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Fortnite Is Shutting Down In China November 15

It's unclear whether this is part of the country's crackdown on gaming.

www.thegamer.com

Fortnite China, known as Fortress Night in the Chinese translation, will no longer be available according to the game's official website. The version of Fortnite in China is quite different from what the rest of the world plays, and was only available via an authorized Chinese internet provider.

"The test of 'Fortress Night' has come to an end. We will shut down the server in the near future," reads a Google translation of the website. It indicates that registration of new players and the download portal will be unavailable as of November 1 and the game will become inaccessible to existing players on November 15.
The news was shared by a reliable Fortnite source, iFireMonkey, who credited arkheops for spotting it. No other information about this has come to light as of yet and it's unclear whether this has to do with China's new restrictions against online gaming.

Fortnite China has quite a few differences from the version the rest of the world plays. According to the Fortnite Wiki, there are no in-game transactions and several gameplay features have been incorporated in order to make it easier for less skilled players. You stop receiving XP after 90 minutes and cannot compete in challenges; a notification then prompts you to go and study. There are also many cosmetic changes, for instance, no skulls are depicted due to a regulation prohibiting it.

 

[ManaByte]

there are no in-game transactions

 

[Fuz]

a notification then prompts you to go and study

Holy shit.

 

[Elder Legend]

It's not April 1st yet....china.

 

[Quasicat]

First Roblox, now this?

 

[Holammer]

Now we sit back and watch Tim Sweeney fire off a passive aggressive diatribe against the Chinese authorities on Twitter.
... or not.

What next? Closing Valve & Perfect World's Chinese Steam client?

 

[Diddy X]

China's society to surpass the rotting west in the following years.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Now we sit back and watch Tim Sweeney fire off a passive aggressive diatribe against the Chinese authorities on Twitter.
... or not.

What next? Closing Valve & Perfect World's Chinese Steam client?

Tencent has a huge stake in Epic. Tim will not say a word, for once.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

First they bacame Apple stans.
Now they become China stans.

 

[channie]

You stop receiving XP after 90 minutes and cannot compete in challenges

This game is amazing.

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[Barakov]

This is the funniest shit ever.

 

[PropellerEar]

First they bacame Apple stans.
Now they become China stans.

Those are some fancy pronouns you've picked for yourself.

 

[The Pleasure]

You know who else told me to go study?

 

[bitbydeath]

Tencent has a huge stake in Epic. Tim will not say a word, for once.

Sony gonna swoop in and buy their stock?

 

[ReBurn]

This is why China will rule the world.

 

[Rat Rage]

China is a surveillance state run by a subtle and smart dictator. If I were chinese, I would plan on moving somewhere else. Ultimately there is no real justice in this country. "Justice" is arbitrary. The government can do whatever they want with you and you can't do anything about it. They can dictate what you are allowed to consume and what you are allowed that say. Fuck that.

 

[MayauMiao]

I think parents in China are overjoyed with this news.

 

[th4tguy]

Tencent has major sway in China. This will come back after the appropriate palms have been greased.

 

[Fahdis]

That's cool and shit but when is FortNite shutting down forever?

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Man China is so lucky

 

[Holammer]

Tencent has major sway in China. This will come back after the appropriate palms have been greased.

That's NOT how it works. Did you forget Alibaba's Jack Ma already? They fucked him in the ass (Ant Group IPO thing) and when he bitched about it they curbed him.
With the current round of restrictions all the players in the tech sector scrambled to offer their own solutions to controlling play hours for kids. Quickly so they may be spared.

 

[LazyParrot]

Is the game popular in other Asian markets? I know it was basically DOA in Japan.

 

[Excess]

That's NOT how it works. Did you forget Alibaba's Jack Ma already? They fucked him in the ass (Ant Group IPO thing) and when he bitched about it they curbed him.
With the current round of restrictions all the players in the tech sector scrambled to offer their own solutions to controlling play hours for kids. Quickly so they may be spared.

Probably the closest thing to resembling fascism by definition. A capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental control and violent suppression to opposition.

"Go to bed." - Xi Jingping

 

[Inviusx]

Cutting off XP after 90 minutes is not even a terrible idea for a parental restriction. Do any Western games do that?

 

[Fare thee well]

My nationalism, rabble rabble!, NO, my nationalism, rabble rabble!

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Damn. Fucking Winnie the Pooh ain't fucking around.

 

[nush]

It will be replaced by a 100% home grown clone. It's the China way.

 

[SantaC]

And nothing of value was lost.

 

[Banjo64]

‘Go and study’

Why not offer some practical advice like giving out some local escort phone numbers?

 

[LimanimaPT]

No ingame transactions? They have my support.

 

[Shubh_C63]

First all apple products, now entire China.
That's million potential money lost, maybe forever.

 

[GymWolf]

 

[ANIMAL1975]

Holy shit.

Go study or go broke

 

[nikolino840]

And some says there's a dictactorship in italy just for the vaccine....they don't even know what a dictactorship is..

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

that's so weird and scary.

the world is fucked when China takes over. they are gonna overtake the USA within the next few decades.

 

[ChoosableOne]

Second world problems.

 

[Miles708]

You stop receiving XP after 90 minutes and cannot compete in challenges

That's actually not that bad of an idea.

 

[ParaSeoul]

You guys are getting political.

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

Damn China, you scary.

 

[skit_data]

CCP:

 

[JCK75]

OK so Communism has accomplished ONE good thing.

 

[The Pleasure]

It will be replaced by a 100% home grown clone. It's the China way.

Why play Fornite, when you can play Anite.... Of studying!

 

[Thabass]

I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad.

 

[Scotty W]

Probably the closest thing to resembling fascism by definition. A capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental control and violent suppression to opposition.

"Go to bed." - Xi Jingping

Communism is fascism?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

My nationalism, rabble rabble!, NO, my nationalism, rabble rabble!

What?

 

[*Nightwing]

Oooohhh, so when you take out the competitiveness, micro transactions, and dopamine fix from season pass/skin collecting…. You’re telling me the game then becomes pointless and unplayable? Shocked.gif

 

[Soodanim]

It will be replaced by a 100% home grown clone. It's the China way.

Coming soon to a China near you: Two Weeks

 

[Excess]

Communism is fascism?

China's economic system is communism?

 

[Scotty W]

China's economic system is communism?

Oops, my mistake.