Fortnite may be a huge hit with video game players, but the fever may be breaking.
Viewership of the game on the Twitch streaming service fell for a second straight month in September, according to researcher StreamElements. Fans watched 105.8 million hours of the popular survival game last month on the Amazon.com-owned streaming service, down from the July peak of 151.9 million hours.
Still, the game remains dominant. It was the most-viewed title on Twitch Wednesday afternoon, with 240,000 people tuning in, or twice the audience of its nearest rival, Riot Games Inc.’s League of Legends.
Fortnite, owned by closely held Epic Games Inc., became a global phenomenon after introducing an every-man-for-himself style of play a year ago.