🎮 Fortnite’s Next Era 🌐 Epic Games’s huge Big Bang launch, released on December 2nd, revealed three completely new experiences in Fortnite: LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival. LEGO Fortnite was released on December 7th to massive success, hitting 2.4M peak concurrent users. That’s not far off from Fortnite Battle Royale’s peak of 3.1M CCU that was set when Epic released the OG map in Fortnite Chapter 4, Season 5, in early November. Player interest has also exploded. Data provided by Gamesight shows that Twitch channels that cover racing, rhythm, and survival games spiked up massively when the trailer was released and the experiences were launched. It’s also done wonders for player engagement, with overall Fortnite daily average CCUs seeing a huge spike with the release of the new experiences and a growing trendline. But beyond hyperbole and kudos, we should take a deeper look at Epic’s strategy. What’s the long-term plan, and how do these games fit into the puzzle? The first step is to look at the games. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eGHSrMq5 Thank you for writing, Jordan Phang! And a special thanks to Windwalk for making this analysis possible. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/et98aKf6 #fortnite #bigbang #lego #epicgames #gamingnews #gamesindustry
