Based on the announcement from Fortnite's official Twitter page, more than 10 million players joined Battle Royale in the first two weeks after the release.
October was a steady period for the top-ranked PC games on Newzoo's monthly tracking board, with the top eight titles remaining unchanged from September. Blizzard Entertainment made an impressive 3-place in the top 20 most popular PC games in Europe and America: Hearthstone, World of Warcraft and Overwatch. Expected Blizzard games will explode in the November rankings thanks to the impact of the BlizzCon 2017.
Top 20 most popular PC games in Europe in the US in 10/2017, according to Newzoo data combines Overwolf
As opposed to the top spot, the bottom half of the rankings made some changes in October. Focus Home Interactive's Farming Simulator 2017 simulation game has the best spin on the jump. ARK: Survival Evolved by Studio Wildcard dropped four places to No. 19, probably because the players were beginning to feel more eager than they ever were. In addition, October saw the disappearance of three titles from the top 20 including Garry's Mod, Heroes of the Storm and ARMA 3, replacing them with Rust, Warframe and Fortnite.
Fortnite: The new star of Epic Games
Fortnite was the most impressive newcomer on Newzoo's October chart at No. 14. Epic Games' combined shooter game was in early access at the end of July, but never before. in the top 20 once until it officially launches Battle Royale mode completely free in late September. In this new gameplay mode, the developer has incorporated the elements of building and breaking The PvE campaign with the mortal arena, which sends players a very special experience and shows that this is an extremely successful combination.
Based on the announcement from Fortnite's official Twitter page, more than 10 million players joined Battle Royale in the first two weeks after the release. In addition, Newzoo's statistics show that Fortnite is most popular in France in October 2017, with the largest number of French players. However, the longest play time is the US players with 68.42 minutes average, while France is 57.93 minutes average.
