Fortnite is rewinding the timepiece erstwhile again. After a spot of teasing, Epic is astir to footwear disconnected a caller play successful the conflict royale crippled dubbed The Remix: Chapter 2 — and it’s not lone looking backmost successful time, it’s integrating euphony successful an ambitious caller way.
The motorboat of the remixed play was preceded by a philharmonic event, similar to the Eminem performance that teased a caller epoch for Fortnite. This clip around, Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice took the signifier — some successful the crippled and IRL astatine Times Square successful New York — and erstwhile the play kicks off, the philharmonic aspects volition spell a measurement farther.
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As the sanction implies, the caller mini play brings backmost galore of the characters, gameplay elements, and locations of the game’s 2nd chapter, which launched successful 2019. Chapter 2 was notable successful peculiar due to the fact that it erased the archetypal conflict royale representation to commencement implicit caller for the archetypal time. (The Chapter 2 representation itself would beryllium swapped retired successful 2021 when it flipped implicit successful melodramatic fashion.) The month-long lawsuit volition alteration things up weekly, with caller elements themed astir a antithetic philharmonic artist. Snoop Dogg is up first, followed by Eminem, Ice Spice, and culminating with Juice WRLD.
The remixed mentation of Chapter 2 begins connected November 2nd and volition tally done November 30th, with Epic teasing a “finale” lawsuit to wrapper things up. It’s besides introducing a caller cosmetic item: kicks, truthful that you tin enactment a brace of Nikes connected Peely the banana.
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Going backmost successful clip isn’t caller for the game. A twelvemonth agone Epic kicked disconnected Fortnite OG, a throwback mini play that was designed specifically to lure backmost lapsed players, earlier the crippled dramatically expanded with caller experiences similar Lego Fortnite. Similarly, euphony has agelong been a ample absorption for the game, with virtual concerts from the likes of Travis Scott and Ariana Grande, on with a bushed crippled called Fortnite Festival featuring stars similar Billie Eilish.
More recently, Epic has started streamlining Fortnite’s conflict passes to amended accommodate each of its galore games. Meanwhile, a fig of notable places person been crafting Fortnite islands of late, including Hasbro, ESPN, and the Kamala Harris campaign.