Chinese Fortnite players will have to get their battle royale kicks somewhere else – the game is being shut down in China on Nov. 15.
Originally launched back in 2018, Fortnite China, known as Fortress Night, is a heavily modified version of Epic’s shooter, released specifically to comply with Chinese regulations. This version of the game features no microtransactions and no community-created content.
The depiction of skulls was also removed, with skins featuring skeletons either changed or removed completely, which isn’t very Halloween of them.
Even the lore of the game was tweaked for Fortnite China, with battles taking place in a training simulation where players take control of holograms. This way, no one ever actually dies in Fortnite China, except the characters with skulls – they’re dead, just like the game itself.
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While players who already have accounts will be able to get a few more BR wins ahead of Nov. 15, it’s impossible to create a new account at the time of writing.
No official reason was given for the game’s shutdown, but many are speculating that it has something to do with China’s strict gaming laws, which aim to protect minors from addiction, as reported by Kotaku.
Written by Kirk McKeand on behalf of GLHF.
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