Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 1 is almost here.
Credit: Epic Games
It’s a big weekend for Fortnite fans.
Fortnite OG, after less than a month-long season, has come to an end. The wildly popular season, which returned to the original map, saw over 100 million players over the course of November, making it the most popular season of the free-to-play Battle Royale game ever.
The OG season was capped off by a massive live-event featuring rapper Eminem. The Big Bang event also showed off three new games coming to the Fortnite experience:
- LEGO Fortnite — A survival/crafting LEGO adventure.
- Rocket Racing — A racing game developed by Rocket League studio Psynonix.
- Fortnite Festival — A music game developed by Rock Band studio Harmonix where you can play in bands solo or with friends. This is kicking off with The Weeknd on December 9th
LEGO Fortnite
Credit: Epic Games
The live-event was so popular that many players, including me, were met with hour-long queues and couldn’t login to join the fun. Fortunately, Epic is running the event two more times today.
Now, Epic has disabled all Fortnite experiences and game modes except player-created content for the rest of the day as the game’s developers prepare for Chapter 5, Season 1. The new season is being called Underground. You can watch the trailer for the new season (featuring Family Guy’s Peter Griffin and Metal Gear’s Snake) right here.
All of this is anticipation of the new Chapter 5, Season 1 and a brand new map. Servers will be going down later so that Epic can push the update. Server downtime kicks off at 11:30 pm ET / 8:30 pm PT. Typically these big seasonal updates take a few hours, and this one might take a bit longer given it’s a brand new Chapter as well, with a whole new map and more. There’s not an exact time for the new season to go live, but expect it sometime early morning on Sunday, December 3rd. You should be able to install the update by the time you wake up in the morning.
The three new games—LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival—will all kick off after the start of the new season next week.
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Laura Adams is a tech enthusiast residing in the UK. Her articles cover the latest technological innovations, from AI to consumer gadgets, providing readers with a glimpse into the future of technology.
