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Fortnite for iOS First Look: It’s fun, but desktop players will eat you alive

It hadn’t even been a fortnight between the time we learned that Fortnite: Battle Royale, Epic Games’ wildly popular multiplayer survival shooter, would be coming to iOS, and when it was on my iPhone and iPad, running far more smoothly than I’d expect from a freshly-minted beta. Only a comparatively small group of players currently have access, but what I’ve seen so far suggests that Epic wouldn’t have to do much to fling open the gates to the wider public.

It’s hard to overemphasize how bold this release is. It’s exciting enough that we can play a game on our phones at the height of its popularity on the Mac, PC, Xbox

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