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NoneBy Phil Owen on November 27, 2024 at 1:19PM PST GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. What exactly does it mean for a game to be like Fortnite? That's a question that used to be a fairly simple one--Fortnite became popular as a battle royale, so "games like Fortnite" usually meant other battle royale games. The situation is a little bit different now that we're in Fortnite's seventh year of existence, as Epic Games' metaverse has grown in a lot of different ways. On top of that battle royale mode, there's Fortnite Festival, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and thousands of user-created islands in the bottomless pit that is Fortnite Creative. Fortnite is still primarily known as a battle royale, judging by the player-counts--but the rest of Fortnite continues to grow. Some folks, like me, like to sample everything, and some tend to stay in the modes and games they already know they enjoy and don't feel much of an urge to explore. There's nothing at all wrong with either approach--it just means that "games like Fortnite" can mean pretty different things to different people these days. With that in mind, we're going to make our recommendations based on some of the various niches that can be found within Fortnite, rather than looking for other games that have this same breadth and scope. There just aren't many games that can compare, so it would be silly to go that route. Instead, scroll on for recommendations for other games that hit some of the same niches that Fortnite does. Many of these are free-to-play; for more of those, check out our picks for the best free games . For fans of : Shooty shooty Developer : Raven Software, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games Release Date : March 10, 2020 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S Genre : Shooter, battle royale One key reason that Fortnite has persisted is that Epic is able and willing to spend so much money and resources keeping it up. Very few companies would ever even be able to consider the sort of spending Epic does on Fortnite, but Activision is definitely one of them, turning out Call of Duty games with blockbuster-movie budgets year after year. With that being the case, Call of Duty, including Warzone, makes for an excellent alternative to Fortnite--it's got battle royale in a very different flavor, it's got other modes to mess around with when you're tired of the open world, it's got tons of great cosmetics and skins, and rarely does Activision cheap out. It's not as free as Fortnite, since playing standard multiplayer requires buying a new game every year, but it's solid counterprogramming even so. For fans of : Battle royale games Developer : PUBG Studios Release Date : December 20, 2017 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Android, iOS Genre : Shooter, battle royale PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the game that popularized the battle royale genre, from which Fortnite took cues from in developing its own BR mode. This OG battle royale is still going strong today, even though the days when it dominated all of PC gaming are long gone--and while it lacks the polish of Fortnite, there's still something very endearing about going back to the original and seeing how it's evolved. For fans of : Action and shooter games with fast movement, battle royale games Developer : Respawn Entertainment Release Date : February 4, 2019 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Android, iOS Genre : Shooter, battle royale EA's entry in the battle royale genre carved out its own niche by pairing Titanfall's sick movement mechanics--something Fortnite cribbed from with its own movement updates during Chapter 3--with a hero shooter. Thanks to that unique combination, Apex Legends has a fundamentally different feel from Fortnite, and that makes it a great option for when you need a break from Epic's never-ending grind. For fans of : Historical action games, extraction shooters, battle royale games Developer : Crytek Release Date : February 22, 2018 Platforms : PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S Genre : Extraction shooter, battle royale Crytek's cooperative shooter--it has both an extraction-shooter/bounty-hunter PvPvE mode as well as a battle royale--has a distinctly different flavor from all the competition because it's set in the late 1800s and features period-appropriate gadgets and weapons in a Van Helsing-esque gothic setting. So even while it covers some of the same ground as other games you may have played, the package it comes in is novel enough that it doesn't matter. For fans of : Competitive multiplayer, horror movies Developer : Behaviour Interactive Release Date : June 14, 2016 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Android, iOS Genre : Cooperative, asymmetrical multiplayer This is a scrappy asymmetrical indie multiplayer game in which four survivors have to match wits with a single, player-controlled boss enemy. There is a Fortnite comparison to be made just with that cooperative gameplay alone, which is a blast, but where it really hits the spot and can even surpass Fortnite is in its DLC--while Fortnite has some pretty solid horror movie skins, Dead by Daylight has way more. Fanatical and GameSpot are both owned by Fandom. For fans of : Arcade-style racing games, making custom tracks Developer : Ubisoft Nadeo Release Date : July 1, 2020 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S Genre : Racing With arcade-style driving mechanics, tracks that do loops and make you do big jumps, and the ability to design and share your own wacky tracks, Trackmania sounds a whole lot like Rocket Racing. But while Rocket Racing is still in its infancy, folks have been plugging away at Ubisoft's free-to-play racer for years now, and it's chock full of weird and interesting tracks that anybody can try. For fans of : Racing games, extreme sports games Developer : RageSquid Release Date : May 7, 2019 Platforms : PC, Mac, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Android, iOS Genre : Driving, platforming If you were to combine the more forgiving arcade-style controls of Rocket Racing