Fortnite now allows creator-made games to sell in-game items — and immediately, the platform’s most popular experience Steal the Brainrot has added $45 premium item bundles and a chance-based roulette wheel.

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    23 hours ago

    I am impressed, I dont play fortnite, but still its interesting they allowed 3erd party customizations.

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      23 hours ago

      They probably saw how much money Roblox makes and that public opinion is (finally) starting to turn on Roblox. They want that pie

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        19 hours ago

        Yeah a slippery slope if children start making content and not paid enough

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          6 hours ago

          Children, paid?

          Sentence that makes the capitalists blood boil - because why pay them a fair share when they can work for free, while basically sustaining their services.

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      22 hours ago

      it’s not actually fortnite, they now have a roblox-like game mode browser where players could create games in an editor.

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        21 hours ago

        But you launch Fortnite to access it on every platform. There isn’t an “Epic UGC” app. So this is what Fortnite has become. An umbrella for experiences that include Battle Royal, Zero Build, Concerts, etc.