Fortnite is getting new parental controls to prevent children from playing past their bedtime
Epic Games has introduced new time limit controls Fortniteallowing parents to limit their child’s play time.
The studio announced the changes in a new one blog post today, confirming that the new tools apply to both the popular battle royale game and Unreal editor for Fortnite.
According to the new safety guidelines page‘Time Limit Controls’ allow parents to limit the total amount of time their child can play per day. They can also choose specific time windows in which their child can play each day, and set time limits within that window.
After setting a time limit, kids will see in-game banners alerting them when they have 30 minutes left Fortnite or the Unreal editor for Fortnite.
“Once your child reaches their limit, he or she will not be able to use Fortnite or UEFN until the next day or until a new window starts, unless you choose to add more time,” Epic Games explains.
Parents can also allow extra play time through the ‘Request More Time’ setting. If the setting is enabled, the player can ask for more time, but if it is disabled, it cannot.
“If you have had your child request more time and he or she has 30 minutes or less left in his/her window, your child can request more time from within Fortnite,” the developer continued.
An email from Epic Games will be sent to parents with a link to allow them to add more time for that day, even if requests are disabled, but the additional time must be added via Fortnite‘s main menu settings.
Epic has also added ‘Time Reports’, which allows parents to see how much time their child spends in-game, as well as ‘Time Reports Email’, which sends parents a weekly email with a report summarizing the time their child has spent spent on achieving victory. generous.
Time Limit Controls are now accessible on all consoles and devices, including PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. As long as a player uses the same account on different devices, the time limit is enforced regardless of where the child plays.