with the platforming of Trials, you'd end up with something like Descenders: a game about riding a dirtbike down hills. The beauty of this one is that it's only ever as easy or difficult as you want it--you can have a relaxing ride down a slight slope, or go with a path on an ultra-steep incline that's covered in huge jumps. And since there's no battle pass to grind here, you can simply enjoy Descenders because it's fun, and not because you're being coerced into it with the promise of free cosmetics. For fans of : Rhythm games Developer : Harmonix Release Date : October 6, 2015 Platforms : PS4, Xbox One Genre : Rhythm If you enjoy Fortnite Festival but are frustrated by how weirdly expensive the songs are, Rock Band 4 goes for just $10 on digital storefronts these days, and you get more than 100 songs for that small sum. There's a catch, of course--Rock Band 4 was not designed primarily to be played with a gamepad the way Festival is, and so ideally you'll need a plastic instrument to go with it. So for those folks who bought the new PDP Riffmaster guitar for Festival, you can get a little more bang for your buck with Rock Band 4, because that guitar is fully compatible with it. For fans of : Rhythm games Developer : Sega Release date : 2016 for most recent console version, 2022 for most recent PC version Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Arcades Genre : Rhythm Some hardcore Festival players have noted that Festival is pretty forgiving for a rhythm game, particularly when playing on a gamepad. If you're one of those people looking for an additional challenge but don't want to deal with plastic guitars, give one of the Hatsune Miku games a chance--any max-difficulty song in a recent Project Diva game is much harder than anything you'll find in Festival, and you still get to play dress-up with your characters. And the most recent games include literally hundreds of songs, so it'll take a very long time to get bored. For fans of : VR, rhythm games Developer : Beat Games Release Date : May 21, 2019 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Meta Quest Genre : VR, rhythm Very few virtual reality games are worth the hassle of dealing with a VR setup for most folks, but the rhythm game Beat Saber is certainly an example of one that is . This is both because it's a lot of fun and because players have uploaded tons of custom charts for a shocking amount of music, so you won't have to spend hundreds of dollars' worth of fake currency to get it. For fans of : Hanging out in digital spaces Developer : PixelTail Games Release Date : April 8, 2016 Platforms : PC, Linux Genre : Social, party, minigames This janky little metaverse, which contains no microtransactions at all, is one of my favorite little virtual spaces to visit because it doesn't really have any hook--it's just a place to hang out, where you can play mini-golf on some surprisingly cool courses, or play blackjack at a casino, and there are a ton of really strange little user-created sub-worlds. But what really makes Tower Unite work is the Steam Workshop, where you can find tons of user-created skins of pretty much anything--my main is Shrek smoking a cigarette. For fans of : Hanging out in digital spaces, and having a job to do while you're there Developer : Linden Lab Release Date : June 23, 2003 Platforms : PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS Genre : Social, life sim The original metaverse--in this case essentially a virtual version of our world, in which the purpose of playing is simply to exist in that space and participate in this digital society--is somehow still around after more than two decades. It's a credit not just to the concept, but how solid the foundation is that Linden Lab built for it. For fans of : Racing games, extreme sports games Developer : Digital Extremes Release Date : March 25, 2013 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, iOS Genre : Action, live-service The online actioner Warframe has long been a stalwart of the live-service genre, persisting for more than a decade while most other attempts at that kind of thing have crashed and burned. A big part of that is Warframe's incentive structure--there's always something to grind for in Warframe, because most cosmetics and unlocks can be earned through play, and its battle pass is free. For fans of : Shooters Developer : Bungie Release Date : September 6, 2017 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S Genre : Shooter, live-service When the original Destiny originally launched back in 2014, it was successful in large part because it was the new shooter game and universe from the people who made Halo. But it and its 2017 sequel maintained that success by combining Bungie's unrivaled shooter feel with one of the best live-service hamster wheels in gaming. Destiny 2 is simply so enjoyable on its most basic level that it takes real effort to get burnt out on it. For fans of : Platforming, silly game shows Developer : Mediatonic Release Date : August 4, 2020 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Android, iOS Genre : Driving, platforming This goofy, bean-based game show, in which you compete against dozens of other players in a series of Nickelodeon-style competitions, is perpetually amusing, and since it's owned by Epic Games, it's packed with all sorts of cosmetic options that you can buy from the shop or unlock from the battle pass. But Fall Guys is great primarily because it's a totally unique experience that will constantly put a smile on your face, even if you don't mess with the cosmetics at all. For fans of : Survival, crafting Developer : Mojang Release Date : May 17, 2009 Platforms : PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, PS4, PS5, Switch Genre : Survival, crafting Lego Fortnite has been a particularly intriguing addition to Epic's metaverse, but even a year after its release, and tons of updates, it feels a little bit barebones compared with the very-well-established Minecraft. Mojang's game covers a lot of the same ground with its systems of exploration, crafting and building, and since it's been around for so much longer than Fortnite overall, much less Lego Fortnite specifically, there's just so much more going on in Minecraft. For fans of : Casual multiplayer games, party games Developer : Innersloth Release Date : Jun 15, 2018 Platforms : PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Android, iOS Genre : Party Epic infamously replicated this game, in which players have to complete a series of chores around a base while one or more of them is secretly trying to undermine and murder the others, within Fortnite with the Impostors mode a couple years back. That apparently wasn't a collab--which is why Impostors mode is long gone now. But if you miss that mode, the real thing is still right there, and it's still as much fun as it ever was. Upvote Leave Blank
