Fortnite's evolution from a building and survival game to a social gaming experience highlights the potential of the metaverse to create engaging multiplayer environments.

Fortnite's Battle Royale mode was developed rapidly in response to the popularity of the genre, leveraging existing content to create a new gameplay experience.

The gaming industry has seen a shift towards multiplayer experiences, as players increasingly prefer games that allow them to connect and play with friends rather than solitary games. This trend is reshaping the gaming landscape, with games like Fortnite leading the way.

The goal of Verse is to simplify programming for the Fortnite community while ensuring that it scales effectively for large simulations, making it easier for developers to create complex gameplay, and Epic Games allows developers to create games that can be shipped as standalone titles or integrated into Fortnite, enabling interoperability with Fortnite items and cosmetics.

During the pandemic, we learned that some features didn't resonate with users, prompting us to refocus on our core gaming audience.

The technical challenges of scaling Fortnite involved building a robust online backend that could handle a massive increase in concurrent users, from 40,000 to 15 million.

The success of Fortnite's cross-platform play has pressured other companies, like Sony, to open up their platforms, leading to better partnerships and collaboration in the gaming industry.

Epic Games' success with Fortnite is attributed to its ability to scale its online infrastructure to support millions of concurrent users without purchasing additional server hardware.

Epic Games has invested heavily in developing the future of technology, spending more than they earn to build a robust ecosystem around Unreal Engine and Fortnite.