"We all know someone whose life has been taken over by the pursuit of Victory Royales in Fortnite. The worst part about the game, is it wants you all to itself. It's controlling. Jealous. There's no room for anybody else, as the significant others of many Fortnite addicts have found out.
How many you ask? Well, a lot. Because apparently, Fortnite has been cited in over 200 divorces.

Word of Fortnite's impressive homewrecking ability comes way of a new report from U.K. resource site, Divorce Online, that reports that over 200 different couples have cited the battle-royale game, and other games, as a reason for the divorce.
According to Divorce Online, this means that Fortnite has been featured in about 5 percent of the 4,665 divorces in the UK so far in 2018. Or in other words, Fornite isn't done breaking apart happy couples. Rumor has it Epic Games is internally eyeballing 300, with holiday bonuses on the line.

Because this data is limited to just the UK, it doesn't actually give us the entire picture of the relationship between Fortnite and divorces, but it does give us a pretty good idea.
However, just adding divorce data from the United States into the mix would likely skyrocket that number. The population of the United States is -- roughly -- seven to eight times bigger than the population of the UK. So, across the United Kingdom and the United States that number is probably around 1,200 divorces...and counting! Exciting times, right?

And this doesn't even take into account non-martial relationships. How many less-committed couples have broken up over Fortnite? The number has to be considerably larger, and considerably more depressing.
At the end of the day, we all need to collectively come together and ask the hard question: is it worth it? To which I say, of course it is, have you gotten a Victory Royale?
Fortnite is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices, and probably shouldn't be played if you value your marriage."

https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/09/15/fortnite-200-divorces-addiction-unhealthy/

Kid that spent 1320 euro on Fortnite with his moms credit card

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Makes me glad that I HATE Fortnite. It's crap holding hands.

That and nobody in their left mind wants to be with me anyway so I have no worries about breakups or divorce.

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LMAO.

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And this doesn't even take into account non-martial relationships

Perhaps it's for the best that those relationships ended..

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I bet they used to fight a lot...

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I just like how the site I linked phrases its explanation. It's all very Mortal Kombat-y. :P

Which really makes you hope all the more that the break-ups were amicable.. rather than, y'know.. not..

Oh well, now they can move on.

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Oh my.
Those comics are the best thing I've seen on the internet today. xD

6 years ago
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Battle Royale! Proven to be more detrimental to your health than Royale with Cheese.

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plays Ali-A earrape intro

6 years ago
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Fortnite

Ruining relationships since 2017!

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I bet PUBG didn't anticipate getting dunked on in every category when Fortnite released, seems like Epic has made so much money that their marketing department is now drawing on even the most coked up PR ideas. Romero would be proud :>.

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" The worst part about the game, is it wants you all to itself."

Lol, sounds like nothing but a huge lack of self control. nothing about the game suggests "your mine and nobody else can have you" compared to other games.

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Yeah, I tried the game, played maybe 3 matches and never turned it on again. And I got to #3 in my 3rd game, so it's not like I didn't have any success to motivate me to continue. But it's just a game, no magic there to keep you glued if you wanna stop.

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Looks like a step down from the 2011 blog post, where 15% of wives complained about gaming addiction. Now down to only 5%? Fortnite doesn't hold a candle to the World of Warcraft and Call of Duty of old.

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Fortnite doesn't give you that guilt and feeling like you're falling behind every second you're not playing,
like WoW does.

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and here I am - hearing here and there of Fortnite, but I don't even know precisely what it is apart from being a video game (maybe for PC?).. XD

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Somehow I managed to avoid Fortnite untill now and I think I will continue to do so. Got enough on my plate when it comes the choice between games and my dear wife already :-D

6 years ago
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No wife, no Fornite, no problem.

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Hey, there should be title change, Fortnite as Fortnite is PvE game (which is awesome), Fortnite Battle Royale (which is not awesome) is another thing :(

6 years ago
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Oh thanks, didn't even know, i never played it, but guessing this crazyness could count for any game like Overwatch or PUBG,as i don't even know what Fortnite Battle Royale is and you say it isn't even awesome, i'll close it.

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What's a Fortnite?

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Closed 6 years ago by Lugum.