Fortnite finally reveals gameplay footage
A trailer to promote Game Informer's latest issue shows off the first gameplay footage of Fortnite in action.
Update: Added information about alpha test registrations.
We haven't heard much from Fortnite in quite a while, but Epic is apparently ready to take the wraps off the world-building combat hybrid. A video shows off the game in action for the first time.
The trailer is promoting the latest issue of Game Informer, which features Fortnite as its cover story. The first look lets us see some of the building and combat mechanics in action, along with Epic employees attempting to shed the hard-edged Gears of War image they became known for in the last generation.
Meanwhile, Epic has opened a survey (via IGN) to gather information for potential alpha testers. The questions cover topics like free-to-play games, microtransactions, and Twitch streaming.
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A trailer to promote Game Informer's latest issue shows off the first gameplay footage of Fortnite in action.-
** Fortnite -> Alpha sign up go go go -> http://alpha.fortnite.com/#!/personal-info
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but Valcan, what if I liked that hard-edged Gears of War image they became known for in the last generation?
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Hmmm well lets hope to the gaming gods they make a new Gears for the XB1(pretty sure they are) and the PC and some other games that are more meaty.
I know what you mean still I think this game is going to be very good, I love gears this has a tone of carnage in it it actually looks very close to Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare graphically which is not a bad thing.
We will see how Fortnite has turned out I have not written it off just yet, would I love a new pimped out Gears of the XB1 or PC for sure but this looks like it could be cool.
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Microsoft now owns the Gears IP outright and handed it off Black Tusk.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/82828/gears-of-war-rights-acquired-by-microsoft-rod-fergusson-joins
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That is not what I expected.
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I'm really hoping this has team vs. team vs. hordes. I would buy it on day one if it had that (and didn't suck).
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I am hoping it has some elements of Rust.
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Making it 3PP was a bad idea.
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Probably work better for VR support though.
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wwwwwwwwhat? third-person VR?
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Yeah. That way movement doesn't feel broken
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Third person is cool.
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Agreed. I know it's petty of me to write off most games that are third-person, but I usually can't aim straight from third-person. I don't mind it if aim isn't a primary goal of the game, but if it's a shooter, I want the perspective in first-person.
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For me, it just brings me out of the game. Also, movement/controls become terrible. It's wholly inferior to 1PP unless your game is built upon precise hand-to-hand/mêlée combat.
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They did. They should no have cut the video that way.
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The spin-meter went up to "presidential election". I counted 8 plugs along the lines of "the new face of Epic," or "we're not stuck in a box," or "We didn't want to do year after year of Gears." It's also suspicious that Epic has literally shut down the PR machine on Fortnite since mid-2012, only to wake it up for what is apparently a stump speech to quell all those who were asking if Epic's studio was relevant anymore (present company included).
It's still in a set of genres that I really don't like (tower defense, structure-building, third-person), during a time when I'm waiting for the next PC FPS game that isn't trapped in Origin or UPlay, or diluted by the conventions that have turned most multiplatform FPSes into rollercoaster railshooters rife with QTEs and Skinner Box multiplayer.
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