The birthday event introduces a Celebration quest that requires players to eat four slices of birthday cake.

Eight cake locations have been confirmed across the Chapter 7 Season 4 map, including Lifty Lodge, Wonkeeland, Green Hill Zone, Stone Sanctum, Pixel Polys, Heatwave Harbor, and Cluster Coast.

Players can spot cake locations by looking for party balloons near the spawn points.

Birthday cakes are currently affected by a spawn bug in Battle Royale, including Build and Zero Build modes.

Fortnite OG provides a more reliable alternative, with cakes available at locations including Junk Junction and Pleasant Park.

The event highlights another annual Fortnite tradition as Epic Games marks nine years of the game.

A new Indie Games Survey 2026 is asking players about how they engage with independent games, covering playtime, genre preferences, discovery methods, purchasing platforms, and reasons for supporting indie titles.

The eight-question survey highlights the growing diversity of the indie gaming space, with genres including Metroidvania, roguelite, cozy games, narrative adventures, RPGs, platformers, and shooters.

Game discovery remains a major focus, with players able to identify sources such as Steam Next Fest, Summer Game Fest, social media, YouTube, and gaming websites.

The survey also reflects how indie gaming has expanded beyond PC, with purchasing platforms including Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, Nintendo eShop, Itch.io, GOG, and Humble Store.

Players are being asked what attracts them to indie games, including original concepts, distinctive art styles, lower price points, supporting independent creators, and personal or emotional storytelling.

Community favorites mentioned around the survey include Hades, Hades II, Balatro, Hollow Knight, Celeste, Animal Well, 1000xRESIST, and Deltarune, highlighting the wide range of experiences found within the indie scene.

The resulting data could help publishers, developers, and gaming media better understand player interests and identify genres or titles that may otherwise be overlooked.

As the indie games market continues to grow, understanding how players discover, purchase, and engage with these titles could provide useful insight into where the community's interests are heading.

Rockstar Games has updated its official modding guidelines ahead of the launch of GTA 6, introducing stricter restrictions that also apply to existing titles such as GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.

The updated rules prohibit mods that alter official storylines, missions, characters, plots, or established continuity.

Crossovers involving maps, assets, or characters from different Rockstar games are also restricted.

Mods using third-party intellectual property, including characters, music, brands, logos, and content from other games, are prohibited.

Multiplayer modding must use Rockstar's licensed Creator Platform or have direct approval from the company.

Porting Rockstar games to platforms where they have not been officially released is also prohibited.

Rockstar continues to allow certain single-player modifications, including visual changes, gameplay tweaks, custom vehicles, and quality-of-life improvements, provided they do not fall under the restricted categories.

The updated guidelines have prompted discussion within the modding community, particularly given the timing ahead of GTA 6.

The changes mark a shift from the long-standing informal approach to GTA modding towards more clearly defined rules that modders will need to consider before publishing projects.