French design studio takes aim at hit game Fortnite on mobile phones


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 28 Jun 2018

An attendee dresses as a character from the game Fortnite at E3, the world's largest video game industry convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

LONDON: This year's breakaway hit videogame, Fortnite, which has drawn a younger generation to free-to-play multiplayer games, sending shockwaves through the console gaming market, has attracted new rivals ready to battle it out for vast mobile phone audiences.

Oh BiBi, a small French studio run by former game designers from Gameloft, on June 28 is introducing FRAG, a first-person shooter that lets mobile phone users stage “short but epic” one-on-one battles that could attract more casual game players.

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