when is fortnite coming out of early access
July 25, 2017
title: Fortnite: Save the World text: Fortnite: Save the World Fortnite: Save the World is a co-op third-person shooter survival video game developed and published by Epic Games. The game was released as a paid-for early access title for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 25, 2017, with a full free-to-play release expected sometime in 2019. The retail versions of the game were published by Gearbox Software, while online distribution of the PC versions is handled by Epic's launcher. "Fortnite" is set in contemporary Earth, where the sudden appearance of a worldwide storm causes 98% of the world's population to disappear, and title: Fortnite: Save the World text: few weeks before this date, Epic recognized that the game was still not ready for release; it was playable but not content complete. Rather than prolonging it further, Epic decided to release the game into paid early access on July 25, 2017, which would also allow them to get active feedback on the game as they progressed in development. At the time of the start of early access, Gearbox Software helped distribute the game on physical media. With the popularity of "Fortnite Battle Royale", which was first released in early access around September 2017 and gained considerable attention by early title: Epic Games text: Edition" on April 7, 2017, published by Gearbox Software. By July 2017, "Fortnite" was finally in a state for public play. Epic launched the title through a paid early access then, with a full free-to-play release expected in 2018. Following on the popularity of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", a battle royale game released earlier in 2017, Epic developed a variant of "Fortnite" called "Fortnite Battle Royale", which was released in September 2017 as a free-to-play title across computer, console, and mobile platforms. "Fortnite Battle Royale" quickly gained an audience, amassing over 125 million players by May 2018 with estimates of having earned title: Fortnite text: a service model, and brought in Chinese publisher Tencent to help; Tencent took a large stake in Epic as part of this, leading to the departure of several executives, including Cliff Bleszinski, who had been a key part of "Fortnite"s development. "Fortnite"s approach was changed to be Epic's testbed for games as a service, and further slowed the development. Ultimately, Epic was able to prepare to release "Fortnite" as a paid early access title in July 2017, with plans to release it as free-to-play sometime in 2019 while gaining feedback from players to improve the game. With the release of title: Fortnite text: first two game modes were released in 2017 as early access titles and "Creative" was released on December 6, 2018. "Save the World" is available only for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, while "Battle Royale" has been released for those platforms in addition for Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android devices. While the first two games have been successful for Epic Games, "Fortnite Battle Royale" became a resounding success, drawing in more than 125 million players in less than a year, and earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month, and since has been a cultural phenomenon. Currently, "Fortnite"