Microsoft and Epic offer Fortnite for free on Xbox Cloud Gaming – Gaming – News

Microsoft and Epic Games are making Fortnite available for free on Xbox Cloud Gaming. To play the game, interested parties only need a Microsoft account, compatible device, and login to the service. Microsoft does not charge a subscription fee.

In advertising, Microsoft They have teamed up with Epic Games to bring Fortnite to Xbox Cloud Gaming in 26 countries including the Netherlands and Belgium. According to the company, no subscription to Xbox Cloud Gaming is required, just iOS, iPad OS, Android device, or PC with a browser, Internet access, and a Microsoft account. Users must go to xbox.com/play Browse and sign in with their Microsoft account. The game works with touch-sensitive controls and supports controllers.

Epic Games Also works with Nvidia To bring Fortnite to GeForce now. At the beginning of this year, Nvidia opened another closed beta in which players can sign up to play the popular game via Nvidia’s game streaming service. To play Fortnite in this way, a GeForce NOW account is required. A free account is enough. With the beta, Nvidia wants to test server capacity, “graphics delivery” and performance of touch controls.

Microsoft says it plans to add more free games to Xbox Cloud Gaming. According to the American website The Verge Remarkably, Epic Games is collaborating with Microsoft. After all, the lawsuit brought by the developer against Apple in 2020 showed that Epic Games considers Microsoft a competitor, not a partner.

Fortnite hasn’t been available on iOS since summer 2020. Apple removed the game Then from the App Store, because Epic has added its own payment system. Google has also removed Fortnite from the Play Store, but Android users can still play the game by downloading and installing the apk manually.