Season 6 of mega-popular murder-a-rama Fortnite Battle Royale has simply kicked off, launched with an enormous replace which as soon as once more adjustments the panorama of Murder Island. A number of days after a large runed dice accomplished its journey throughout the island and turned the central lake into jelly (which was an precise actual in-game taking place, to be clear), Loot Lake has blasted open a swirling vortex which lifted its principal island into the sky and appears to have torn open rifts to a shadowy world. Players can now discover Shadow Stones in “corrupted” areas of the battleground, which flip us invisible once we stand nonetheless and make us typically sneakier. But largely I’m right here to surf the vortex, bouncing up and swirling spherical.
Spooky-ooky! Along with that apparent change towering above the map, spots scorched with runes alongside the dice’s journey have been “corrupted”. They’re Halloweenified, with twisted timber, and unusual Shadow Stones which grant shadowy powers.
Like the low-grav crystals from earlier than, these will be consumed to realize particular powers. Players flip into ghosties for 45 seconds, changing into invisible when standing nonetheless and solely a smokey determine with trails when shifting. Ghosties transfer sooner and soar larger too, and may sprint ahead in a cloud of runes by ‘attacking’. You can’t assault something whereas ghostified, however can cancel the spectral kind at any time by urgent your alt-fire button. I totally loved spooking somebody who was evidently encountering ghosties for the primary time and acquired spooked as I circled and swept. And then their buddies arrived they usually shot me. So it goes.
Developers Epic Games have made adjustments deeper in Fortnite’s guts too. The Impulse Grenade, Suppressed Submachine Gun, Light Machine Gun, Bouncer, and Remote Explosives have all been faraway from the principle mode (there’s nonetheless within the sanbox), positioned within the ‘Vault’. Weapons have come again from the Vault earlier than, because the guided missiles did after a remodeling, however for now they’re out.
Storm circle occasions are reworked too, with time faraway from every circle’s wait time and an equal quantity added to its shrink occasions. Each circle will final as lengthy general, then, however they’ll begin shifting sooner – after which transfer slower.
See the Fortnite v6.00 patch notes for extra.
What I’ve most loved on this replace is browsing the currents of the Loot Lake vortex. Drop in from the skies and it’ll spit you again out, using up and round and down and up and up and down till some git shoots you out the sky. So it goes. (Click to play this.)
I’ll by no means change my pores and skin. Oh, however for cowards who do covet new shinies, a brand new battle move has arrived with new pets and Halloween-y skins and beauty doodads as rewards for finishing challenges and levelling up the move.
Fortnite Battle Royale is free-to-play through Epic’s client.
