Despite being free-to-play, Fortnite

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Research firm Superdata reports Fortnite has overtaken its battle royale rival, PUBG, in both revenue and the number of active users across all platforms, making it the biggest free-to-play console title of all time. And despite its free-to-play status, last month, across both PC and consoles, Fortntie earned $223 million.Fortnite's revenue is up 73% from February, when it brought in $126 million, eclipsing PUBG's $103 million . Since its launch on iOS, the mobile version has raked in more than $25 million in the space of a month , with an average daily spend of $1 million.According to Superdata's report, while Fortnite didn't make it into the top 10 highest grossing mobile titles worldwide in March, is was number one in terms of revenue on iOS in the US. Fortnite was the highest grossing console title last month (worldwide) and the fifth highest on PC.Meanwhile meteors have begun raining down on the map as the arrival of Fortnite's mysterious comet draws inexorably closer, along with the start of Season 4. A tweet from the game's official Twitter account hinted at a connection between the two , while an image taken from the Battle Pass page on the game's official website suggests that Season 4 will being in early May You can keep up with all things comet-related right here.

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