Fortnite Crew is a new subscription offer.
Fortnite Crew is a new subscription offer.
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Epic Games launches Fortnite Crew subscription for $12 a month

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Epic Games will launch its Fortnite Crew subscription for $12 a month on December 2.

Timed with the arrival of the Fortnite Chapter 2 — Season 5 update, the subscription offers a monthly deal for players who get more virtual goods than they would ordinarily get with a seasonal Battle Pass. Back in May, Epic Games said it had more than 350 million registered Fortnite players. With the monetization that comes with those players, Epic Games was able to raise $1.78 billion at a $17.3 billion valuation. Subscriptions such as Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass are becoming popular at game companies try to become the “Netflix of games.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.