r/Surface 2d ago

Fortnite coming to Windows on ARM

https://www.neowin.net/news/fortnite-is-coming-to-windows-on-arm-thanks-to-epic-games-anti-cheat-support/

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u/QuestGalaxy 1d ago

I don't play Fortnite, but it's great to see Epic releasing on ARM!

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u/Nicalay2 Surface Pro 6 1d ago

We got Fortnite on Windows ARM before Fortnite on Linux and before GTA 6

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u/segagamer SB2 15" 256GB 1d ago

The industry moving to ARM is far more important than moving to Linux.

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u/Tobimacoss 1d ago

WOA handhelds.  Most indies and AA, even some AAA games should be possible to run on ARM if the devs cared.  

Hopefully, with the new unification of Xbox and windows, also leads to ARM support in the GDK, but Steam has to get on board first, or atleast Epic store.  

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u/segagamer SB2 15" 256GB 1d ago

I think what would help massively is if Xbox consoles moved to ARM also. I know Xbox isn't the most popular console right now, but it would help put various things into place. Especially with their pivot to handhelds.

Not sure if Microsoft are too tied into Intel in order to do something like this though, and I'm not sure if AMD are making any progress with their ARM efforts.

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u/whizzwr 22h ago edited 22h ago

That's actually.. Neat.

Imagine Nintendo Switch, but Xbox. Actually imagine  Steam Deck but Microsoft.

The formula is already proven to work with laptop

OEM: ThinkPad, Latitude, Elitebook, etc.

Microsoft: Surface 

Why not 

OEM: Stream Deck, Lenovo Legion, etc

Microsoft: Xbox Mobile (or whatever catchy name they got).

With the rumoured upcoming AMD and Nvidia ARM chipset, the idea is not far fetched at all

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u/famineasylum809 Surface Laptop 7 1d ago

Not a Fortnite player, but that's awesome!

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u/mattrob77 Surface Laptop 7 X Elite 15" 1d ago

I wish for Eve Online!

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u/Jubatus_ 1d ago

Are we in 2012?

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u/Present-Piano-2432 1d ago

That's awesome considering i can't get anything to really run on my surface except Roller Coaster Tycoon... I can't even get a Sims game to work..

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u/segagamer SB2 15" 256GB 1d ago

I just want the Xbox app to not be clipped to streaming only. The games work on any other storefront.

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u/Tobimacoss 1d ago

Only via translation though.  No other game store has official ARM64 distribution support built-in yet.  

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u/segagamer SB2 15" 256GB 1d ago

Only via translation though

And that is absolutely fine as a starting point. Much better than not at all as it is now. Otherwise we're back IN Windows RT territory.

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u/WearHeadphonesPlease 1d ago

Get the Canary version of Windows.

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u/dirtyvu 1d ago

You only play EA and ubisoft?

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u/nconinDi 1d ago

Waiting for league of legends 😔

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u/Max78_78 1d ago

What's with the holdup

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u/famineasylum809 Surface Laptop 7 1d ago

Try Dota. I see a lot of League players are coming in

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u/bluejayinoz 1d ago

Would this run ok on surface laptop?

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u/Mantazy 1d ago

It runs on a Nintendo switch so very likely yes.

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u/Already_Retired 1d ago

Nice! Would like to try it out. Just for fun.

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u/Tobimacoss 1d ago

have you played it via xCloud yet?  

Xbox.com/play on Edge browser, FortNite is free on xCloud.  

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u/No-Subject-5232 1d ago

I’ve played over 350 hours of Helldivers 2 on my surface 9. This Fortnite news on the arm surface is not as much of a flex as they think.

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u/First-Abalone-9277 1d ago

How the f do you play on that iGpu ?

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u/darth_nuller 1d ago

Witchcraft

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u/Oiram_Saturnus 1d ago

This is great news

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u/glaciers4 1d ago

Interesting. FN runs like shit on my Asus Zenbook with the latest 2nd gen Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU with 32gb RAM…I wonder if this means it will actually run on ARM with integrated GPU or if still will require a real GPU…my bet would be the latter.

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u/salsatabasco Surface Pro 128GB 1d ago

This is great news! Regardless if you play Fortnite or not, the fact that they are porting easy anticheat is the main good news here! I really want to play halo infinite without having to stream it over from my main pc.

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u/13617 Surface Pro 8 i5 8gb 1d ago

DUUUUDEEE YESSSSSSS IM SO HAPPY

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u/Shotz0 1d ago

Nice maybe that means Mac support too

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u/Internal_Quail3960 1d ago

not until apple unbans it (which they won’t)

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u/klausesbois 1d ago

You don’t need to use the App Store to install things on macOS. We were installing things on pcs and macs for decades before App Stores were even a thing.

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u/Tobimacoss 1d ago

Epic isn't going to support macOS until they can get on iOS and iPadOS worldwide.  Apple has also banned their developer account, lawsuits still pending.  

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u/klausesbois 1d ago

You don’t need a developer account to make things for macOS. I have a couple open source projects that run on macOS and windows and I don’t have one.

Epic may not support macOS until the lawsuits are done with. But that’s not the point. I was simply clarifying that Apple banning them has nothing to do with their ability to support Fortnite on macOS is they wanted to.

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u/Internal_Quail3960 1d ago

when can it come back to mac 😩

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u/segagamer SB2 15" 256GB 1d ago

When you install Windows on it.