A recent interview from Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney suggests that Fortnite may have initially planned to feature 200-player matches for its main gameplay. The massively popular battle royale has seen a plethora of new updates and mechanics added to the game throughout the seven years since its initial launch in 2017. Epic Games has debuted several new weapons and mechanics throughout its many events, with crossovers often adding unique weapons to Fortnite. However, new information from an Epic exec reveals that the main gameplay could have looked vastly different.
While Fortnite's main gameplay has typically stuck to the 100-man gameplay, Epic Games has often toyed around with different ways to play the game. Fortnite's "Reload" game mode, introduced last month, shrinks the size of a lobby, featuring 40 players duking it out with a faster gameplay style. Epic Games also debuted "Zero Build" mode as a new way to play in 2022, removing the game's building mechanic and putting a heavier focus on Fortnite's gunplay. Now, the CEO of Epic Games is sharing more details about a scrapped version of the game.
A leak from Fortnite is showing off several pieces of scrapped content from the game's...