Fortnite creators can now make first-person shooters

Developers that build Fortnite experiences can now try out a new first-person camera mode, Epic Games announced.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Developers that build Fortnite experiences can now try out a new first-person camera mode. The feature will first be available as an experimental release in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite. Later this year, the feature will launch in beta, and at that time, creators will be able to publish their experiences with first-person modes, Epic Games says. The company first revealed the first-person perspective at its State of Unreal show in March, though it’s not planned for Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode, Epic confirmed to Rock Paper Shotgun. You can get a brief look at the mode in Epic’s State of Unreal replay at 1:06:26 and in a post on X shared today. For now, not everything a player does will stay in first person. Certain actions, including swimming, gliding, and skydiving, the player’s camera will change to third person, Epic writes in a blog post, and this is behavior that will remain when the first-person camera officially launches in beta. Update, October 1st: Added X post from Epic Games. / Sign up for Verge Deals to get deals on products we’ve tested sent to your inbox weekly. The Verge is a vox media network © 2024 Vox Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved

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