'Fortnite' Now Playing Lobby Streams Free 'Punk'd' Episodes Every Hour. Fortnite players may have seen a new queue appear next to their Solos, Duos and Quads over the past few hours. The feature, called Now Playing, is Epic's latest marketing partnership designed to please the game's millions-strong audience.

When we say that this is a beginner's guide to Fortnite, we're talking about legitimate beginners. ... Fortnite is available to download on Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC. It's a "freemium" game, which means it doesn't cost you a penny to download and you can play the "Battle Royale" multiplayer mode (FN:BR) for free.

For roughly 36 hours, players who logged into Fortnite, the wildly popular online battle royal video game, were greeted by a black hole that shut down the game itself. But on Tuesday morning, it returned as Fortnite Chapter 2, giving its fans a new map and tweaking how they play the game.