Fortnite Night’s Chinese Version Fortress Night is Shutting Down in November

Fortnite’s Chinese Version, Fortress Night, is shutting down later in November. Game publisher, Epic Games, which owns Fortnite has not given a reason behind the action.

An announcement said that the game which has been available as a test in China for two years will close down on 15 November.

China had set strict limits to the amount of time children can spend playing online games.

Yesterday, Fortress Night began stopping new sign-ups, the announcement said, two weeks ahead of the planned shutdown.

The game was originally launched in China in 2018 with support from Tencent. Many foreign games have had to pass through severe Chinese regulatory processes and have to be significantly altered to operate in the country.

Fortress Night is not an exemption as it features a lot of changes from the original Fortnite, including measures aimed at limiting the time players spend on the game, as well as having no “microtransactions” to buy extra in-game items with real money.

The government for a while has expressed concerns as it regards the amount of time young people spend playing.

While announcing the closure, Epic Games wrote: “Thank you to all the Fortnite China players who have ridden the Battle Bus with us by participating in the Beta.” The company declined to comment beyond the announcement of closure.