What it was like to play Fortnite for the first time

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Fortnite is a third-person shooter video game where you battle it out with 99 other players from around the world — and the last one standing wins.

Over 45 million people play the game, as of May 1.

I decided to give the hottest game of the year a try — here’s what it was like to play Fortnite for the first time.

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