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866 Fortnite's new mode saw over a million players this weekend

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Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer.net · 06/24/2024 06:59 EDT

Fortnite's new mode saw over a million players this weekend

Fortnite has launched a major new battle royale mode, Reload, which drew in more than a million players to the game over the weekend.

Available in both regular and Zero Build variants, Reload is a smaller-scale battle royale option with 40 players organised into 10 squads, with respawns enabled if at least one team member is still alive.

If that sounds familiar, it's because Reload is very much inspired by Call of Duty: Warzone's popular Resurgence mode, which offers very similar mechanics. Respawni

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