It’s common knowledge that if you want to get a movie made then you either need to base it off of an existing intellectual written property, remake a previously successful movie or TV show, or base it on a true story.

If flicks aren’t rooted in some DC or Marvel mythology, then they’re inspired by real-life events. Believe it or not, there are actually a lot of videogames based on true stories as well, but is Fortnite one of them?

To set the record straight, no ‘Fortnite’ is not based on a true story, unless you count this sick joke.

As a Google user, you can add suggestions for the names of locations at specific points on the map. While Big G admins tend to vet these submissions so we don’t end up with a typical internet communal contribution scenario, sometimes they slip through the cracks and stay up longer than they should.

Someone set the One World Trade Center’s name in NYC to “Tilted Towers.” A Fortnite Intel post describes how a journalist who stumbled upon the “Tilted Towers IRL” listing. Under its “reviews” section were a ton of jokes not about 9/11 (thankfully) but about the actual location in the game with references to Fortnite tactics and gameplay modes.

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For the most part, it seems that the majority of people who are writing about Fortnite being based on a true story are clearly poking fun at the now-popular query. This has resulted in some pretty hilarious memes.

Fortnite is a true story based off where I dropped 100 orphans on and island and they have to kill each other till last man standing

— Dibas💯 (@YoungCockDibas) August 12, 2021

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Scary fact: Fortnite is actually based on a true story. In 1886, 100 people were forced into fighting to death on a remote island in exchange for a metal umbrella.

— jazmine (@jazminestarrr_) September 22, 2021

fortnite is actually based on a true story, in 1945 one hundred people were put on an island and told to fight after this there was no trace of the island left and has never been seen again.

— TB 𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔶 (@rrobyv) September 18, 2021

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Fortnite is based on a true story where a dude captuded 100 people and gave them blueprints guns and put them all In a big map and whoever got 1st survived

— Assault Heisen (@OHeisen) July 26, 2021

Fortnite is a real game not that kiddie Cold War crap. Fortnite is like a real war zone and at least it’s based on a true story. Tired of these call of duty games making up stories. It’s not even cold yet

— SuperMASON (@supermason114) November 16, 2020

I guess if we’re going with the whole idea of a bunch of people being dropped off on an island to fend for themselves, one could say that Fortnite is basically the origin story of Australia or America. So maybe it actually is based on a true story after all.