“Truly One of the Best Eras” – Fortnite Fans Reminiscing the Good Old Days as the Game Turns Five Years Old

Time sure does fly away. It’s already been five years since Epic Games released one of the best battle royale games, Fortnite. Undoubtedly, it feels like the game was released yesterday. Even the fans are getting nostalgic thinking about it.

Epic Games released the battle royale mode for Fortnite, in September 2017. The game developers decided to create this multiplayer mode after the success of another battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or as most people call it, PUBG.

The American developers created Fortnite battle royale in two months. And they planned to release it as a premium game, but it eventually got released as a free-to-play. Soon after its release, it became an absolute fan favorite. Millions of players have played this game in the last five years.

How is Epic Games celebrating Fortnite’s fifth birthday?

Fortnite completed half a decade, and it definitely is an epic occasion. How can its creator, Epic Games, not celebrate this occasion with a bang? Fortnite has lots of exclusive birthday content to celebrate, and it has already started on September 23 at 9 AM ET. Further, this birthday celebration will end on September 27 at 9 AM ET.

Fortnite players will travel on a birthday-themed Battle bus instead of the regular one. It’s Fortnite’s birthday, but the game is offering birthday presents to the players, which they will get upon dropping on the island. These presents are full of high-grade loot and health-restoring Birthday Cakes.

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A birthday without balloons is incomplete, so Fortnite brought them back on its fifth birthday. The players can use these balloons as convenient floating devices. Moreover, the game would have an exciting Birthday Quest, completing these would reward Fuzzfetti Cake Back Bling, Sparklecake Emoticon, and Celebratory Slice Pickaxe.

Fans dives into the past to celebrate the fifth year of Fortnite

Fans can’t believe it’s been so long since they have been playing this game. Undoubtedly, they are happy that this battle royale game has completed so many years. However, most fans are reminiscing about the old days when Epic Games introduced the battle royale mode into the game in September 2017. Some fans even claimed the game was more enjoyable back in those days. Let’s look at some of those interesting fan reactions.

Time does fly fast, and soon enough we would be seen the game celebrate the completion of a decade. Do you think Fortnite would remain relevant by the time it completes 10 years?

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