Back in October 2019,Fortnitedid something unprecedented; they completely shut down their game for days, leaving players with a lot of questions and an internet filled withFortniteBlack Hole memes. It looks like they may be gearing up to do it again soon as some Doomsday devices have been leaked for the Battle Royale.
TheFortniteof pre-black hole, or Chapter 1, was a completely different map then what players would see logging in today. After the game exploded, players logged in to see nothing but a black hole and couldn’t playFortnitefor several days. After that, Chapter 2 began, which has been spy-themed and seems to be leading up something big. There have been smallchanges to Pleasant Parkand other parts of the map, hinting at big changes coming.
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A Reddit user,Jonathan287, uncovered a new Doomsday device in the Doom Room onFortnite’s menu. While it’s not currently on the map, the appearance of this device adds more rumor to thehints of a Doomsday Eventthat’s heading forFortnite.Previously, players found Doomsday hatches in The Agency in the center of the map, though no one could open them, even with the Keycards that appeared later on in the game.
Fortniteis dropping a lot of hints that there is going to be some kind of catastrophic event, either brought about by the strain between Ghost and Shadow factions or the weird battle going on in the Weeping Woods betweengnomes with telescopesand teddy bears. Since the whole end-of-the-world thing has been done before, it seems likeFortnitemight try it again since it got so much publicity last time.
Players are guessing as to what changes could come to the map because of all theseDoomsday rumorsflying around. It may have something to do with a live event that this is leading up to, or perhaps a massive map change like a post-nuclear-war style update.
Regardless of the changes coming, ifFortniteis just planning on blowing up the map again and shutting down their servers for another couple of days, it will annoy more people than it get talking. It may have worked once, but it doesn’t seem like the type of thing that would be successful a second time. Hopefully this is the beginning of interesting update and not just another publicity stunt for memes and attention.
Fortniteis available for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh operating systems.
