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Epic and Lego have a long-term plan to make Fortnite more than battle royale

Hit the bricks.

The ongoing goal, according to Devin Winterbottom, Epic’s executive vice president of game development, is to keep expanding in ways that make people rethink what Fortnite actually is. Finding that match is what we’ve been trying to do for the entire year.” A hope is that the new hub area will help make some of those more offbeat experiences like the cat island easier to discover for players. Right now, that includes everything from first-person shooters to Ninja Turtles roguelikes to musical experiences, in addition to an ever-growing list of battle royale variations (and eventually something big with Disney).

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