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2011 VGAs: Fortnite Is Not Minecraft

2011 VGAs: Fortnite Is Not Minecraft

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At Saturday’s Video Game Awards, Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games showed off a trailer of Epic’s new project. And it’s not what any of us expected.

Fortnite, as the new game is titled, is one in which players are asked to “scavenge, hunt, build and ultimately survive.” For many people, this description instantly brought Minecraft to mind. However, Minecraft comparisons may not be exactly accurate, as Fortnite sports a cartoony art style similar to Team Fortress 2 and looks to possibly include some tower defense gameplay mechanics.



As per usual, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson hasn’t expressed any sort of negativity toward the comparisons between Fortnite and his own game. In fact, he tweeted: “Is Fortnight is inspired by Minecraft? I don’t know. It would be pretty cool. 😀 The pre rendered trailer gives no info as usual, though.” He also addressed a tweet to Bleszinski, writing: “@therealcliffyb also, I’m looking forward to it! Sounds like a game I’d enjoy.”

Either way, this is definitely a departure for Epic, the studio that released Gears of War 3 earlier this year. Bleszinski even went as far as to assure Joystiq, “There’s no dudebros in it,” an obvious reference to the Gears of War series. I guess that means we can write off any potential Marcus Fenix cameos.

By Josh Wirtanen

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