TechSoftwareAppsFortnite is now free on iPhone and iPad – here’s how to get itNo subscription required: you can play Fortnite for free with Xbox Cloud GamingWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSoftwareAppsFortnite is now free on iPhone and iPad – here’s how to get itNo subscription required: you can play Fortnite for free with Xbox Cloud GamingWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
No subscription required: you can play Fortnite for free with Xbox Cloud Gaming
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Epic Games)
(Image credit: Epic Games)
If you want to play Fortnite on youriPhoneoriPad, we’ve got good news for you: Epic’s multiplayer shooter, which was booted off the App Store in 2020, is back. You can play it on your device via Xbox Cloud Gaming, and you don’t need an Xbox Game Pass subscription – so you can play the game free of charge.
This is great news for Fortnite fans and terrible news for me personally, because my youngest and all their primary school pals are Fortnite addicts. The novelty of my kid begging to do chores to earn money for V-Bucks wore off a while ago, and it feels like for kids at least, Fortnite has become an enormous black hole for pocket money.
Which of course is why Epic is happy to have it in Cloud Gaming. Fortnite has always been free to play. But it can get awfully expensive if you want to personalise it –which from what I’ve seen, every primary school kid does.
Show me the money!
Xbox Cloud Gaming is the easiest way to get Fortnite oniOS/iPadOS, but it’s not the only one: GeForce NOW has been testing it too, but that’s a closed beta so it’s not widely available.
It’ll be interesting to see how Fortnite performs in the cloud. I’ve played a lot in Xbox Cloud Gaming but those games have been single-player, where network congestion and lag aren’t really a huge problem. But serious gamers know that even a little lag can make the difference between life and death in fast-paced shooters. I hope that doesn’t meaniPhoneandiPadplayers turn out to be cannon fodder for gamers onPS4,PS5and PC.
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