Travis Scott’s virtual Fortnite concert, Astronomical, drew over 12.3 million concurrent streamers on the first day, says Epic Games. The music tour, which is set to take place across several days this week for players in different regions, also included the debut of Scott’s latest track, Astronomical.
In comparison, about 10.7 million people joined the last time Fortnite held a virtual concert which was in early 2019. It has headlined by electronic music producer DJ Marshmello. Epic Games has always been ambitious with its in-game events and Travis Scott’s was grander than ever with spectacular and psychedelic visuals.
“Astronomical is an other-worldly experience inspired by Cactus Jack’s creations, built from the ground up in Fortnite,” wrote Epic Games in the original announcement post.
In addition, keeping up with its traditions, Fortnite alongside also introduced a bunch of new Travis Scott skins, emotes, and dances. What’s more, players had the option to unlock free gear by going through special Astronomical challenges.
Fortnite’s Astronomical tour will run through April 26th and you can find the complete schedule with instructions on how to watch it here.
It’s likely that the forthcoming Astronomical dates won’t attract as many viewers as the first one. That’s mainly because streamers have already published videos of the entire concert on their YouTube or other channels which rules out the possibility of more non-gamers signing up for Fortnite just to watch the event. To ensure creators don’t run into any copyright hurdles, Epic Games said it worked with its “partners to ensure that content creators can share this one-of-a-kind experience with their communities.”
“You should be able to stream, make videos, and share across all platforms from April 23rd – May 23rd, without copyright claims or demonetization on content from the Astronomical experience. After that 30-day window has passed, your video will be demonetized, but no strikes or takedowns should be issued,” it added a blog post.
We don’t know yet how many new players Fortnite has gained in the last couple of days. With newer games such as Call of Duty: Warzone and Valorant continuing to soar on the charts, Fortnite can rely on its special in-game events to stay relevant.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.