Shortly after a report from Insider-Gaming pointed to a leak claiming that Epic Games would let Fortnite Island creators add gambling mechanics to their islands, Epic published a blog post announcing that Fortnite Island creators start testing in-island transactions, with creators capable of selling permanent items, consumables, and loot-box-style " paid random items (items that provide a chance to receive a random reward) ."
The ability to sell items within a Fortnite Island is currently in a preview phase within UEFN, and at the time of this writing, it can only be tested in unpublished projects. The ability to add them to published projects is coming later, though Epic did not clarify when that would be.
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