NEW YORK — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared 28.7% to lead the market. Following allegations of misconduct and the resignation of its public auditor , the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board. It also said that it doesn’t expect to restate its past financials and that it will find a new chief financial officer, appoint a general counsel and make other moves to strengthen its governance. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up the market. Gains of 1.8% for Microsoft and 3.2% for Meta Platforms were the two strongest forces pushing upward on the S&P 500. Intel was another propellant during the morning, but it lost an early gain to fall 0.5% after the chip company said CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired and stepped down from the board. Intel is looking for Gelsinger’s replacement, and its chair said it’s “committed to restoring investor confidence.” Intel recently lost its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to Nvidia, which has skyrocketed in Wall Street’s frenzy around AI. Stellantis, meanwhile, skidded following the announcement of its CEO’s departure . Carlos Tavares steps down after nearly four years in the top spot of the automaker, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, amid an ongoing struggle with slumping sales and an inventory backlog at dealerships. The world’s fourth-largest automaker’s stock fell 6.3% in Milan. The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 likewise fell, including California utility PG&E. It dropped 5% after saying it would sell $2.4 billion of stock and preferred shares to raise cash. Retailers were mixed amid what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record and coming off Black Friday . Target, which recently gave a forecast for the holiday season that left investors discouraged , fell 1.2%. Walmart , which gave a more optimistic forecast, rose 0.2%. Amazon, which looks to benefit from online sales from Cyber Monday, climbed 1.4%. All told, the S&P 500 added 14.77 points to 6,047.15. The Dow fell 128.65 to 44,782.00, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 185.78 to 19,403.95. The stock market largely took Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride. The president-elect on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a group of developing economies if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump said he wants the group, headlined by Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promise it won’t create a new currency or otherwise try to undercut the U.S. dollar. The dollar has long been the currency of choice for global trade. Speculation has also been around a long time that other currencies could knock it off its mantle, but no contender has come close. The U.S. dollar’s value rose Monday against several other currencies, but one of its strongest moves likely had less to do with the tariff threats. The euro fell amid a political battle in Paris over the French government’s budget . The euro sank 0.7% against the U.S. dollar and broke below $1.05. In the bond market, Treasury yields gave up early gains to hold relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed above 4.23% during the morning before falling back to 4.19%. That was just above its level of 4.18% late Friday. A report in the morning showed the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted again last month, but not by as much as economists expected. This upcoming week will bring several big updates on the job market, including the October job openings report, weekly unemployment benefits data and the all-important November jobs report. They could steer the next moves for Federal Reserve, which recently began pulling interest rates lower to give support to the economy. Economists expect Friday’s headliner report to show U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in November, coming off October’s lackluster growth that was hampered by damaging hurricanes and strikes. “We now find ourselves in the middle of this Goldilocks zone, where economic health supports earnings growth while remaining weak enough to justify potential Fed rate cuts,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. In financial markets abroad, Chinese stocks led gains worldwide as monthly surveys showed improving conditions for manufacturing, partly driven by a surge in orders ahead of Trump’s inauguration next month. Both official and private sector surveys of factory managers showed strong new orders and export orders, possibly partly linked to efforts by importers in the U.S. to beat potential tariff hikes by Trump once he takes office. Indexes rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.Stock market today: S&P 500 clinches another record as tech continues to shineLineage, Inc. (LINE) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 31st
