Live service games are 'innovating' all the way back around to what worked 20 years ago, except way worse

The kids are into Fortnite, forever and always, but what exactly being into "Fortnite" means is a moving target these days. Lately, Epic Games has decided the future of Fortnite is to become Roblox by expanding its battle royale with a free toolset for creating and publishing games within Fortnite, and incentivizing participation with a revenue share program based on engagement.

Some veteran game developers are giving Fortnite a real go, laying down swords bloodied with Steam wishlist requests...