Fortnite Surges to Become the Top iPhone Game in US Since Yesterday's Launch

Fortnite Surges to Become the No. 1 iPhone Game in US Since its Launch Yesterday

Epic Games recently announced that the mobile version of its massively pop MMORPG, Fortnite: Battle Royale, will be available on iOS devices soon. True to its promise, the studio released the game's mobile version on the App Store on an invite-only basis yesterday. Epic Games' mobile venture is proving to be a huge success, as the game has already skyrocketed to get the No. 1 almost downloaded iPhone game in the Usa.

As per fresh information shared past Sensor Tower with VentureBeat, Fortnite is now the almost downloaded game in the United States, which is zippo brusk of impressive as the game is hardly a mean solar day old, and has already achieved such a feat.

In addition to ruling the gaming category on iOS, Fortnite has also get the 2nd nigh downloaded app on the App Store across all categories in the United States. Merely that's not all, equally Fortnite's mobile version has too grabbed the third and fifth spot in the App Store's download charts in Canada and Britain respectively.

Still, do keep in mind that the rankings are based on dynamic figures, as Apple reportedly maintains a data of apps that are witnessing the highest download rate, which is different from an app's overall downloads in its lifetime on the App Shop.

At this point, Fortnite seems to be winning the popularity game against curvation-rival, PlayerUnknown'southward Battlegrounds, thank you to its wider availability on gaming platforms. A live stream of popular pro gamer Ninja and Drake playing the battle royale game recently went viral, clocking in more than 600,000 people equally an audience.

Drake'south proper noun is certain to boost Fortnite's popularity, but that just seems to the get-go of Epic Games' ambitious marketing campaign for Fortnite, every bit the studio has plans for hosting a star-studded Fortnite effect presently. The event will exist hosted at E3 and will exist attended by 50 renowned pro gamers and the aforementioned number of popular athletes and celebrities. With such interesting things in the pipeline, Fortnite is surely gaining some solid ground against PUBG, and might even surpass it.