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.

Fortnite players say thousands of V-Bucks vanished into “Steal The Brain Rot” purchases they never made, and refunds were denied.

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 ...

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, ...

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.

Moving forward, there’s a good chance that Epic will continue to tweak Fortnite OG and try to find the right balance of players to bots. Where the developer will ultimately land when it comes to ...

The next time you play a game of "Fortnite OG," try to remember that you might be gaming in the Matrix. Recent findings from a trusted "Fortnite" dataminer and leaker indicate that over 90% of players ...

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 ...