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.

The recent launch of Fortnite OG shot the battle royale title back up the top of the charts, not that it ever really loosened the chokehold it has on the gaming community — and then the launch of the ...

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 ...

Fortnite’s parent company is suing two Michigan men, accusing them of stealing thousands of dollars from the game. Idris Nahdi and Ayob Nasser allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars through ...

According to data revealed by osirion_gg, the number of bots in OG mode matches is determined by the player’s SBMM (Skill-Based Matchmaking) value. In simple terms, the more skilled a player is, the ...

Fortnite players know that lobbies aren’t entirely human. Some enemies have such stilted movement or perish in such deeply silly ways that the only logical conclusion is that you’re fighting a bot.

Has your competition in Fortnite ever felt a bit… off? If so, Epic's minimum real player counts may be to blame. A leaker with a proven track record claims (via Polygon) that the game's OG version can ...