Fortnite is heading underground. Following The Big Bang occasion on Saturday, which led to the destruction of the Chapter 4 island, some large adjustments are coming to the battle royale in a brand new season dubbed “Underground.” That features a new island, gameplay options like boss battles, Lego skins, and naturally extra licensed characters like Metal Gear’s Solid Snake and Peter Griffin from Family Guy.
Let’s begin with the island. In the update — which brings the sport to Chapter 5: Season 1 — the battle royale island has been fully modified, which implies quite a lot of new areas. There’s a railway — full with a prepare you possibly can truly journey on — in addition to marinas, mansions, and an all-new grassland space. There’s additionally fairly a little bit of snow.
As for gameplay adjustments, the island is now plagued by 5 boss characters — one among whom is Peter Griffin. Defeating them will earn gamers a medallion with a really helpful characteristic: the flexibility to regenerate shields over time. But it comes with a downside as properly, as holding onto a medallion will alert different gamers to your location on the map. “The more medallions you have, the more precise the radius of your exact location,” Epic says.
Other additions embrace: an SUV to drive round in, a weapon known as the Ballistic Shield that allow’s you “defend yourself with the shield while shooting the pistol at the same time,” the choice to maneuver whereas therapeutic or restoring shields, and the flexibility to mod weapons in sure areas across the island. There’s additionally a brand new type of in-game beauty; now, along with customizing your character and weapons, you possibly can customise autos. You can select totally different our bodies, decals, and wheels, and when you hop in a sports activities automotive in recreation, the automobile will shift to your selections. (Certain gadgets from Rocket League will carry over for many who play each video games.)
For those that snag this season’s battle move, they’ll ultimately have the ability to unlock all the new boss characters, alongside a brand new model of Jones and, in a while within the season, Solid Snake.
The launch of Chapter 5 comes at a really busy time for Fortnite. The recreation obtained an enormous increase in reputation with the discharge of Fortnite OG in November, which introduced again the unique island and plenty of fan-favorite areas, gadgets, and characters. According to Epic, this led to the most important day within the recreation’s historical past, with greater than 44 million gamers on November 4th. This all culminated with The Big Bang dwell occasion on Saturday, which not solely noticed the Chapter 4 island destroyed, but in addition featured a digital live performance from Eminem.
