Fortnite is one of the biggest names in gaming, and it’s quite easy to understand how it became a global phenomenon. The beloved battle royale is overflowing with things to do, and weekly updates ensure that there are always new weapons and items to engage with, fresh locales to visit on its ever-changing map, and plenty of XP to earn via daily and weekly challenges.
With so much to keep players coming back for more, you can be certain finding a lobby filled with other folks is an easy thing to do. But you’ve also probably noticed that many matches — particularly in lower and mid-tier lobbies — mix bots in with real players. This helps to fill out lobbies faster so you can get in and play consistently, and it also serves as a way to ensure that everyone in the match has a few opportunities to eliminate some baddies regardless of their skill level.
If you’re only looking to complete objectives, though, real players can prove to be frustrating. Luckily, there’s a way to make it so that only bots appear in your match. Here’s a useful tip that can guarantee you get lobbies that are populated exclusively by bots any time you’re seeking a more chill experience.
Most matches have at least a few bots, but if you’d like to guarantee every enemy in your match is a bot, we’ve got a foolproof way to make that happen. Here’s a step-by-step process.
When you finish a match using this method, you can invite the second account back and start the process over as many times as you’d like, making this an ideal way to knock out daily and weekly quests. You can also invite other friends to the party and let them join in on the fun whenever you’d like, which can be especially great for introducing young or new players to the game for a few casual matches before they have to face real people.
Just remember that wins you score in bot lobbies won’t award a crown, so just use this trick to kick back and enjoy some leisure time in Fortnite.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
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Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.