
All the while a deadly storm closes in, shrinking the battleground and forcing contenders ever closer together. Then it's time to drop onto an island, scavenge for weapons, materials and powerups, and take out your rivals one by one until you're (hopefully) the last player standing. After a brief waiting period, your avatar is loaded onto the balloon-powered battle bus with nothing but a pickaxe and a glider, along with 99 other similarly equipped players. It's the battle royale we all know and love.

Finally, PUBG Mobile on Android faces its rival. Yes, it sounds like PUBG, but there are many reasons why Fortnite eclipsed PUBG in popularity. Fortnite Battle Royale (distinct from the original, less popular version of Fortnite) throws 100 players on large island maps and pits them against each other in a free-for-all battle for supremacy. If you only know Fortnite from celebrity or media references, here's the skinny. Nothing quite beats the thrilling all-against-all of the classic battle royale.

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Want to get in on the action? Here's how to sign up for the beta for free and try it for yourself. Nonetheless, the beta is packed full of features and extending to a wider range of Android phones. My test device ( S9+) was able to comfortably run the game at its "Epic" max settings, although the choice of framerate maxes out at 30 FPS.Īt the moment Fortnite is still in its beta period, so what we're looking at here isn't the final product. But that doesn't change the fact that its arrival on the Android platform is going to make many people happy, even if some may have been upset that Samsung users got to try it first.Īs we suspected, Fortnite for Android isn't on the Play Store, but accessed via Epic Games' dedicated app, which is also available on Samsung's own app store, if you prefer to have it managed through Samsung. In fact, it recently celebrated its first birthday and has been out on iOS for months.
