While Fortnite is the kind of game that actually requires some skill to play it, its rising popularity has also made it massively popular with a subset of jackasses who use every hack and cheat code under the sun to steal an advantage from more legitimate players. Said enfants terrible may be the bane of many a player, but even they’re not immune from another bastard-coated bastard with extra creamy bastard filling on the inside: Hackers.

Marvel's Contest of Champions has its fanbase fuming lately with its lack of support, pay to win mechanics and updates that are capable of literally burning your phone out.

Fast forward a few months later, and Marvel STRIKE Force fans are Nick Furious with how the game has changed in recent months. With an eye towards squeezing more money out of the property, it would appear that the grind for unlockable characters has reached an absurd new height.

Epic Games decided to skip Google’s Play Store for the release of Fortnite on Android. They did this primarily to avoid giving google a 30% cut of profits just for using their store. Many people wondered if this would be a security risk, given that the installer doesn’t go through the Google’s security checks. It turns out these fears weren’t unfounded.

Fortnite is officially out in beta on Android, but right now it’s only available for Samsung devices. That doesn’t mean those of you who don’t favour Samsung’s Android phones can’t get in on the mobile action. Beta signups are available for other Android devices, though the range of handsets that’ll run the beta right now is quite limited.

Epic made the decision to drop Google’s Play store for the impending distribution of Fortnite on Android devices. Of course there are fake ads for it already. Of course there are.

The newest version of Android, Android 9.0 – or Pie if you like, is out today. Unfortunately, it’s only available on Google’s own Pixel phones and Essential’s phone at the moment, though it’s expected to roll out to other handsets over the coming months.

Battle Royale du jour Fortnite has yet to launch on Android devices, with many rumours suggesting that when it does, it’ll be exclusive to Samsung phones for a while. New rumours even suggest that the version that’ll launch will even use Samsung’s own In-App Purchase SDK. Other rumours said the game would bypass Google’s Play Store.