[Nicky91]

was last night on Watchdog Live at BBC1, Stacey Solomon was into this subject

Fortnite is the video game which its makers, Epic Games, are calling the biggest in the world, but the lack of age restriction and gruesome content is worrying parents

ZACHARY keeps asking me if he can download Fortnite and, for weeks now, I’ve said no because he’s two years under the recommended age for the game. It’s rated a 12 and he’s only 10.

He told me he feels really excluded from his friends because they ALL have the game, they play together on teams and it’s all they talk about.

At first I thought he was exaggerating – surely everyone can’t have this game? But I spoke to his friends’ parents and it turns out they do! All the kids are playing it and none of the mums think it’s bad or that their children are too young.
So, I thought, “right, I’m going to have to give this a try myself”. I feel to really understand a video game, and whether it’s right for your child, the only thing you can do is play it.

I called my brother, who’s 13, and asked him for help – a scenario I often find myself in when it comes to anything computer related because he is a Jedi at these things.

He gave me his log in details, taught me all of the controls, told me the concept of the game and - hey presto! - I was in…

I randomly parachuted out of some sort of airbus onto an island with lots of different buildings on it. My first stop, without knowing anything about the game, was a place called Tilted Towers. Big mistake. Huge. I was eliminated from the game without even pressing a button!

Ok, let’s try again. This time I waited until the last stop on the airbus thing and parachuted as far away as possible. Woo! I was alone and loving life, sweeping up every treasure chest and ammo box in sight. What I didn’t realise was that a storm was forming. As I blissfully danced around the baron terrain, a purple fuzz filled the screen and before I knew it – bam – I was booted out again.

Grrrrr! Ok, I’ve got it now. Don’t go to Tilted Towers and stay inside the white line… here we go again! Oh dear, this is quite good fun…

I drop but make sure no one is near me because, honestly, I’m not ready for contact. I try to get hold of some good loot. I hide every time I hear footsteps or gunfire. The circle gets smaller and I have to follow the line so hiding is no longer an option. I start doing a strange crawl thing in an attempt to make less noise and hide in every bush I see along the way.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/62...tnite-zachary/

but what now seems, coming from the report made by Watchdog, the purchases you do in the game, you spend real money into fortnite without realizing it, until it's too late


more info for Xbox you find here

https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-...ized-purchases

more info for playstation you find here

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/ge...ntal-controls/