Australia's eSafety Commission found significant gaps in child safety measures across popular gaming platforms Steam, Roblox, Fortnite, and Minecraft, with Valve notably lacking industry-standard content detection technology and proactive tools to identify child exploitation. The report highlighted inconsistent age verification approaches and insufficient information-sharing among platforms to combat grooming, sexual extortion, and violent extremist content.
Lego is retiring 34 video game-themed sets on December 31, including collections from Animal Crossing, Horizon, Sonic, Minecraft, Fortnite, and Super Mario. Once retired, these sets will no longer be produced, and collectors seeking them will need to turn to the resale market where prices typically exceed original retail value.
Epic Games announced a Fortnite and Five Nights at Freddy's crossover, making it the most-liked post in the battle royale's social media history with over 312,000 likes, surpassing previous crossovers with Dragon Ball Z and Avengers. FNAF characters including Freddy, Chica, Bonnie and Foxy will become Fortnite skins, with an in-game FNAF location launching October 1 during the month-long Fortnitemares event.
Fortnite announced a crossover with Five Nights at Freddy's on September 27, with FNAF skins arriving October 1 during the Fortnitemares Halloween event. The announcement tweet became Fortnite's most-liked post ever with 319,000 likes and 20 million views, generating massive excitement across gaming communities.
Five Nights at Freddy's is joining Fortnite's Fortnitemares Halloween event starting October 1st, with Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria appearing as a map location where players face animatronic bosses including Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy.