Tim Sweeney, the boss of   Fortnite   maker Epic, believes the future of gaming is, well, Fortnite. Speaking at the Unreal Fest in Seattle, as reported by   PC Gamer , he said that “a lot of games are released with high budgets, and they're not selling nearly as well as expected”. According to the executive, this is because players are gravitating towards the “really big games where they can play with their friends”. While other titles fail, Fortnite is going from strength to strength, according to Sweeney. He said the Battle Royale – which has become more of a platform of late – attracted record highs of 110 million active users over the last holiday season, demonstrating a “generational change” for the industry. Sweeney believes the value of a game “grows in proportion to the number of your friends you can connect to”. Fortnite has really innovated in this area, too: it’s not just a shooter, but also a place where you can watch live concerts, drive cars, and build worlds in LEGO