In short, as put by Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney in a social media post, "It’s Discord bots going bad." Though, the full answer is a bit more detailed.

Fortnite players say thousands of V-Bucks vanished into “Steal The Brain Rot” purchases they never made, and refunds were denied.

Fortnite punishes players using bot lobbies to manipulate their Ranked standing. Exclusive tournaments in Fortnite require a high rank to participate, leading some players to cheat. Epic Games has ...

Epic Games is in the middle of a crucial testing period for its Reload game mode as a competitive product. The Fortnite Reload Performance Evaluation cups are intended to test "our tournament system ...

Fortnite players are beginning to notice an increase in the number of bots appearing in one of the game’s modes, the recently added Fortnite OG. The @osirion_gg account, on social media platform X, ...

Two Michigan men are accused of using bots in the popular video game Fortnite to make money by faking traffic to content they created. Fortnite creator Epic Games filed a lawsuit Oct. 7 against Ayob ...

The makers of the Fortnite online multiplayer game have filed a federal lawsuit against two Dearborn residents, claiming the Michigan men used thousands of fake "bot" accounts to boost their earnings ...

Moving forward, there’s a good chance that Epic will continue to tweak Fortnite OG and try to find the right balance of players to bots. Where the developer will ultimately land when it comes to ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. After 82 straight days of near-constant play, one Fortnite player has done something no one else has claimed before, as far as they know: reaching ...