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Are you a fighter and not a lover? Well, maybe you like Fortnite. The go-to battle royale MMO from Epic Games is so ubiquitous, you could probably even get it running on your Nokia 3310 (for the record, that is an exaggeration). But, yes,if you have a Chromebook, you’re able to play Fortnite on it. We got a couple ways for you to try - one more adventurous than the other.
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Is Fortnite available on Chromebook?
Yes, you can play Fortnite on your Chromebook. Epic has officially made Fortnite available through six official means:
Fortnite has been off Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store as Epic has been embroiled inlegal battlesover participating in their ecosystems, arguing that their revenue share rates of 30% are excessively onerous and that they (and other developers) should be able to use alternate payment services to avoid having to take a heavy cut on in-app purchases. The game is also not distributed through Valve’s Steam platform for the same reasons. While Epic’s lawsuits are now history,Fortnite’s omissions from the App and Play Stores are not.
The publisher has decided to fill the gap by hosting its own APK file that Android users can sideload and through distribution on cloud gaming services to cover the iOS and iPadOS crowd. It also has an agreement with Samsung to have the game hosted on its Galaxy Store.
How to play Fortnite on a cloud gaming service
Cloud streaming takes the computing load off of your device, but trades that off with stream quality and latency, depending on your internet connection. Fortnite is free to play on Nvidia GeForce Now and Xbox. It’s also free for Luna users with an Amazon Prime subscription. You’ll need to create an account if you don’t already have one with these services. Nvidia recommends devices have at least 4GB of RAM to stream games and we tend to agree that to be the minimum for other cloud gaming services as well.
Amazon Luna
Nvidia GeForce Now
Log intoXbox Cloud Gamingwith your Microsoft account. you may thenselect the game, link your Epic account, and play from Chrome.
If you have a fairly capable Chromebook powered by a mobile chipset from Qualcomm, MediaTek, or perhaps another chipmaker, you might also want to consider running the Android version of Fortnite. This method will force you to jump through hoops that may change your current ChromeOS experience. It involves turning on ChromeOS’s Developer Mode - which requires your stored data to be wiped through a Powerwash - and downloading an off-site APK. You take on all risk and responsibilities for this method, including potentially disappointing performance on your spec set. The app requires your device’s chipset to run on the ARMv8-a architecture, so ensure it does.
For the adventurous out there:
Once that’s done, you should be able to open and play Fortnite from your Chromebook. That said, you will end up having to go through that gray startup screen every time you boot up your Chromebook unless you decide to switch back to Secure Mode, go through another Powerwash, and return to the Stable Channel.
