FORTNITE BATTLE Royale is getting a big update this week, which will be launched on PS4, PC, Xbox One and the Xbox One X.
UPDATE ONE: Epic Games have confirmed that Fortnite Battle Royale servers will be going offline today to make way for the new update.
The development team say that servers will be going offline at around 9am GMT, to make for the new content on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
"There will be downtime. Battle Royale matchmaking will be disabled 15 minutes before downtime begins as we prepare for the patch deployment," the message from Epic Games explains.
"Players will be logged out of all Epic services prior to the deployment will be able to to log back into the Launcher, Website, and Forums after a few minutes. The V.1.9.1 client update will be for all players on all platforms."
Official Fortnite Patch notes can be found below:
ORIGINAL: Epic Games have announced that Fortnite Battle Royale will be the latest game to launch Xbox One X support.
Soon to be followed by the likes of Fallout 4 and Skyrim, Fortnite’s latest patch will include upgrades for Microsoft's new console.
This new Fortnite Battle Royale update is being released onto game servers Wednesday, November 29, and will also include new content for each platform.
Fans will soon have access to a new non-lethal weapon - the Smoke Grenade.
Like other grenades featured in-game, the Smoke variant is thrown like a frag but obscures vision with a white smoke, and can be found in all container types, as well as spawn randomly as floor loot.
Other big changes will be made to the Battle Royale leaderboards, which will now include two different score ranks
The Score leaderboard,
meanwhile, will be measured by the amount of total experience gained.
meanwhile, will be measured by the amount of total experience gained.
Epic Games haven’t confirmed what time the new patch will be going live, although an update on that subject is expected later today.
Fortnite’s original mode - Save the World - is also getting some love, with two new weapons being added to the available list.
This includes:
Vindertech Weapons - Secure victory with Vindertech! Harness the power of nine, all new weapons available during this Mutant Storms season.
Mutant Storms Return - Mutant storms are back! Stormchasers can earn storm tickets as they fight back hordes of mutated husks. Squad up, survive, and loot!
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