Liberal candidate in B.C. byelection seeks Métis membership after identity questionedIt's harder now than ever to win on the PGA Tour. The depth of professional golf has only grown in recent years, and a new wave of young stars enters the sport every year and makes their mark on the PGA Tour. In 2024, there were 15-first-time winners, meaning almost 33 percent of all Tour events were won by first timers. Then there was Scottie Scheffler, who won seven PGA Tour events in addition to his win at the Olympics and Hero World Challenge. Xander Schauffele won a pair of majors. Rory McIlroy won the Wells Fargo for the fourth time. However, not every star has lifted a trophy recently. Some are adding the years since they won. Here's a look at some PGA Tour stars who are looking to end lengthy win droughts in 2025. It's coming up on two years since Burns took down good friend Scottie Scheffler in the semis at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in 2023 before a thrilling final against Cam Young, but the 19th ranked golfer in the world has yet to win since. Perhaps 2025 can be the year he gets PGA Tour win No. 6. The eight-time PGA Tour winner captured the 2022 BMW Championship, defending his title at the event. But heading into 2025, Cantlay is creeping up on three years without a victory and recently fell outside of the top 10 in the OWGR for the first time since June of 2021. Finau went through a stretch in 2022-23 where he won four times in 19 starts, including three wins in a seven-start stretch the latter half of 2022. But he hasn't won since the 2023 Mexico Open and is recovering from recent knee surgery. Hovland won the FedEx Cup and Tour Championship in 2023, and since then, it has been a spiral. He missed the cut in three of the four majors in 2024, though he seemed to find his groove toward the end of the year. He recently broke his pinky toe, however, and will try to play through the pain at The Sentry. Homa won on the DP World Tour late last year and had a strong week defending earlier this month, but his last PGA Tour win came nearly two years ago at the 2023 Farmers. Perhaps the West Coast Swing can result in another win for the California kid. It's hard to believe, but Adam Scott is coming up on five years since his last PGA Tour win at the 2020 Genesis Invitational. He's ranked 18th in the world thanks to a strong stretch of golf in 2024, but does the Aussie have a few more Ws in him? Who knows what to expect from Spieth in 2025 after wrist surgery in late August. He hasn't won since the 2022 RBC Heritage, including a playoff loss to Matt Fitzpatrick in the same event a year later. Last but not least, Thomas hasn't won since capturing his second major at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills. However, of all golfers on this list, it wouldn't be a surprise to see him win early in 2025. His last two starts of 2024? T-2 at the Zozo and solo third at the Hero.
(The Center Square) – Billionaire and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump Elon Musk was denied by a judge this week a $56 billion compensation package for his work as CEO of Tesla, the successful electric automaker that pioneered EV technology in the U.S. The package had been approved by more than 70% of Tesla's board of directors. A Tesla shareholder who owned just nine shares of stock in the company sued to block the 2018 compensation agreement. In addition to blocking the package this week, the judge in the case, Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, awarded the plaintiff's attorneys $345 million, which Reuters reported is “one of the largest fee awards ever in securities litigation.” The Associated Press reported that “the fee award amounts to almost exactly half the current record $688 million in legal fees awarded in 2008 in litigation stemming from the collapse of Enron.” The ruling was widely criticized as government overreach into the private sector. Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARKinvest, called the ruling a "mockery." "Adding judicial insult to injury, Delaware Judge McCormick has ordered #Tesla shareholders to pay the plaintiff’s lawyers $345 million! The plaintiff owned 9 shares of $TSLA," Wood wrote on X. "McCormick is making a mockery of the sense of fairness essential to our American judicial system." Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman wrote: "This decision and the payola for lawyers is absurd. We are going to see a migration of Corporate America from Delaware." The unique compensation package was high risk, high reward. If Musk hit all of his target goals to make the company hugely successful, as he did, then he would be awarded the compensation package. If he did not hit those marks, he would receive zero dollars. Musk and Tesla vowed to appeal. McCormick first voided the pay agreement in January, saying it was unfair and that the Tesla board did not negotiate well enough with Musk. In response, a supermajority of more than 70% of Tesla shareholders voted to approve the payment package for Musk earlier this year, but again McCormick sided this week against Musk and Tesla shareholders. Musk called the ruling a form of “lawfare.” “Shareholders should control company votes, not judges,” Musk wrote on X. Many other Tesla shareholders blasted the decision and the attorney fee decision. "The lawyers, judges, and attorneys did not create net-positive shareholder value from this clownery," Alex Guichet, who said he is a Tesla employee, wrote on X. "They do not deserve a single dollar. We employees did. We supported the shareholder vote with our own yes votes too. This is wrong on so many levels." Shareholder Jeremy Goldman wrote: "The majority of the owners of the company have made their desires known and it's just crazy that a single judge can basically say haha, no. I don't really care what you want. Also pay a few hundred million for the privilege of being ignored." The plaintiff's attorneys praised the ruling. “We are pleased with Chancellor McCormick’s ruling, which declined Tesla’s invitation to inject continued uncertainty into Court proceedings and thank the Chancellor and her staff for their extraordinary hard work in overseeing this complex case,” attorneys from Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossmann, the firm representing Musk’s opponents, said in a statement. A November 2024 study published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform found tort costs amounted to $529 billion in 2022, or 2.1 percent of U.S. GDP. The study found that excessive tort costs hurt the economy. "In addition to having a substantial aggregate cost on the economy, a large portion of the total tort-related expenditures go toward litigating and defending claims and lawsuits rather than compensating claimants,” authors of the study wrote.
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