Epic Games' Fortnite has just gone into downtime for its upcoming version 5.41 patch, and a brand new item is set to arrive in the game later today which should make your building efforts much easier.
Introducing the Port-a-Fortress, a new consumable which creates a massive fortress to defend against and repel enemies. Acting in an almost identical way to the original Port-a-Fort, this new variant looks monstrously huge, providing you with much more cover than the standard version while building just as quickly. If you struggle to build quickly in the game, carrying one of these around with you for tricky situations should come in very handy.
Elsewhere, another new item called Spiky Stadium is set to appear in Playground mode. By throwing this item into an open space, an entire stadium will fly out, ready for you and your squad to get creative and come up with your own minigames. Perhaps you can throw basketballs around inside and see what happens, or use Shockwave Grenades to throw your friends around inside to see what chaos that might cause?
Remember that Fortnite will remain free-to-play regardless of a subscription to the upcoming Nintendo Switch Online service - which is launching very soon (18th in North America / 19th in Europe).
Do you enjoy Fortnite's building element? Or do you find it a little tricky to get your head around? Let us know if this new addition sounds like a winner in the comments.
[source epicgames.com]
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I really dont get this Fortnite-Hype...
a) It's very accessible
b) It's snappy - you can be in and out of matches nice and quick
c) Watching the number of competitors fall, the zone shrinking etc. just make for intrinsically exciting gaming
d) It's free
What's not to get?
Used to be PUBG player but Fornite on Switch made me hate PUBG,
Now Fornite Rocks
@gcunit Question, since I can't be arsed downloading and playing it and you seem to have it (since you're praising it. If not, uh, this is awkward), do they now allow you to stay in a game after losing to spectate in order to see who wins?
I remember trying it out (like 50 people asking me to try it, so I tried it and determined my impression that it sucked was right) and being kicked out of a game after dying after only like 30 seconds of spectating, which was a huge bummer. Even if I don't win, being able to see how the match plays out if I got close would be cool.
EDIT: This was like just a few days after it launched on Switch so could've just been unstable servers etc, but it happened every match I did so eh, was wondering.
@Blizzia I haven't played it for a while, but I never got kicked out whilst spectating. But I didn't tend to spectate much anyway, so I couldn't be sure if there's a limit or not.
@gcunit Ah alright. Thanks anyway
@Blizzia Yeah, unless there's some kind of specific error, the game usually allows you to spectate until the end of the game. 😊
@ryancraddock @Dudrap1 Thanks Must have been the unstable servers early on then
I liked PUBG because at the time I had no access to Fortnite. When I played Fortnite I realized how broken PUBG is. Only thing they had was more grass and the prone position but Fortnite was cross progress, cross play and just had more content. Rough at first since you suck but just play 1 season and you'll be fine.
Anyone still playing it?
@sandman89
yes... me
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