Epic Games added an AI-powered Darth Vader to "Fortnite" this month. Players interact with the character, which uses conversational AI based on James Earl Jones' voice. "Fortnite" Darth Vader ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Fortnite — the free-to-play game that made stars of streamers, served as a virtual stage for Travis Scott and Ariana Grande, and fueled optimism for the metaverse — is once ...

Fortnite is finally back on iOS devices in the US and Europe, after a five-year legal battle between Epic and Apple. As such, Fortnite has now returned to iOS devices, with Epic boss Tim Sweeney ...

By John Yoon Apple restored the popular game Fortnite to the App Store in the United States on Tuesday, nearly five years after it was kicked out of the store and its developer sued the tech giant ...

Darth Vader has been added to Fortnite, and the iconic Star Wars villain has sparked controversy, debate and a legal challenge from SAG-AFTRA. This version of Vader is an NPC companion who can ...

Fortnite is back in the US App Store. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney announced that he intended to relaunch the game in late April, following a court order that demanded Apple stop collecting a 27 percent ...

The actors’ union that began striking against video game companies last summer has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite. By Derrick Bryson Taylor ...

After being unceremoniously booted off Apple’s App Store in 2020, Epic Games’ Fortnite is finally back. Take note, though — it’ll only show up on iPhones and iPads for searches made within ...

The publisher of the wildly popular online game Fortnite says Apple rejected its submission of the game to the iOS App Store. In a post on X on Friday, Epic Games said, "Apple has blocked our ...

In response, Epic says it pushed out a hotfix for Fortnite “immediately” and said “this shouldn’t happen again.” But now that Epic has set up new boundaries for VAIder, players are ...

Apple today clarified that it has not blocked Epic Games from updating the iOS Fortnite app in the European Union, but it is not planning to allow ‌Epic Games‌ to offer Fortnite in the United ...

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Fortnite's disappearance from Apple's iOS platforms has reignited a long-standing conflict between Fortnite's video game ...