School texts parents about Fortnite telling them to BAN the wildly popular game at home as it’s causing ‘big problems’
PARENTS have been told by a school to ban the wildly popular game Fortnite at home because it has caused "big problems" in class.
St Bernadette's Catholic Nursery and Primary School in Harrow, North West London, sent an urgent text to families last night about the game.
It read: "The game Fortnite is causing big problems for us in school.
"It is unsuitable for Primary pupils and needs to be banned at home."
Fortnite is an online video game set in a dystopian world where 98% of Earth's population suddenly disappears, living conditions become difficult, and zombie-like creatures begin to roam the Earth.
The player is among the remaining 2% whose job it is to survive.
Its addictive format has seen it become incredibly popular among younger gamers.
One parent at the school told Sun Online: "We all got a text yesterday telling us to ban it at home.
"It has a 12 rating and my son is a little younger than that, however I oversee him and he is fully supervised while he plays it.
"He is playing with his school friends - there's a big gang of them - and they love it. They play while speaking to each other on their headphones so there's a social element to it too.
"But there's a worry that they're staying up late to play it, and coming in to school exhausted the next day.
"I don't think the school should have worded the text in the way that they did though, but I will be making sure my son doesn't play it until it is the weekend."
Since the game's release it has been available to play on gaming platforms such as PlayStation 4, Xbox One, as well as PC and Mac.
At the beginning of March developers announced they would be rolling out a mobile-friendly version for iOS and Android phones.
What is Fortnite Battle Royale?
If you're new to the game, here's what you need to know
- Fortnite Battle Royale is a free game
- It's available on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac and now iPhone too
- In the game, up to 100 players are dropped onto a fictional island
- Players are then forced to battle it out in a last-person-standing deathmatch
- To help, players can collect a range of weapons hidden all over the island
- You can also collect resources – like wood, bricks and metal – to build defensive structures
- The area you can play in on the island is constantly shrinking thanks to an encroaching storm
- This means players are forced together over time, until just one person survives
- The game has been a huge hit, and is currently being trialled on iPhone
- But only people who sign up can receive a download invitation for the iPhone game
- And you might have to wait months to get your hands on an iPhone code
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