Video game maker Epic Games is introducing two new parental controls for its popular games Fortnite and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) to help parents and guardians monitor how much time their child spends gaming.

The Fortnite parental control allowing parents to regulate their children’s playtime more effectively. This move reflects a broader trend within the gaming industry, towards addressing concerns about video game addiction and maintaining a healthier balance between screen time and reality.

Parents can access time limit options in the Parental Controls section of the Fortnite main menu or via the Epic Account Portal. With these controls, parents can limit daily playtime, specify playtime windows with associated limits, and allow players to request extra time as they near their limit.

If your tween or teen has been playing Fortnite all night, there's now a way to control how long they're on the game, and even cut them off.

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Epic Games has introduced new time limit controls in Fortnite, allowing parents to restrict their child's playtime. The studio announced the changes in a new blog post today, confirming that the new tools apply to both the popular battle royale game and Unreal Editor for Fortnite.

Epic has introduced new Fortnite parental controls that allow parents to control the time their kids spend playing the battle royale game.

Epic is introducing new Fortnite time limits to help parents choose when and where their kids jump into the most overwhelmingly popular game in the world.

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.

The controls allow guardians to limit just how much a child plays, as well as when, along with built-in Time Reports. Previously, a parent tried to start a class-action lawsuit, alleging that Fortnite was meant to be "addictive.