You can now join video chat using Houseparty in Fortnite.
You can now join video chat using Houseparty in Fortnite.
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Epic Games launches Houseparty video chat in Fortnite

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 2 min

It might be time to reconnect in Fortnite. Starting today, players will be able to engage in video chat while playing Fortnite thanks to an integration with Epic’s Houseparty app.

It appears to be part of Epic’s ongoing plan to equip Fortnite with features that will keep players in the game longer, as the company tries to make Fortnite into the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One.

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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.