Save $50 on an Xbox One S ‘Fortnite’ bundle and get a free controller from Best Buy

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It seems like battle royale style games took over the world almost overnight. One day the beta for a game called PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds opened up and next thing you know Call of Duty is getting in on the action. But the undisputed king right now is Fortnite. According to Epic Games, the game draws in more than 78 million people monthly — that’s nine times as many people who live in New York City, and more than double the amount of people who live in all of Canada.

With the holidays now in full swing, there are sure to be even more wanting in on the craze. For them, we have the ultimate deal: The Xbox One S Fortnite bundle is currently on sale for $249.99 at Best Buy, which is $50 off the original $299.99 price. With this deal you’ll not only get the system and the game, but you’ll even get a free black or white Xbox One controller as part of the bundle. Read more…

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‘Fortnite Battle Royale’ on mobile is a total game-changer

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Invites are coming out for the mobile version of Fortnite Battle Royale on iOS and it looks like it’s shaping up to a complete game-changer.

The invite-only version of Fortnite Battle Royale released on iOS Thursday supports cross-platform play between mobile, console, and PC players — a revolutionary idea for competitive shooters like Fortnite, and one that could take the game to the top of every chart imaginable.

Fornite Battle Royale was inspired by popular last-person-standing games like Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, which have started to carve out their own battle royale subgenre, but Fortnite has begun to pull away as the crowd favorite. Now that it’s coming to mobile, it’ll likely take the top spot. Read more…

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