 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel, and I appreciate you being here today I am back with another fortnight news video and today we have some epic things to go through But before we get into the video guys you want to win some vbox I am giving away 2800 of the little beauties to win simply make sure you are subbed to the channel drop a like on this video and leave a Comment down below winners are picked at the end of the week and contacted via YouTube direct message So good luck guys Okay, so first up Let me get this straight out the way for those who are interested in playing fortnight on mobile phones early You can now sign up to be a tester to do so you want to make sure you own an ISO device An iPad an iPhone or so on and simply check out the fortnight website linked within the video description Sign up and away a response from epic if you are picked then you are one of the lucky few so good luck people So on to the news and cross network play between Xbox and PC has been confirmed and last a few days But Xbox and PC players will soon be able to play together Now this is great news for people who have friends on PC who play the game Now there's a little confusion about this subject same as with PlayStation crossover with PC I'm gonna clear up for those confused cross-platform play does indeed mean you can play with PC players But unless you upped in on your ps4 you want to ever come into play with PC players It works as follows if you decide to play with a friend who plays on PC You will then play against PC players It won't ever bring that PC player into console servers though And this will be the same for Xbox to if you are an Xbox wins cross-platform play comes into play If you decide to play with mates who play fortnight battle they are on PC You're upped in into play with them and you will be playing against other PC players Those PC players you want to play with won't ever come into console servers And it's the same thing when it comes to mobile devices Cross-platform play will work But if you decide to play with console friends you will play in console servers If not, you will only be matched against other people playing on mobile phones This is the way it works PlayStation players unless you upped into play of a PC friend You won't ever play against PC players a PC player will never be in a console server No matter if he's playing with a console friend That console friend will always go into the PC servers and it's as simple as that Now on to the mobile version of this game Confirmed by Epic, Bluetooth controllers will not work on fortnight battle out via your phone They want to try and keep it fair Something else extremely interesting about this cross-platform play is as follows It actually allows you to team up with PlayStation players via your Xbox and vice versa It works by both you and your Xbox Your friend on his PlayStation both opting in to play with a PC friend That PC friend is the beacon of light which allows console players to play together Without him for the time being Xbox and PlayStation cross-platform play won't ever be a thing So to clear this up a little more Both Xbox players and PlayStation players can both opt in to play with PC players And yes it can be done at the same time Someone on Xbox can join a PC friend and someone on PlayStation can join that same PC friend And you'll be able to play together You will be playing against other PC players that also be warned They have a major advantage on mouse and keyboard for sure This info has been confirmed by many sources Most recently, Nick Chester Who is a PR working on fortnight Something good to see though When it comes to cross-platform play is the fact both Microsoft and Epic Do want to bring console players from either side directly together James asked Phil Spencer the following Hi, I wanted to ask that can Xbox One and PS4 players play together in fortnight? We really want cross-play system between Xbox and PS4 Phil Spencer replied with me too Then fortnight replied with me three All we need now is the backing from Sony Which in my opinion probably won't ever happen But we will see people we will see And we're going to move on and launch pads I believe to be getting a drop rate buff according to new sources According to fortnight intel, the drop rates for these are as follows Each floor item has a 2.8 chance of being a trap From this, there's a 9.1% chance that it will be a launch pad Each supply drop has a 9.1% chance of containing a launch pad So drop rates are pretty low And these things add so much fun into the game they really do Although I do believe they do need a buff They don't want to overdo it for sure Design lead Eric Williamson tweeted this the other day Higher launch pad drop rates? With a poll attached but the only answer is yes And this pretty much confirms a buff To the drop rates, to these launch pads will be coming soon for sure So that's pretty cool too And guys, that is it for another video I will bring you another one later which I'm working on currently So stay tuned for that people But other than that, I am out If you enjoyed the video, leave me a like Really does help me out Thanks as always for stopping by And hopefully people I will see you on that next one