Polygon

Fortnite's big new gamble on microtransactions raises immediate red flags

Fortnite is earning its reputation as the most expensive free game around. After announcing in September 2025 that it would be introducing in-game purchases to Creative islands, developer Epic Games ...
Polygon

Fortnite’s new rules block 'prize wheel' gambling, but loot boxes are OK

After a week of blowback, Epic Games has addressed a recent change that allowed Fortnite Creative builders to offer in-game purchases on their islands. Almost immediately after the feature went live, ...
GameSpot

Fortnite Now Lets Creators Publish Islands With In-Game Transactions

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Epic Games may have opened a can of worms by fully enabling ...

Amazon MGM brings Ali G to Fortnite Creative ahead of new film

Amazon MGM Studios has brought Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G to Fortnite Creative, dropping the character onto Drive City — one ...
GameSpot

Fortnite Creative May Be Going Pay-To-Win Soon

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Epic Games is gearing up for its biggest shake-up to Fortnite ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

Epic Games rolls out in-island transactions for Fortnite Creative

The rollout follows a previous delay, with Epic pushing the launch to January for additional testing and bug fixes. Fortnite developers will keep 100% of V-Bucks revenue from in-island purchases until ...