Fortnite has hit a nerve with its PvP mode Battle Royale. The fun and colorful mayhem, together with the engaging PvE mode, leads to impressive numbers. Over 500,000 players are playing Fortnite simultaneously. However, the anti-cheat software is unjustly banning players.
Fortnite in PvE mode was already an unexpectedly huge success, which even the developer Epic Games could not predict. And the recently introduced Battle Royale mode, inspired by PUBG, is now also bringing significant player numbers! Epic Games must have been quite surprised when the latest numbers of concurrent players were revealed.
Over half a million players, Fortnite closes the gap to PUBG
According to the latest numbers, 525,000 players were playing Fortnite simultaneously. The big player in the genre, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), meanwhile has a staggering 1.96 million concurrent gamers. Nevertheless, the success of Fortnite is remarkable, as it is visited daily by up to 3.7 million people.
The great success of Fortnite has already led to unpleasant disputes with the PUBG company Bluehole, which interestingly is a business partner of Epic. PUBG is using the Unreal Engine 4 developed by Epic.
One reason for the great success of Fortnite is its free availability on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
PUBG is currently playable on PC and may only be coming to Xbox One. The release is still set for the end of 2017. Until then, console fans would rather play Fortnite.
Players unjustly banned as cheaters
But not everything is rosy in the colorful land of Fortnite. Recently, numerous cheaters caused unrest, prompting the implementation of an anti-cheat software. However, the anti-cheat watchdog was likely too stringent and has now banned many players who were actually innocent.
The issue seems to be that the anti-cheat program found it totally unfair that one could shoot from a swing in the trailer park. Normally, this is not a problem, but the software made it one and flagged all players who sat on the swing and shot as cheaters. This then led to the bans.
The developers at Epic have identified the issue and are currently working to reinstate all those incorrectly banned players back into the game.
If you’re interested in whether Fortnite: Battle Royale is worth it, or if it’s just a lame PUBG copy, you should read our article on the topic.
