Fortnite's Xbox PC Store Launch Is Going Very Badly
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Blair Marnell
2025-11-18
A number of Fornite players are pointing out that the Xbox PC Store launcher doesn't seem to be working at all.
This week, Fortnite made the jump to Xbox PC Store, which is the first time the game has been available on a launcher outside of the Epic Game Store. Unfortunately for both Epic and Microsoft, the transition appears to be going very badly.
As demonstrated on social media by The Verge's Tom Warren, Fortnite's Xbox PC Store launcher almost immediately goes to an error message and a crash. Warren later noted that he applied an update to the game, and attributed the problem to "the typical Xbox PC launch woes."
Fortnite is launching on the Xbox PC store today, but the launch isn’t going well 😬 pic.twitter.com/poaG2IkLOu
A player on X named Nick added that the Fortnite's initial download on his Xbox PC Store launcher had no audio and dropped frames. "Uninstalled and reinstalled after patch and now it doesn't work," added Nick. Another player suggested that Epic's decision to push back an update may have played a role in causing the error on Xbox PC Store.
The game launched well, but it looks like when epic pushed the latest update they did some sort of override to the whole installation making the game only 10MB only installing the executables but not the binaries. At this point it cant not be installed properly until we get a fix
For now, the issue remains unresolved. In the meantime, Fortnite Crew was added to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate today. It gives Game Pass Ultimate subscribers the same benefits as a standalone Crew subscription, including access to the current battle pass, music pass, OG pass, Lego Pass, and a monthly stipend of 1,000 V-Bucks and a Crew skin for every month the subscription remains active.
Epic recently teased the introduction of Homer Simpson clones in Fortnite by staging an invasion of Homers in Santa Monica, California. The company has also shared plans to allow Unreal Editor for Fortnite developers to make Fortnite Creative modes, or "islands," to sell in-game items using the game's real-money currency, V-Bucks. This has led to fears that Fortnite Creative is going pay-to-win.
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burntMarshmallow
Dec 01, 04:49 PM
Looks good on stream. feels like nostalgia.
notsosure
Nov 19, 07:18 AM
💩 could be better. maybe
error404face
Nov 19, 04:48 AM
get gud Tutorials are too long. Highly realistic.
cloud9
Nov 19, 01:58 AM
@Time sink, but fun. i hid it. This is a masterpiece, hands down! lmao no way bad multiplayer.
Luna_88
Nov 19, 01:08 AM
I listened to it. never crazy fast. The price is fair. what
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