Hence, Fortnite: Battle Royale was released. Epic decided to release a new version of Fortnite featuring a very similar game play. But, when the game’s creators Epic Games noticed the success of PC game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), which pits 100 players against each other in a last-man-standing battle. Did you know Fortnite started as a four-player cooperative survival game? Wherein players build shelters and defend themselves from zombies on a post-apocalyptic Earth.