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Fortnite Players unhappy with Chapter 7 Season 4 bot issues. Published Aug 23, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021, writing both analytically and fiction for years beforehand. Michael is a lifelong gamer whose first memories with video games come from being a four-year-old playing Sonic the Hedgehog on his brother's Sega Genesis and Pokemon Red on his Game Boy Color. He is a noted RPG buff who lists some of his favorite franchises as Persona, Tales, and Fire Emblem. Alongside his lifelong love for video games, Michael is a passionate fan of anime, hockey, and card games, particularly Yu-Gi-Oh. Michael has over 1,000 hours on Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel on Steam alone and over 300 hours on Magic: The Gathering Arena. 4. Michael is also a Level 1-certified judge for the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game and the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Michael is also an avid hobby writer, regularly posting his fiction to his "lordtakuro" Twitter page. Michael has written a full novel, currently in the post-writing stage, and is in the process of writing his second. Fortnite fans are raising serious complaints about the presence of bots in Chapter 7 Season 4, with players finding that many lobbies in the new season have more bots than real players. The newest season of Fortnite officially launched on August 20. The launch of Chapter 7 Season 4 brought plenty of exciting new content to Epic Games' battle royale. The new Override season puts the focus on video game crossovers with a variety of iconic franchises, including skins based on Sonic the Hedgehog, Tetris, and Pac-Man. The season brought multiple new game-inspired weapons, including the Midas Masterpiece and the Mega Buster, with more iconic weapons coming later, such as the Kingdom Key from Kingdom Hearts and Rebecca's Guns from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. However, fans noticed one major issue with bots and in-game lobbies following the debut of Chapter 7 Season 4. Fortnite Players are fighting more bots than real players. Fortnite fan Au5la on Twitter shared some statistics about bots in the battle royale's newest season, noting a particular spike in Season 4. The post includes statistics collected by a Discord bot from previous seasons of Fortnite, which showed real player counts roughly between 58 and 65 in each match. Reports from a similar bot show significantly lower real player counts since the start of Fortnite's Chapter 7 Season 4, with some matches having as few as 25 out of the 100-player lobby. Many fans have already said that the overuse of bots in lobbies has made the game less fun, claiming to only be fighting real players near the end of matches. The use of bots in battle royale matches has been an ongoing issue for many fans of Fortnite. Players have often said that the experience of fighting bots in Fortnite does not compare to real players, feeling that the lower skill level of bots can negatively affect new players trying to improve at Fortnite. The game's matchmaking has been an ongoing complaint for disgruntled fans, feeling that the game's skill-based matchmaking is in need of a major overhaul rather than adding more bots into lower skill-level matches. The Ultimate PC Gaming Quiz Think you know PC gaming? Fortnite's new season brought plenty of new mechanics to the table to coincide with its video game theming. Epic Games introduced the Tetris Rift as a unique new item themed around the beloved puzzle game, creating Tetris blocks that players can use as cover and ends by granting an area-of-effect heal. The iconic Rings from Sonic the Hedgehog can also be found throughout the new Green Hill Zone POI, with rings granting players Overshield for collecting them and losing all of their bonus Overshield and Rings when being hit by an enemy. Override looks to have plenty on the way for fans throughout the season beyond its initial offerings. Fans have discovered a particularly noteworthy building under construction within the new map which bears a striking resemblance to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, suggesting that a Five Nights at Freddy's crossover may be coming soon. Fortnite is also expected to add its first collaboration with Persona 5 in September, likely debuting a skin based on Joker and rumored to be adding skins of Ryuji and Ann. Fortnite's Override season is off to an exciting start and looks primed to keep the momentum rolling. Battle Royale * OpenCritic Reviews - Top Critic Avg: 84/100 Critics Rec: 94% * Released - September 26, 2017 * ESRB - T for Teen - Diverse Content: Discretion Advised, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact * Developer(s) - Epic Games * Publisher(s) - Epic Games

