Mobile

Fortnite Patch Version 6.01 Brings Chiller Trap

Published

5 years ago

October 3, 2018

Anthony DiMoro

A new update has arrived to Fortnite, and with it comes the new Chiller trap, which ices your opponents making them slip and slide around.

Here are the full patch notes

Fortnite patch notes V6.01

LIMITED TIME MODE: PLAYGROUND
Playground Custom Options
Added more options to Playground. Allowing you to change settings such as starting health, time of day, gravity, and more!
WEAPONS + ITEMS
Chiller added.
Common Trap.
Can be placed on floors, walls, or ceilings.
Drops in stacks of 3 in Treasure Chests, Supply Drops, Vending Machines, Supply Llamas, and floor loot.
Applies icy feet to friends or foes, causing them to slide around with low friction.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue that could cause vehicles to become uncontrollable.
GAMEPLAY
Made improvements to the motion controls for the Switch to make it feel more accurate and responsive.
Bug Fixes
Pets are now hidden along with your character when the camera is too close to you.
Toys now respect the streamer mode setting for player names in minigame messages.
Slightly increased the hitbox size on the Fancy Tomato to match its visual size.
AUDIO
The following adjustments have been made to Glider audio tells:
Muffled the audio if there isn’t a clear line of sight between you other gliding players.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where incorrect audio would play when a teammate was eliminated.
UI
Bug Fixes
Added star ratings to the UI elements of all trap items.
MOBILE
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where players occasionally couldn’t interact with items.

SAVE THE WORLD
HEROES
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Keep Out!!!’s damage area was smaller than intended.
WEAPONS + ITEMS
Lead Sled Hammer added to the Weekly Store.
A fast-swinging hammer that gains speed with each hit.
Leap Attack: Heavy attack that jumps to the targeted foe and damages and knocks down nearby enemies.
Available Wednesday, October 3 at 8 PM ET until Wednesday, October 10 at 8 PM ET.
Obliterator Sniper Rifle added to the Weekly Store.
A slow firing Sniper Rifle with high base damage and a heavy kick.
Shots pierce through walls and husks alike, and can quickly obliterate structures.
Available Wednesday, October 3 at 8 PM ET until Wednesday, October 10 at 8 PM ET.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the Walloper Hammer sometimes wouldn’t do damage while using the Leap Attack.
Fixed an issue that could cause a hitch while using the Leap Attack with the Walloper Hammer.
Elemental visual effects on weapons are now hidden along with your character when the camera is too close to you.

Market

PUBG Mobile Surpasses $9 Billion in Lifetime Revenue

Published

6 months ago

December 8, 2022

Anthony DiMoro

PUBG Mobile has reached $9 billion in global lifetime revenue and has notched 1.1 billion installs worldwide across the App Store and Google Play, according to data from Sensor Tower.

The mobile version of PUBG experienced 104.4 million installs globally between January and September 2022, which represents a 27% decline year-over-year from the same period in 2021, additionally, PUBG Mobile made $1.6 billion between January and September of this year, also a 27% decrease from the $2.2 million generated from Q1 to Q3 last year.

Looking at another popular title, MiHoYo’s RPG Genshin Impact, they generated $1.4 billion in consumer spending between Q1 and Q3 2022. The game celebrated it’s second anniversary in style, hitting $3.7 million in lifetime revenue around the time, according to Sensor Tower.

MiHoYo’s RPG has amassed 126.4 million installs on mobile to this date.

Business

Tencent Facing Allegations of Infringing on Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Published

6 months ago

November 28, 2022

Anthony DiMoro

Tencent will appear in court on this Tuesday to face allegations of copyright infringement in China, filed by Shanghai-based studio Moonton Technology, according to the South China Morning Post.

Per the report, Tencent is accused of infringing on the rights of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, one of the biggest mobile titles in Southeast Asia and faces allegations that include rights to authorship, reproduction and communications regarding the game.

Game News

Ubisoft’s Hungry Shark Reaches 1 Billion Downloads

Published

6 months ago

November 28, 2022

Anthony DiMoro

Ubisoft is celebrating the long-standing success of it’s most downloaded mobile series ‘Hungry Shark’, which initially launched back in 2010 and has since surpassed over 1 billion downloads, an impressive feat.

Ubisoft has confirmed, via a release, that the Hungry Shark franchise has hit one billion downloads globally across mobile platforms, making it Ubisoft’s most-downloaded mobile franchise.

“We’re really proud to reach this incredible milestone and I’d like to thank the teams involved for their hard work as we look ahead to some exciting announcements in early 2023 on the future direction of the studio and to share more on Hungry Shark brand” Ian Harper, Managing Director of Ubisoft Future Games of London said in an official press release.