product context Flashcards
who produced fornite?
Epic Games
what is the fornite franchise?
a series of multiplayer free-to-play battleground games available on a number on a number of platforms and devices
when was fornite launched?
july 2017
what are the 3 gameplays available to play?
fornite: battle royale
fornite: save the world
fornite: creative
what is fornite: battle royal considered as? how?
the most successful free-to-play video game ever, making $1.2 billion in the first 10 months of release
what did players initially had to buy but what has changed now?
players had to buy ‘battle passes’ to play, but in september 2018 the battle royale version was offered for free
what is fortnite’s franchise revenue in 2018?
£2.4 billion
what has the franchise helped?
helped make epic games a hugely successful company as in 2012, they were worth $825 million and in 2018, they were worth $5.8 billion
what did fornite: battle royale won in 2018?
‘Best Ongoing Game’ in the PC Gamer and IGN awards in 2018
gameplay:
how are players, in group of 100 dropped?
via a flying bus onto a deserted island that is about to be hit by a natural disaster
gameplay:
what is the aim of the game?
to fight to the death, with the last player standing the winner
gameplay:
what do players have to do?
seek out weapons and other materials, but are also able to demolish structures and rebuild them into forts, towers etc
gameplay:
what happens as the game continues?
the storm starts to encroach, driving the players into smaller and smaller areas and forcing conflict
gameplay:
what terms of genre could fornite be considered as?
what other games are example of these genres?
fusion of battle games like battlegrounds
construction games like minecraft