What is the rarest Sprite in Fortnite right now? Chapter 7 Season 4. Find out what the rarest Sprite in Fortnite is right now and see the five hardest variants to collect in Chapter 7 Season 4. August 21, 2026, 10:37am There are currently 22 Sprites that players can collect in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4. However, several of the new variants added with the launch of Fortnite Override have incredibly low drop rates. Here is the rarest Sprite in Fortnite right now and the five most difficult variants to obtain. What is the rarest Sprite in Fortnite right now? The rarest Sprite in Fortnite right now is technically the Gold Klombo Sprite Mythic. However, this question is a bit tricky to answer, as Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 arguably has three Sprites competing for the "rarest" top spot. First off, the Gold Klombo Sprite isn't technically unlockable yet. Epic Games has revealed that it will be adding Gold Sprites during a Gold Hours Power Hour event on Saturday, August 22. However, according to its confirmed stats, Gold Klombo has a 0.00001% chance of spawning, which makes it the rarest Sprite in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 so far. Until the Gold Klombo Sprite goes live, the Cheat Master Klombo Sprite and standard Klombo Sprite are currently the rarest variants that players can obtain. Both have extremely low drop rates, making Klombo the most difficult Sprite to find during a regular match. It could also be argued that the Fortnite Crown Sprite is the most difficult to obtain. Specifically, its Cheat Master Crown variant. The only way to get the Crown Sprite is to win a Victory Royale in Battle Royale mode. However, the Fortnite Crown Sprite will only level up if you win matches with it equipped. So, you essentially have to win two matches in a row without dying to get the Cheat Master Crown Sprite. Ouch. Top 5 rarest Sprites in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4. Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 launched with 22 Sprites. Out of the gate, the Klombo Sprite is the most difficult collectible to find in the Override season. Basically, Klombo is the new Zero Point Sprite of Chapter 7 Season 4. Expect it to remain one of the rarest collectibles throughout the entire Fortnite Override season, as all three of its variants have incredibly low drop rates. Here are the five rarest Sprites in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: * Gold Klombo Sprite (releasing August 22) * Cheat Master Klombo Sprite * Klombo Sprite * Cheat Master Crown Sprite * Cheat Master Jackrabbit Sprite The above ranking is based on reported drop rates and each Sprite's unlock requirements. However, as of August 21, the Cheat Master Klombo Sprite and standard Klombo Sprite are the two rarest variants that players can currently obtain. The Gold Klombo Sprite will take the top spot once it officially goes live during Gold Hours on August 22.

Former Epic Games leader Ben Board joins CodeDev Group as CEO of The Performance Guys. The Performance Guys focuses on performance optimisation across game engines August 21, 2026 * Board spent nearly nine years at Epic Games managing the Unreal Engine games business in the UK and Europe. * He has nearly 30 years of experience across studios, platforms and game development companies. * CodeDev Group now has more than 60 senior specialists across its three divisions. CodeDev Group has appointed former Epic Games leader Ben Board as CEO of its optimisation division, The Performance Guys. Board enters his 30th year in the games industry after spending nearly nine years at Epic Games, where he managed the Unreal Engine games business in the UK and later across Europe during Fortnite's global explosion. In his new role, Board will lead The Performance Guys, which focuses on performance optimisation across game engines and launched in June. He will also join CodeDev Group's senior leadership team alongside CEO Myke Parrot, COO Andy Norman and Chair Rik Alexander. His career highlights include writing gameplay for Bullfrog Productions on Theme Park World, leading the scripting team on Lionhead's original Fable, running product teams at BossAlien on CSR Racing, and managing technical developer relations for Microsoft Xbox 360. Performance focus The appointment comes as CodeDev Group scales its three divisions: The Unreal Guys, The Performance Guys and Full Spectrum Interactive. The group has more than 60 senior specialists across the divisions. Board said poor performance is widespread across games and can have an existential impact, while strong optimisation skills remain uncommon even among large studios. "I've seen time and again that poor performance is everywhere and its impact can be existential, but great optimisation skills are not common, even at big studios," said Board. He added: "Optimisation is The Performance Guys craft, but that's not an end in itself - what the client is really asking us to add to their product is quality. Faster frames make better games, and help scores and sales." CodeDev Group CEO Myke Parrot commented: "Bringing Ben in as CEO of The Performance Guys sends an unmistakable message to the market: if your game has a performance problem on any engine, we have the best team on the planet to fix it."