It is one of the game’s toughest conundrums <\/p>
The word Fortnite has entered the lexicon of common vocabulary since the game was released back in 2017.<\/p>\n
With a variety of modes including the ever-popular Battle Royale, which sees players use a variety of weapons to eliminate each other in an attempt to be the last standing, the game has become one of the biggest in the world.<\/p>\n
On average, 230 million players were active between January and February this year, according to Beebom<\/a>.<\/p>\n The game has also let fans watch concerts from a range of high-profile musicians including Metallica, Ariana Grande and Eminem.<\/p>\n Taylor Swift even has a song named Fortnight now, which features Post Malone, although she doesn\u2019t talk about the trials and tribulations of surviving a bout on Battle Royale Island in that one.<\/p>\n It is a straightforward and easy game to dive into, but one thing has continued to stump fans: why is it called \u2018Fortnite\u2019? Read on for a full explanation.<\/p>\n The word \u2018Fortnite\u2019 comes from the merging of two words: fort and night. It is a play on the British word fortnight, which is used to describe a period of two weeks.<\/p>\n But that doesn\u2019t explain just why the game was given that name. Read on to find out.<\/p> During the game\u2019s early development, before it became the battle royale shooter that we know it as today, Fortnite was originally going to be a player versus environment (PvE) style experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Players were going to have to defend themselves against hordes of zombies that only emerged at night<\/strong>.<\/p>\n One of the ways in which they were going to do this was by building and subsequently hiding in their very own forts. Hence the use of \u2018fort\u2019 and \u2018night\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To make the pun even sweeter, a variety of reports suggest that each game in Fortnite was going to take place over the course of two weeks (a fortnight).<\/p>\n Others have also speculated that the \u2018fort\u2019 part of the title also refers to the FORT statistics within the game itself.<\/p>\n When broken down, these four basic characteristics stand for fortitude, offence, resistance and tech. 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Why is Fortnite called Fortnite? Game name explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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