LEGO Fortnite to take on Minecraft with Epic Games

Epic Games, the developer behind Fortnite, is launching a direct competitor, LEGO Fortnite, to challenge Minecraft’s cultural dominance and massive player base.

Accessed through Fortnite, which is free-to-play on various platforms, LEGO Fortnite introduces a unique game mode, marking an ambitious move by Epic Games.

While the Fortnite battle royale mode has been its primary attraction, LEGO Fortnite takes a different route, drawing inspiration from the world of Minecraft.

Minecraft, renowned for its survival gameplay and creative building elements, has become a cultural staple, especially among younger audiences.

Acknowledging the influence of Minecraft since its official release in November 2011, Epic Games brings its own twist by incorporating LEGO products into the game world, with structures and characters based on the iconic LEGO brick design.

Gameplay footage reveals significant changes in the game world, showcasing LEGO-inspired building, crafting, and survival elements. However, there are clear nods to Minecraft, such as building fences around animals, growing crops, and gathering environmental resources to construct structures.

And that’s without mentioning the similarity between LEGO bricks and Minecraft blocks, the basic units of structure that make up the game’s world.

Speaking of the world of LEGO Fortnite, much like Minecraft, when the sun goes down, you can expect an increase in enemies to defeat, like skeletons, wolves, and a whole manner of other…