Prelude: The Remix will as soon as once more see gamers quickly shirking their Battle Royale duties to collectively participate in a brand new exercise or expertise. Previously, gamers have been handled to a digital live performance starring a large Travis Scott and banded collectively to destroy an alien mothership.
This time round, Epic Video games is teasing a musical nostalgia-fest, which ought to function a precursor for the brand new season, rumoured to be Chapter 2: Remix.
Right here’s the whole lot you’ll want to know in regards to the looming updates, together with the inevitable downtime that may render the sport unplayable.
Fortnite reside occasion begin time: When does Remix: The Prelude start?
Fortnite’s Remix: The Prelude reside occasion begins on Friday, November 1 at 10.30 pm within the UK (3.30 pm PDT / 6.30 pm EDT).
Cue youthful gamers begging their mother and father to allow them to keep up previous their bedtimes – or sneaking their telephones underneath the covers.
A countdown is at present ticking right down to the festivities within the sport’s foyer and in-game at Restored Reels on the Fortnite Island.
When will downtime start?
Epic usually disables matchmaking for normal sport modes forward of a reside occasion, with gamers allowed to hitch it round half-hour earlier than the official begin time.
Within the case of Remix: The Prelude, which means it’s best to be capable of leap into the motion at 6pm within the UK and begin smashing these emotes together with your fellow gamers.
Extra downtime often follows after an occasion, with Epic taking the whole sport offline for a number of hours so it may implement the brand new seasonal replace.
When will Fortnite Chapter 2: Remix begin?
Fortnite Chapter 2: Remix ought to then kick off within the early morning on Saturday, November 2.
Based mostly on the beginning instances of previous seasons, we might count on it to begin at round 7am within the UK, although downtime for updates can fluctuate.
Whereas it has Chapter 2 within the title, the brand new season may not simply deal with that period. As regular, the map could bear adjustments, bringing again previous areas akin to Craggy Cliffs, Soiled Docks, and Frenzy Farm.
For its half, Epic has launched a collection of clips teasing the return of previous characters together with 8-Ball, TNTina, Midas Meowscles, feminine Guff and a brand new feminine Chaos Agent, that are prone to be within the Chapter 2 battle cross.
Elsewhere, Fortnite Pageant may characteristic Snoop Dogg as its season 6 headliner. Epic, who may additionally pop up in the course of the Prelude (or possibly will probably be Marshmello, who hosted Fortnite’s first reside occasion in 2019).
Epic has additionally revealed that Reload Solos are dropping similtaneously Fortnite Remix on November 2. Consequently, gamers will lastly be capable of go it alone within the extra compact aggressive mode, beginning with one additional respawn and selecting up extra with every elimination (with a max of three respawns).
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