Epic Games is introducing two new parental controls to help parents better monitor their child's time in Fortnite and UEFN: timeout controls and time reports.
According to a statement from Epic, it will do exactly as the name suggests, giving parents access to a dashboard that provides a daily breakdown of time spent in Fortnite and UEFN.
The former helps parents limit the total amount of time their child can play per day, choose specific time windows when their child can play each day – and set time limits within that window – and choose whether to allow their child to request by more time.
“If a parent sets a timeout, their child will start seeing in-game notifications when they have 30 minutes left in Fortnite and UEFN,” Epic explained.
“Once a child reaches their limit, they will not be able to use Fortnite or UEFN until the next day or until a new window starts, unless the parent chooses to allow more time.”
Timeout controls work on all devices linked to the same account.
Yesterday, we learned that Epic Games is filing another legal complaint against Google and Samsung, claiming that Auto Blocker is a barrier to alternative app stores and conflicts with last year's jury verdict.