Fortnite was first announced in 2011 and was officially released on July 25, 2017 with the Battle Royale mode released on September 26, 2017.
Release Timeline
- The 2008 Fortnite that people say is fake. Actually Fortnite was first announced at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards.[1][2]
- In April 2014, Fortnite's closed Alpha sign-ups began[3] and the game was revealed to be aimed towards a free-to-play model.[4]
- In December 2014, the first round of Fortnite's Alpha began.[5]
- In March 2015, the second round of the Alpha began.[6]
- In Fall 2015, Fortnite was announced to be compatible with Mac computers, and the closed Beta phase began.[7]
- Fortnite became available for Early Access on Windows, Mac, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 for those who pre-ordered the game on July 21, 2017 and on July 25, 2017 for those who did not pre-order.[8]
- Battle Royale was released as free to play on September 26, 2017.[9]
- Fortnite iOS was released on March 12, 2018.
- STW (Save the World) was set to become free-to-play sometime in 2018, though this was delayed until 2019 before being delayed again until sometime in the future.[8]
- Fortnite became available for Early Access for the Nintendo Switch on June 12, 2018. Shortly after the release, PS4 crossplay was disabled due to Sony's decision.
- Fortnite was released on NVIDIA Shield TV, an Android-based platform, on July 12, 2018.[10] No other announcements about Android releases were made at this time.
- Fortnite for Android Beta was released on August 9, 2018 to owners of Samsung mobile devices. Beta access was expanded to other mobile devices on August 1.
References
- ↑ Spike TV Announces 2011 “Video Game Awards” Winners
- ↑ Epic Games Reveals Cartoony New IP Fortnite
- ↑ Fortnite alpha signups are now open
- ↑ Gears of War dev's Fortnite has Diablo-like looting
- ↑ Epic Games kicks off Fortnite alpha on Dec. 2
- ↑ Fortnite kicks off second closed alpha with a livestream this afternoon
- ↑ Epic's Fortnite coming to Mac, beta hits this fall
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fortnite Early Access has started for those who pre-ordered Founder’s Packs
- ↑ Tweet by @FortniteGame
- ↑ https://twitter.com/NVIDIASHIELD/status/1017463526720458752