Fortnite’s huge cross platform experience is soon going to be available to more developers as Epic announces a big roadmap to offer these services to other developers.
The roadmap that leads into 2019 and will support all 7 major platforms which are iOS, Android, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, macOS, and PC. They mention how the experience bringing this to Fortnite has helped. The post is below:
At Epic, our goal is to help game developers succeed. Throughout 2019, we’ll be launching a large set of cross-platform game services originally built for Fortnite, and battle-tested with 200,000,000 players across 7 platforms. These services will be free for all developers, and will be open to all engines, all platforms, and all stores. As a developer, you’re free to choose mix-and-match solutions from Epic and others as you wish.
All services will be operated in a privacy-friendly, GDPR-compliant manner.
They will be revealing more information over the next few months. The blog post is here.