That paternal figure of games media, IGN, explored the new powers parents can look forward to wielding over their children's game time. This includes at what time and for how long kids can play either Fortnite or use Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). Unsuspecting children will see an in-game notification when their allotted playtime is almost up.

Epic is allowing parents to put a hard limit on overall time spent in Fortnite per day, along with other restrictions.

Epic Games on Oct 1 began letting parents limit how long, and when, their children can play blockbuster video game Fortnite.