"Fortnite" is expanding its streaming and collaboration features with a new partnership with Houseparty that aims to integrate a live video chat in the screens while playing the game. The use of another device to see friends and teammates while playing the popular third-person POV shooter game now gets a combination without unnecessary distractions.
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The hit action shooter game, "Fortnite," is now venturing to bring live video chat among friends and teammates right into the game's systems without looking at the third-party device to see friends while playing. Before, gamers would need to use extra devices to set-up video chatting while playing "Fortnite."
'Fortnite' x Houseparty: Live Video Chat Integrated on Game Screen
The social networking service that focuses on "face-to-face" set-ups, Houseparty, collaborates with Epic Games and "Fortnite" to deliver a better live video chat experience while playing the game. The collaboration promises to put everything into one screen, the game itself, live video chat boxes, etc.
Houseparty would connect itself to Fortnite PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, then mirrors the video chat live to one's gaming screen. This process integrates the live video streaming on smartphone devices with the Houseparty app, alongside the user's "Fortnite" match.
Users can now see their teammates' faces whenever playing "Fortnite" through its latest collaboration with Houseparty. Additionally, players will receive an exclusive in-game reward upon registration of an individual's "Fortnite" account to Houseparty.
'Fortnite' x Houseparty: How to Connect Epic Games Account for Live Video Chat
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Before the game and video chatting start, players need to download the Houseparty application from Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store on the iOS or Android smartphones, respectively. Each player who will join the video conferencing needs to create their own Houseparty account to get started.
After securing a Houseparty application, Follow these guidelines:
Open the Houseparty app on iOS and Android
Connect "Fortnite" in the Settings or Click the TV Icon with the "F" logo in its center
Connect your "Fortnite" or Epic Games Account
Join friends or set-up a party room to invite other users
Open "Fortnite" on a preferred gaming console (PC Computer, PS4, PS5)
Talk with friends "Hands-free" while playing "Fortnite"
Note: Houseparty is a social media networking application so make sure that everyone you wish to invite is already your friend or connected with your account. The game's screen would crop to the right to give way for the Houseparty video chat stacking itself on the left-hand side.
Additionally, Fortnite notes that the video chat would crop the captured stream and would only show the head of every gamer that joins the room. Every gamer will get a "Fortnite-themed" virtual background to center the video to the face only.
'Fortnite' Rainbow Fog Wrap: Here's How to Get the Exclusive Freebie
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Epic Games guarantee that linking "Fortnite" to Houseparty would automatically reward a "Rainbow Fog Wrap" for different weapons. To receive the wrap, simply link the Houseparty app with your Epic Games or Fortnite account.
However, "Fortnite" is also offering the wrap for incompatible devices such as Xbox and Nintendo Switch. To receive the wrap, "Fortnite" requires players to play five (5) matches with friends from Friday, November 20 (12 AM ET; 9 PM PT) to Thursday, November 26 (11:59 PM ET; 9 AM PT).
