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Fortnite is now open to everyone on iOS

Fortnite is now open to everyone on iOS

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Epic Games’ smash hit battle royale game is out of beta on mobile

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Epic Games’ Fortnite is officially out of beta on mobile, meaning anyone with an iPhone SE / 6S or later running iOS 11 (or an iPad mini 4 / Air 2 or later) can download the game and jump into a match. Epic announced the news on its Twitter feed this morning. Previously, Fortnite on iOS was available in an invite-only beta period, though invites were generously given out and friends were able to invite up to three others to join the free-to-play platform. You can download the game from the App Store here.

It’s been a whirlwind of milestone-breaking and good news for Epic since the beginning of the year, as Fortnite has experienced a meteoric rise in both sales, popularity, and mainstream recognition. (Thanks Drake.) The game’s free-to-play business model — which sustains itself purely on a mix of clever in-game costumes, items, and an optional three-month subscription service — helped it best its rival and battle royale pioneer Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. But the game’s pure fun factor, combined with Epic’s breakneck update cycle, is what’s helped Fortnite remain at the forefront of the online multiplayer scene since its September 2017 launch.

Just last week, Epic added a new and improved snipers-only game mode, a ludicrous homing missile weapon, and a number of in-game clues pointing toward the destruction of the game’s Tilted Towers section, a potential game-changing event for a persistent multiplayer game that now has the whole community talking and swapping theories on online forums. With iOS now open to everyone, it seems like Epic will only continue to add more players.