Fortnite: 7 Million Players Passed, Battle Royale Update Live

Prepare to fight with a friend.

By Matt Davidson

Fortnite has passed a significant milestone - announcing that the base-building survival game has surpassed 7 million players.

Revealed on Twitter, the 7 million total is an overall figure, combining the total players for the base Fortnite experience, as well as anyone playing the game's separately-downloadable, free-to-play Battle Royale mode. This mode in particular is getting some love as part of the celebrations, with Duos and Supply Drops going live across the Battle Royale version on both consoles and PC.

Thanks to over 7 million of you who have played Fortnite! We want to keep the Battle Bus flying, so Duos and Supply Drops are available NOW. http://pic.twitter.com/sRx767u4aG

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 4, 2017

Duos are fairly self-explanatory, giving players the option to drop into battle alongside a friend. Supply Drops will appear in random locations and provide a juicy bundle o' loot to intrepid players - as well as a potential deathtrap as other players scramble for the prize.

Publisher Epic Games has courted controversy with the addition of the Battle Royale feature; having previously worked with Bluehole, whose PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds uses Epic's Unreal Engine, Epic has been accused of creating a "carbon copy" of PUBG, leading to Bluehole considering taking action - you can read some IGN editors' thoughts on that here.

In the meantime, take a look at our Fortnite review to see what we thought of the game.

Matt Davidson is a freelance writer for IGN who wishes Supply Drops were a thing in life, except containing cheese and snacks instead of guns and health. Give him a follow over on Twitter.

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