Fortnite was first announced at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards, with a closed Alpha happening in April 2014. In December that same year, the game had the first round of Alpha testing, with the second round taking part in March 2015. ...
Of course, this is not the first time a game company has released a direct sequel to a Live Service game while hoping everyone migrates to the new one. EverQuest immediately comes to mind as a classic example, along with the original Guild Wars. But I haven’t quite heard about this h...