Fortnite comes to mobile platforms for the first time today, with Epic Games making its battle royale game cross-platform with PC and consoles. The battle royale shooter goes from strength to strength in 2018, with a mobile version for iOS and Android joining PC, PS4 and Xbox One. There’s some confusion about how a mobile…
Fortnite comes to mobile platforms for the first time today, with Epic Games making its battle royale game cross-platform with PC and consoles.
The battle royale shooter goes from strength to strength in 2018, with a mobile version for iOS and Android joining PC, PS4 and Xbox One .
There’s some confusion about how a mobile version works with other formats and when exactly it’s available, so we’re going to help clear that up.
When does Fortnite come to mobile? Well, the short answer is from today, March 12. However, you will have to sign-up for an invite and not everyone will get one of those. Enter your details on the official site for the Invite Event on iOS and wait patiently. Invites will then be mailed out to download Fortnite mobile from the App Store. Each invite will include invite codes for friends, too.
Considering how popular Fortnite is, we’d expect there to be a long waiting list. Epic has said it will begin with small numbers on Fortnite mobile and add more players over the coming months.
Fortnite mobile will be coming to Android devices in the future. Epic’s official response is “support for Android will be coming in the next few months” so you’ll have to wait for the roll-out on iOS devices to get underway and prove successful first.
According to Epic, Fortnite Battle Royale mobile will be the same game as it is currently on PS4, Xbox One and PC. That means 100 players on the same map, with the same loot and progressions, complete with weekly challenges and updates.
Even better news is that Fortnite mobile will support cross-platform play with PS4, PC, Xbox One and Mac. This means game play and game progression will work and be saved across those formats.
To play Fortnite on mobile you’ll need iOS 11 on at least an iPhone 6S/SE, iPad Mini 4, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 or iPad 2017 device.
