Fortnite, a recreation anticipated to succeed in open beta in 2015 and nonetheless not there but, could also be playable this yr.
Fortnite, for these of you who don’t bear in mind, was the primary new recreation Epic introduced since Gears of War. It was a cartoony wanting survival fight affair the place groups would scavenge the world for assets, assemble forts and traps, after which survive an assault of monsters that arrives with dusk.
According to PC Gamer, Epic’s Tim Sweeney instructed GDC 2017 audiences that Fortnite will ship this yr. On the opposite hand, Polygon has a extra conservative estimate from Epic, saying that a Fortnite beta is due “by 2018”.
These two statements aren’t incompatible; though historic efficiency from this recreation makes us cynical, after all Fortnite can maintain an open beta and ship someday within the subsequent 9 months – that’d be a superbly cheap window for any regular undertaking.
We had been all very excited when Fortnite was announced in 2011, however it’s been so lengthy, with little information over time, that Epic is incessantly requested if Fortnite has been cancelled.
We had been promised a Fortnite beta in 2013, however that didn’t occur, and issues went so quiet we’d form of forgotten about it when Epic all of a sudden began speaking once more – and speaking about it a lot that Fortnite was a GameInformer cover story in 2014.
Later that yr an alpha ran for a fortnight, and a second alpha followed in March 2015. We rubbed our palms gleefully. “This is it,” we stated to one another. “Beta is coming. And then release. Fortnite is happening.”
But after all it didn’t (though Paragon did), and that was the final we actually heard of Fortnite till GDC 2017 this week.
We have good confidence Epic can ship Fortnite this yr. Whether it truly will, although – that’s one other query. Fingers crossed, eh?
