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iPhone version of Fortnite: a beginner’s guide to the game, how to download and play it

Rapper Drake made the game famous, and it’s become the biggest in the world today, but you must be invited to download it – so how do you get the game and how do you play it? We have all the answers for you here

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In Fortnite, 100 players are dropped on an island full of weapons, and the last person alive wins.
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The biggest game in the world right now is Fortnite, a goofy, cartoonish game with a deadly serious premise: 100 players are dropped on an island full of weapons, and the last person alive wins. 

More than 45 million people have already played Fortnite on consoles and PC, and that number is about to grow far larger – the game is slowly trickling out to Apple device owners around the world.

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Hip-hop superstar Drake is playing it; he recently joined the shoot-’em-up adventure with players including video-game star Ninja on Twitch and the broadcast drew 628,000 viewers, far outpacing the previous record of 388,000, according to the live streaming video platform.

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Since the game is played online, Fortnite on iOS is scaling up slowly so it doesn’t crash due to a sudden influx of players. As such, you must be invited to download the game on your iPhone. 

So you want to download and try Fortnite – but where do you begin? We’ve got the answers for you.

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Fortnite on mobile is controlled by putting your fingers directly onto the screen.
Fortnite on mobile is controlled by putting your fingers directly onto the screen.
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