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At this point Fortnite becomes the most watched game in the world, averaging 139,000 viewers on Twitch every week (Kotaku’s Cecelia D’Anastasio noted this was double the traffic of PUBG).

Fortnite’s repuation as a pop culture phenomenon was cemented in March as Drake, Travis Scott, and JuJu Smith-Schuster join megastreamer Ninja’s broadcast for a night of victory royales.

That same month Brendan Greene outlined PUBG’s 2018 roadmap, including a smaller map and goofy emote system—two tricks from the Fortnite playbook. How the tables have turned!