Today sees the release of Fortnite version 6.10, bringing the usual dose of weekly updates to the game's performance and a whole new way to play.
Perhaps the biggest inclusion from this latest patch is the addition of in-game tournaments. A new 'Events' tab has been added to the game, with a list of tournaments displayed that are available to everyone. You can sign up to a tournament with your chosen squad of friends, before taking on the world in ranked battles. You can see it for yourself in the video below (there's even a mention of prizes being given out in the future).
Next up is the Quadcrasher. This two-seater vehicle can propel you and friend right into the heart of the battle, with boost being accumulated just by driving. Your boost allows to smash through buildings, saving your precious ammo, and you can even launch players into the air by smashing into them. Again, a new video has been shared to show more.
There's more, too; a new 'Disco Domination' limited-time mode has been added, where players must fight to take over dancefloors scattered around the map before grooving away to those sick beats - or whatever the kids say these days. Dancing builds your team's meter, and the team that fills their meter the fastest by capturing and defending the dance floors will win the match.
The usual CPU performance optimisations have also found their way into the patch, with the Switch specifically being treated to a "smoother gameplay experience and fewer hitches."
Will you be dropping in to have a look at the new changes? Let us know below.
[source epicgames.com]
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Is anyone else from Europe seeing North America region in tournaments?
The big question is when will they have a mode without building... That would at least get me back for a while
sorry, i may be in the minority here but this game is absolute rubbish. its great for kids shouting at each other but apart from that, generic online tosh as far as i am concerned. ill give a point though that there is no pay to play. I'll wait patiently for Warframe....
@b0nes I don't like it either, but hey everyone has their own opinion on if a game/film/tv show is good or bad sooo.....
@b0nes I can see why people play it for like 30 minutes every few days or so. But to be obsessed with it like a lot of people are just blows my mind. And more so that it’s free, but people throw money at epic for skins and dance moves, or that parents let kids do this. Either way, it’s hide and seek with guns. You can go the entire match and see nobody, and kill 1 person and win. Or jump as soon as possible, kill 5 but still come in 50th. It gets boring to me. I’ve had way more fun with paladins and ever other FPS switch has.
People: "I don't understand how people can play this all the time."
Also people: forgets Minecraft exsists and has people playing for years
You can hate the game, but to question why a multiplayer shooter with 100 people match's that has a qirky style and fun costumization options is popular makes you seem like you've been sleeping under a rock for the past decade. I mean, have you forgotten how popular Team Fortress 2 became? A multiplayer shooter with quirky style and fun costumization options. Which is also free to play.
I understand why people like it. I don’t understand why people hate it. I don’t even play it but can see the appeal. I don’t like Pokemon but others do.
Why doesn’t everyone like the same likes
@Balta666 considering that a key element of the game that sets it apart from others is building, I wouldn't hold my breath
Why is every freaking article about fortnite full of people commenting ‘maybe it’s just me but I don’t like it’ followed by lots of words that resemble more hatred than dislike. Don’t like it, don’t comment an article which is literally just for information to those who do.
@Balta666 building is its entire USP. They’re not removing it and they’ll survive without having you on board. What’s the point in holding out for them to completely strip their game of its selling point? Just forget about it and move on.
Edit: sorry for the spam, don’t know why my phone sent like 5 of these without it saying so
@Grant007 @peterj1i am not saying that is likely but just something that I would like that they would. I don't think that is the solo reason that gets people into it (the gear system is its best quality in my opinion)
I am also not suggesting to remove it but to have a mode without it (and yes, I know that it would likely require other map as the current one has a lot of places only reachable by the building mechanic).
I like the game. I hope that the tournaments make the other modes more crowded with casual players. There are people so competitive in this game that they'd do anything to win.
@Peterjr1 The first 10 people to post on every article usually don't play the game the article is about, they just spend the day commenting randomly.
The addition of vehicles in this game is only turning Forkknife into Halo 2. I guess that's good considering how successful that game was but still...
No platform restrictions is so unfair for Switch and mobile players!
@Peterjr1 They want to seem cool and edgy by hating on the whatever's the biggest thing at the moment. They're hipsters basically.
@Zenarium Yeah it should really be separated by control method, like PS4 players using m/kb should be able to play with PC players but users with gamepads, and versions that run below 60 fps should have separate brackets.
@patbacknitro18 TF2 wasn't free when it came out.
@Bunkerneath exactly. i just dont like it. too cartoony and childish... but then i love battlefield 4... sooo..... each to their own init
@Trajan Is free to play, not was free to play lol
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