About Fortnite Battle Royale  :

“Fortnite” has become so popular that it’s emboldened maker Epic Games to circumvent Google’s Play Store for the Android version.

• Epic Games announced Friday that it won’t distribute the upcoming Android version of its “Fortnite: Battle Royale” game through Google’s Play Store.
• The decision caused a stir, because it was so unusual and potentially opens Android “Fortnite” users to security threats.
• But the reaction to the decision shows how much we’ve all bought into the app-store model.
• Though that model has made getting apps easy and more secure, it’s also limited choice and further empowered the big operating system makers.
• Epic’s move could potentially lead to more choices for consumers and developers – and better apps.
• Epic Games’ decision to release the Android version of “Fortnite” through its website rather than through the Google Play app store drew headlines and much debate in the tech world on Friday.
• But the fact that anyone thought the move was notable at all shows just how skewed our perspectives have become in the age of the smartphone.
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  Ten years ago, it would have been completely unremarkable for a software company to distribute its latest program or game through its own website.

• These days, though, that’s the exception, not the rule.
• Now, when US consumers install software for their most-used computers – their smartphones – they almost always get the programs from application stores run by the same company that made their operating system.
• The app-store model has arguably made things easier and more secure for consumer. But it’s come at a significant price. The model has empowered the same giant companies that control the major operating systems, made it more difficult for developers to find viable business models, limited consumer choice, and, in some cases, made using apps more difficult, convoluted, or pricey than it would otherwise be.

There are other ways of distributing software than through the app-store model. That model predominates because maintaining it is the the interests of the operating system providers. But Epic’s decision offers hope that there may be ways to challenge it from the outside – and maybe make things better for consumers and developers alike.

Epic’s powerful enough to challenge the app-store model

• If any developer has the power to challenge the established order, it’s Epic. “Fortnite: Battle Royale” is the world’s most popular game, and Epic has had great success distributing it on multiple computing and gaming platforms.
• Just about the only major system that doesn’t have its own version is Android. That pairing would seem an ideal match, given that Android is the dominant operating system on the most popular computing device on the planet.

Description :

• Xbox Live Gold required. Currently in Early Access. Fortnite Battle Royale is the completely free 100-player PvP mode in Fortnite.
• One giant map. A battle bus. Fortnite building skills and destructible environments combined with intense PvP combat.
• The last one standing wins. Download now for FREE and jump into the action. This download also gives you a path to purchase the Save the World co-op PvE campaign during Fortnite’s Early Access season, or instant access if you received a Friend invite.

Capabilities :

• Online multiplayer (1-100)
• Online co-op
• Xbox One X Enhanced
• 4K Ultra HD

Additional information :

• Published by  –  Epic Games Inc.
• Approximate size  –  10.54 GB
• Developed by  –  Epic Games Inc.
• Category  –  Action & Adventure
• Installation  –  Install on your home Xbox One console plus have access when you’re connected to your Microsoft account.

Additional terms  –  Xbox Live code of conduct Terms of transaction .