Fortnite is a living game: the game is constantly expanding with characters, items, events, story pieces and locations. Sometimes that happens drop by drop, now all at once. Epic Games has expanded Fortnite with Chapter 3, the first season of which now starting went.
A quick refresh: the Chapters of Fortnite are the chapters, which often revolve around one big story element. For example, Chapter 2 kicked off in October 2019, starting with a new game world after the old through a black hole had been swallowed. All kinds of news was added in the eight seasons of Chapter 2, until cubes fell on the Fortnite island in recent months.
This brought the end of the chapter in sight: the island was literally turned over to reveal a new game world.
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New locations and weather conditions
A completely new game world, with all kinds of new places to discover and new characters and items to unlock. The island has a variety of areas: a snowy part in the west, a tropical part with a bay in the east and a desert in the south.
New are changing weather conditions. For example, players can be surprised by a huge hurricane or by a thunderstorm. For example, players can be swept away by such a hurricane.
There are also new locations on the island, such as The Daily Bugle, the newspaper building where Spider-Man works. At the Chonker’s Speedway racetrack, players can grab a car and challenge each other to a race.
Basically the same: be the last to remain
Despite the new locations and capabilities, Fortnite remains essentially the same. Players land 100 at a time on an island, look for weapons and especially each other. They eliminate each other, and the last one standing wins the game.
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Paid Battle Pass
Points are earned as you play, which can be used to unlock new characters, weapons, items, and more. The available offer depends, among other things, on whether players have a paid Battle Pass or whether they play the game completely for free.
Those who purchase such a Battle Pass for Chapter 3 Season 1 will have the time in the coming months to unlock all new additions. Big new characters include Spider-Man and “The Foundation,” a character played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He is the leader of ‘The Seven’, a group of figures that play an important role in the underlying story of Fortnite.
Swing and slide
Players also get new opportunities to move about. In addition to running, jumping and building heights, players can now slide down a hill. To do this, players must press the creep button while going downhill. While sliding, players move quickly, but can still aim and shoot.
And even more Spider-Man: The comic book hero’s familiar spider web swing is added to Fortnite. Players can swing from building to building at great heights, moving the world in a new way.
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New weapons include two new close range Shotguns, the Ranger Assault Rifle medium range and the Hunter Bolt Sniper long range. Players can also explore the new world via a new motorboat, and with their group they can set up a camp site where items can be stored. Also, characters in the tent can heal.
New crown for the winner
Winners of a game of Fortnite are now more visible through a crown that they can earn. That ‘Victory Crown’ is a striking golden crown that players can put on their heads in the next game after their win. That’s not just for show: whoever wears the crown earns extra points.
The Victory Crown will be awarded to the top four players in the game’s Solo mode, the top two teams in Duo mode, and the winning team in Trio and Squads modes. And whoever shoots a player with a crown can take that crown and keep wearing the rest of the game.
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