Why is Fortnite so damn popular?
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Epic Games` battle royale hit has literally taken the world by storm. But why? I won`t tell you how much money I`ve spent in Fortnite, buying skins and pickaxes and stupid little dances for my character to perform. I`m not even very good at it, but I`ve lost track of the hours I`ve spent jumping out of that bus and getting shotgunned in the face. Fortnite was not a battle royale to begin with, and it had a fairly slow start, perhaps due to being behind the paywall of owning the main game to get access. But that was then. Now we`re at a point where Epic Games has pledged $100 million in prize money to competitive Fortnite tournaments, an unprecedented figure in the world of esports. And there`s not even a proper Fortnite competitive mode yet! It`s impossible not to have heard of this game. Mainstream media is picking up, sensationalist headlines are appearing about parents `losing their children` to Fortnite, it`s causing issues within professional sports teams, and it`s one of th...