{"id":25006,"date":"2018-06-12T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/fortnite_officially_confirmed_for_nintendo_switch_available_for_free_today"},"modified":"2018-06-12T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:20:00","slug":"fortnite-officially-confirmed-for-nintendo-switch-available-for-free-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/12\/fortnite-officially-confirmed-for-nintendo-switch-available-for-free-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Officially Confirmed For Nintendo Switch, Available For Free Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/fortnite_officially_confirmed_for_nintendo_switch_available_for_free_today\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/fortnite_officially_confirmed_for_nintendo_switch_available_for_free_today\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/fortnite_officially_confirmed_for_nintendo_switch_available_for_free_today\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Yes, after weeks and weeks of speculation, Nintendo has officially confirmed that <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fortnite\"><strong>Fortnite<\/strong><\/a> is coming to the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes from the Nintendo\u00a0Direct E3 2018 Live Stream, during which Nintendo finally spilled the beans on the hugely popular battle royale hit&#8217;s presence on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The best news? The game will be available to download for free later today&#8230;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get off the Battle Bus and enjoy the complete Battle Royale experience in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fortnite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fortnite<\/a>, available later today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eShop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#eShop<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoE3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoE3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OLXZklhtAs\">pic.twitter.com\/OLXZklhtAs<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/1006569749453475840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be plunging yourself into the mayhem of Tilted Towers on your Switch? Share your excitement (or relief) for this reveal with us in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Yes, after weeks and weeks of speculation, Nintendo has officially confirmed that Fortnite is coming to the Nintendo Switch. The news comes from the Nintendo\u00a0Direct E3 2018 Live Stream, during which Nintendo finally spilled the beans on the hugely popular battle royale hit&#8217;s presence on the platform. The best news? The game will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}