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Everyone knows that\u00a0Fortnite: Battle Royale<\/em> is one of the most popular video games in the world. And now we know exactly how many people enjoyed dropping out of the Battle Bus last month.<\/p>

Epic Games revealed that August was\u00a0Fortnite’s<\/em>\u00a0“biggest month yet” in today’s Fall Skirmish post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>

Related:\u00a0Fortnite esports resumes soon with $10 million Fall Skirmish events<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

When talking about the upcoming $10 million tournament series<\/a>, Epic said that it need to “harden and scale our systems and infrastructure” due to the large amount of players enjoying\u00a0Fortnite<\/em>. The developer then said that 78.3 million players played the popular battle royale game in August.\u00a0<\/p>

“This exposed weak points and allowed us to make targeted improvements to critical systems, such as stats and servers,” Epic said.\u00a0<\/p>

Although Epic was talking about improvements made to the game, indirectly slipping in the number of players who battle it out in\u00a0Fortnite\u00a0<\/em>on a monthly basis helped to show just how popular this game is.<\/p>

Related:\u00a0FORTNITE<\/em> CUBE WATCH: The cube has entered Loot Lake<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

While no one is underestimating the popularity of Fortnite,<\/em> part of Epic Games’ new record might have to do with all the new platforms the game was introduced to over the summer. Fortnite<\/em> has been ported to the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices over the last few months.\u00a0 <\/p>

The end of season five in\u00a0Fortnite\u00a0<\/em>is coming, and that means season six is just around the corner. Who knows, maybe\u00a0Fortnite\u00a0<\/em>can break 80 million (or even 100 million) players somewhere down the road.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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