Fortnite has launched a brand new restricted time mode referred to as ‘Solo Showdown’, which provides a brand new aggressive play expertise to the battle royale facet – and the builders are additionally teasing “a major announcement about competitive play” for subsequent week.
Unlike the sport’s earlier restricted time modes, such because the current introduction of Thanos within the Avengers: Infinity War crossover occasion, Solo Showdown doesn’t change the core Fortnite Battle Royale gameplay. Instead, anybody who opts in to the occasion – solely playable in Solo – will compete immediately towards different gamers.
Solo Showdown will run from right this moment, May 17, to Monday, May 21 at 08:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 BST.
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All the foundations relating to the occasion are available here. You must play not less than 50 matches to be eligible, and solely your first 50 will probably be counted to your rating. Everyone who participates will get a novel spray, and the highest 100 gamers obtain the next prizes:
1st Place: 50,000 V-bucks
2nd – 4th Place: 25,000 V-Bucks
fifth – 50th Place: 13,500 V-bucks
51st – 100th Place: 7,500 V-bucks
The new Solo Showdown LTM is now stay! Challenge your self towards different rivals for an opportunity at in-game rewards.
Get all the information on this exploratory mode – https://t.co/NDvF8kCAD3
— Fortnite (@FortniteSport) May 17, 2018
The developers say that Solo Showdown is “a one-off stepping stone to learn how to build great events for all types of players”, and are promising, “a major announcement about competitive play next week.”
Dataminers not too long ago discovered the existence of the brand new aggressive mode beneath the folder title ‘Playlist_Comp_Solo’, which was clearly for this occasion. They additionally found a brand new Shotgun folder, and solo and duo choices for future Solid Gold modes, which can show to be one thing to do with the announcement subsequent week.
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