Video games introduction

 1) At the time of the article, how many Fortnite players were there worldwide? (Bonus question - how many are there now? Try Googling it.)

With more than 200m players worldwide

2) Why is it so popular? What are the audience pleasures of the game?

diversion-escapism to people if they enjoy fighting and shooting games

3) Why might some people criticise Fortnite?

There is violence within the game itself which people believe a younger audience should not play








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