so long and what's been happening inside the halls of Epic Games? While visiting the studio in North Carolina, we spoke with Fortnite's leads to get the inside story about the long and rescaled development of the game.

Watch the video below to learn all about the conception of Fortnite, the departure of Cliff Bleszinski, and the evolution of Epic's action-building game.

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