August was Fortnite's biggest month yet

Fortnite had more than 78.3 million players during the month of August, Epic has revealed.

That enormous total is Fortnite's largest ever amount of monthly players - so much for the game slowing down after a year of release.

August wasn't especially eventful in-game - slap bang in the middle of its fifth season, last month saw the battle royale mode's mysterious sky rift close and its hulking purple cube begin rolling around the map.

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