Fortnite’s new season has flooded the map

The new season of Fortnite is in the end here — and it delivered with it a flood. Today Epic Games released the lengthy-behind schedule third season for Fortnite: Chapter 2, following a massive occasion earlier in the week which noticed the sport’s battle royale island surrounded by a wall of water. Fittingly, the new season has submerged huge regions of the island, creating a larger cognizance on aquatic gameplay factors. That consists of a new Waterworld-style floating city area, and the ability to water ski — even as pulled by means of a shark.

The largest exchange is, of direction, the map. The western portion of the island is now broadly speaking underwater, in large part getting rid of locations like Slurpy Swamp and Weeping Woods. Meanwhile, the previously destroyed Agency place now seems to be some form of heavily-fortified base. The new map makes the sport’s boats plenty extra feasible, while the new season also introduces new mobility options, consisting of the aforementioned water skiing; you’ll be able to latch on to a shark, certainly, through fishing. Other huge additions include new NPC enemies known as Marauders.

Epic has additionally teased that later inside the season real cars may be coming to the sport, a first for Fortnite. It appears the flooding isn’t necessarily a permanent fixture. “As time is going on and water recedes, even extra locations could be uncovered, and because the roadways become greater open, you’ll discover new methods to get round,” the developer explains.

Along with the changes to the game itself, a new season additionally manner a new warfare bypass, Fortnite’s seasonal subscription-like service. Players who splurge for a pass gets a number of characters to liberate, such as Aquaman and Kit, a tiny kitten using a motorcycle that still powers a mech match. You recognise, typical Fortnite stuff. Just like last season there’s a persevered attention on customization; this time players could be capable of build their personal umbrella over the direction of the season, unlocking elements through the years.

It’s been a long term coming for the new season. Chapter 2’s 2d season debuted back on February twentieth, and because then Fortnite has seen some incredible adjustments and events. That consists of a violence-free social space called Party Royale, in-recreation additions like helicopters, and a surreal virtual concert tour from Travis Scott. Epic additionally introduced that the sport had topped 350 million players, making it some of the most famous titles inside the international. The flooding of the map represents the largest alternate to Fortnite because the days-lengthy blackhole occasion that wiped out the unique island.

Despite the lengthy wait, Epic controlled to hype up the new season in grand style, with the “tool” event on Monday, which saw 12 million players take part live, and greater than 8 million greater watch on Twitch and YouTube.