Fortnite
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| June 2025 | Jones, Hope, and Superman form the Supernova Academy to train the newly empowered young heroes to combat Daigo's demonic threat. |
| June 2025 | Chapter 6 Season 3 'Super' begins, featuring a superhero theme. |
| June 2025 | Mandalorians arrive on the Island to launch a counterattack against the Empire, while Emperor Palpatine prepares the Death Star for invasion. |
| June 5 2025 | Fortnite Battle Royale was released as a launch title for Nintendo Switch 2. |
| June 5 2025 | Lego Fortnite expanded to Nintendo Switch 2 platform |
| May 2025 | Fortnite was added back to the U.S. iOS App Store. |
| 2025 | Fortnite expanded to include multiple game modes: Fortnite Battle Royale, Save the World, Lego Fortnite, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Ballistic, and user-created games in Fortnite Creative and Fall Guys. |
| May 2025 | A generative AI-powered Darth Vader NPC using James Earl Jones' voice is introduced to the game. |
| May 2025 | Emperor Palpatine sends Imperial and First Order forces to take over Island locations, with the Resistance establishing a base and allying with Jones and Hope. |
| May 2025 | During the 'Death Star Sabotage' Live Event, Jones and Hope infiltrate the Death Star as a prisoner convoy. Rebel forces disable the Death Star's systems, leading to a bombing run. Emperor Palpatine attacks but the group escapes before the Death Star's explosion. |
| May 2025 | After Kane's defeat, Daigo enters the Spirit Realm portal, becoming corrupted by a dark entity. His actions attract the Death Star to the Island. |
| May 2025 | Chapter 6 Season 3 'Galactic Battle' begins, featuring a Star Wars theme. The Death Star is attracted to the Island due to Daigo's actions in the Spirit Realm. |
| April 2025 | Jam Stage expanded to allow single players to manipulate all four positions within a musical mashup, previously requiring up to four players. |
| March 2025 | An update to the Fortnite item shop limited the number of purchasable songs and changed the frequency of new song additions, with the daily free song selection increased to over 40. |
| February 2025 | After saving Jade, Daigo becomes obsessed with finding the Zero Point shard and partners with Kane to craft a new mask to breach the Spirit Realm. |
| February 2025 | Midas allies with Jones and Hope to stop Daigo, anticipating his potential betrayal of Kane. |
| February 2025 | Jade becomes trapped in the demons' Spirit Realm due to a curse worsened by a mask created by her brother Daigo. |
| February 2025 | Outlaws unite behind Midas to rob Fletcher Kane of his gold. |
| February 2025 | Chapter 6 Season 2 ('Lawless') begins, characterized by a crime and heist theme. Excess gold leeches into the Island's landscape, triggering a gold rush. |
| February 2025 | Wolf baron Fletcher Kane rises to power, imposing a 50% tax on all gold transactions and causing outlaws to unite against him. |
| January 2025 | Local multiplayer support was added for PlayStation and Xbox console versions |
| January 2025 | Daigo defeats the demon leader Shogun X in a duel, leaving behind a pool of gold that would later cause chaos on the Island. |
| 2024 | Devourer of Worlds interactive event attracted 15.3 million in-game players and 3.4 million stream viewers, becoming the single largest interactive event in Fortnite history. |
| 2024 | Daigo defeats the demon leader Shogun X in a duel using the magical blades, creating a pool of gold that Jade warns will cause chaos on the Island. |
| 2024 | Epic released the first person camera device after an experimental phase, expanding gameplay camera capabilities in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). |
| 2024 | Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set ranks #20 on the US Top Dance/Electronic Albums Billboard chart. |
| December 2024 | 'Ballistic' mode was introduced alongside Chapter 6, offering a first-person 5v5 team-based gameplay with attackers and defenders. |
| December 2024 | 'Fortnite OG' mode was launched alongside Chapter 6, featuring the original Chapter 1 island map with rotating seasonal iterations. |
| December 2024 | Chapter 6 Season 1 ('HUNTERS') begins with a Japanese folklore theme. The artifact's impact reawakens the Island's dormant magic, activating portals that allow demons to invade. |
| December 2024 | Hope joins forces with Island natives Kendo and Jade to fight demons while searching for the artifact. |
| December 2024 | Godzilla temporarily becomes a playable character, with other players having to fight against him. |
| December 2024 | Jade becomes trapped in the demons' Spirit Realm due to a curse worsened by a mask made by her brother Daigo. |
| December 2024 | Kendo forges magical blades using artifact fragments and gives them to the Night Rose demon, who then gives them to Daigo. |
| November 2024 | Remix Finale event at the end of Chapter 5 brought more than 14 million concurrent in-game viewers and 3 million additional live stream viewers. |
| November 2024 | Chapter 2 Remix mini-season occurs, featuring Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Ice Spice. A concert is held in Times Square, and Hope reveals she is leaving to investigate her connection to Pandora's box. The Loopers are transported to a Japan-inspired Island. |
| November 14 2024 | Support for publishing islands using Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles assets was enabled in UEFN. |
| October 1 2024 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles assets were added to UEFN, further expanding the platform's creative resources. |
| August 2024 | Karol G performed in the 'Karol G: MSB Fortnite' UEFN experience to promote her album and mixtape. |
| August 2024 | Chapter 5 Season 4 begins with a Doctor Doom theme. The Wanderer is revealed to be Doom, who defeats Magneto and Galactus. Jones becomes Captain America, and Loopers battle to entrap Doom in another reality. |
| August 11 2024 | XSET wins the Esports World Cup: Featuring Fortnite tournament, defeating Exceed in the Final, in a tournament not sponsored by Epic Games and using a modified ESL Featuring Fortnite game mode. |
| August 9 2024 | Group stage of the Fortnite tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup continues, concluding the group stage matches across all groups. |
| August 8 2024 | The Fortnite tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup begins in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with sixteen teams participating - six from DreamHack Dallas LAN qualifiers and ten from online qualifiers. |
| August 6 2024 | UEFN launched support for publishing assets using Fall Guys resources, further enhancing user-generated content capabilities. |
| July 23 2024 | Assets from Mediatonic's Fall Guys were integrated into UEFN, providing creators with new creative resources. |
| June 2024 | 'Fortnite Reload' was introduced, featuring a smaller map with 40 players, limited weapons, and automatic respawn mechanics. |
| June 2024 | Green Day's 'Holiday' song was temporarily available for free through in-game challenges |
| June 2024 | Battle Stage was added to the game, along with Metallica content for the fourth season of Festival. |
| June 22 2024 | Metallica performed their virtual concert 'Fuel. Fire. Fury.' as a UEFN experience, with additional performances on June 23 and an encore from August 2-5. |
| May 2024 | Chapter 5 Season 3 begins with a post-apocalyptic theme. A sandstorm creates a wasteland biome, and the Wanderer betrays Megalo Don by sabotaging his pipeline and taking Pandora's box's powers. |
| April 2024 | Coachella music festival collaboration added skins and instruments to Fortnite Festival |
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