Epic Games CEO teases \u201cmore powerful\u201d Fortnite Creative tools coming soon Epic GamesEpic Games founder Tim Sweeney has teased \u201cmore powerful\u201d Fortnite Creative tools coming in the next 12 months, as the ever-growing battle royale title continues to expand towards the goal of becoming a \u201cplatform.\u201d It\u2019s no secret Epic is looking to push the boundaries of gaming with Fortnite, and has already taken steps towards those goals with things like the game-deleting event \u201cThe End,\u201d and a Star Wars crossover ahead of The Rise of Skywalker. According to the company\u2019s founder and chief executive Sweeney, there\u2019s plenty more to come on the horizon \u201cin the next twelve months,\u201d starting with the introduction of \u201cmore powerful\u201d Fortnite Creative tools to kick-start a new era. Sweeney, and many higher-ups from Epic, have recently taken the line that they want to turn Fortnite into \u201ca platform\u201d rather than just a 100-player battle royale title, and the company\u2019s CEO recently added they want to see the shooter turn into a place where \u201cthe majority of content people spend time with is created by others.\u201d Now it looks like that change could begin in 2020, especially considering Sweeney has teased even more power for Fortnite content creators once \u2018upgraded\u2019 tools drop for the newly added development mode. Epic\u2019s CEO was asked on Twitter what changes Fortnite might see in the next twelve months as the title looks to begin its ambitious transition into the bold new \u2018creative platform,\u2019 and what content that might bring for loyal players. \u201cNothing hifalutin,\u201d Sweeney said, explaining the first changes may not be \u2018over-the-top.\u2019 \u201cMore powerful Fortnite Creative tools so that creators outside of Epic Games can do the kind of things with the game that only we can do right now.\u201d Nothing hifalutin. Just more powerful Fortnite Creative tools so that creators outside of Epic can do the kinds of things with the game that only we can do right now. \u2014 Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) December 29, 2019 The question came after the Epic founder admitted the next 12 months might see Fortnite actually begin its transition away from gaming to a more broad spectrum for the community in a cryptic tweet reply. Between that, and Sweeney\u2019s revelation during a BAFTA interview in September, it looks like Epic is beginning to take their platform master plan public, especially after Sweeney admitted the company was working on \u201c10 different projects\u201d which all boasted parallel views on \u201ccoming together in the future.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re going to see a future world of games, where users are the primary creators of content,\u201d he added, and admitted the improved and accelerated social features arriving in the Fortnite Creative mode were also to meet that end. As for what these \u201cmore powerful\u201d tools for Fortnite Creative could be, Sweeney remained tightlipped, but if Epic\u2019s recent moves are any indication, they could well be more expanded access for content creators, and a new garage of intricate tools. It\u2019s also basically confirmed the social platform within the creative mode will also continue to expand, moving more towards a \u201csocial meeting place\u201d like many gamers are treating Fortnite these days, rather than just a fighting arena. For now, Fortnite fans might have to make do with the plethora of new content rolling in with the New Year\u2019s celebrations arriving in the battle royale in the next few days, including new skins, and a disco-ball themed event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic Games CEO teases \u201cmore powerful\u201d Fortnite Creative tools coming soon Epic GamesEpic Games founder Tim Sweeney has teased \u201cmore powerful\u201d Fortnite Creative tools coming in the next 12 months, as the ever-growing battle royale title continues to expand towards the goal of becoming a \u201cplatform.\u201d It\u2019s no secret Epic is looking to push the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}