The Grappler has previously been seen, but this time it has been given an icy makeover. Fortnite OctoFortnite 18.30 Update Quietly Adds Two New Weapons Perhaps most tellingly, a major Fortnite leak we reported on back in July – which revealed the game’s Ariana Grande concerts, Sideways zombie areas, and Cube Queen long before they were widely known – hinted that the latter character would be introduced in this season and then play a role in Chapter 3.
Oh, and the dreaded Fortnite mechs are set to return for a limited time, a tribute to their controversial appearance at the end of Chapter 1 of Fortnite. (With the transition to Chapter 2, Fortnite included boats and swimming.) We’ve now passed the tipping point where, despite the less seasons, Chapter 2 has lasted longer than the original, as Fortnite leaker Hypex just managed to note out last week.īehind the scenes, there have been rumours of impending, in-development features such as a switch to Unreal Engine 5, the addition of weapon attachments, and an Apex Legends-style sliding mechanic, all of which seem more suited to the debut of a new map than the current one. This would also not be a hasty conclusion to the Chapter.